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New deadline is March

Culture secretary makes second intervention in Telegraph sale

The sale saga surrounding the Telegraph Media Group and The Spectator magazine is set to drag on until March after changes in the buyer’s corporate structure caused the culture secretary to issue a...

(L-R) Bowe's Steve Basnett and APS Group's Steve Goodall
Follows earlier double installation

APS installs six more Bowe Fusion Speed inserters

APS Group has followed its installation of two Bowe Fusion Speed inserting lines in 2022 with investment in a further six of the systems in order to enclose and mail critical customer communications...

Principal Mailing was previously known as Mainstream Direct. Image: Google Maps
Seeking advice from FRP Advisory

Principal Mailing ceases trading

Print and direct mail specialist Principal Mailing Solutions ceased trading in December and business advisory firm FRP Advisory is expected to be appointed shortly to oversee insolvency proceedings.

Grant will help replace asbestos roof

Chevler gains Welsh Gov funding

Baking paperware specialist Chevler has benefited from £300,000 of funding from the Welsh Government.

New kit improves press and bindery efficiencies

PCP in post-press stacker spend

Precision Colour Printing (PCP) has boosted quality and productivity with a big investment in a new automated stacking system.

Possible buyer was unable to deliver a deposit into escrow

Revealed: the struggle to sell Communisis

Paragon would have been willing to acquire the entire Communisis business on a solvent basis – including its pension scheme liabilities – for £1 in May 2023, but the deal was rejected and the group...

Spirit Label Solutions was founded by five veterans of the industry
Digital label factory launched

Spirit Label Solutions lay down £5m challenge

Glasgow label start-up Spirit Label Solutions has set its sights on disrupting the Scottish labels market with its ambitious growth plans.

Printers win big

Book industry hailed at the BBD&P Awards

The UK book industry celebrated its 2023 achievements at the British Book Design and Production (BBD&P) Awards last night, with print businesses taking home more than half the evening’s trophies.

Thomas Leach Colour pays cut-rate energy prices under the leasing scheme
117 panels to be installed

Thomas Leach Colour signs up to solar scheme

Abingdon commercial printer Thomas Leach Colour has signed up to a solar panel financing scheme from Electron Green which will cut the firm’s grid usage by 45%.

(L-R) Craig Naylor-Smith, Keith Wright and Emma Fulker
Newly created roles

Parseq kicks off 2024 with double appointment

Business services and IT provider Parseq, which acquired secure print specialist the Tall Group a year ago, has expanded its senior leadership and account management teams with two new hires.

CWU said Royal Mail was “forcing through unagreed changes"
Addresses have increased by 4m to 31m

Ofcom report on future of USO: industry reacts

Industry bosses have until 3 April to respond to Ofcom’s proposals for reform of the Royal Mail’s Universal Service Obligation – while publishers’ association the PPA has already warned about the...

Mediahuis Ireland publishes a wide range of titles
New round of redundancies

Mediahuis Ireland to cut jobs; parent completes acquisition

Mediahuis Ireland has laid out details of a new voluntary redundancy programme, while its parent group has also acquired the remaining 30% stake in German publisher Medienhaus Aachen.

After first release in 1984, the Macintosh would take several years before it burst upon the print scene
Remembering the Mac

40 years of Macintosh: a creative explosion

Today, 24 January, marks 40 years since the Apple Macintosh’s release, and the beginning of its transformation of creative industries around the world.

Sign & Digital UK now has around 70 exhibitors
Suppliers gather in February

Sign & Digital UK reveals more exhibitors

Sign & Digital UK has revealed a number of new exhibitors in the run-up to its 35th annual show, taking place 25-27 February.

Xerox’s share price was up by 5.07% yesterday
Firm targeting investor commitments of $200m

Xerox backs new AI venture firm

Myriad Venture Partners, an early-stage venture firm focused on AI, clean technology, and B2B software, has launched with $100m (£78.5m) of initial capital commitments from investors, including Xerox...