St Ives has put out its second positive trading update in as many months, resulting in an upturn in the group’s share price.

Renz UK has added paper-based thermal binding covers from Bindomatic to its portfolio to help eco-sensitive customers move away from plastic covers.

News Internationals plans for its 12-press site at Waltham Cross took a step closer to gaining planning approval yesterday when local councillors visited Knowsley.

Xaar has made significant progress in reducing its reliance on the ceramics market, but manufacturing issues have held back one of its key product launches.

Finishing specialist Duplo International has announced a UK-wide productivity assessment programme for SRA3 printers to benchmark their kit against the Ideal 4860-ET guillotine.

**Klaxon** Important announcement to follow: from September, PrintWeek will become a monthly magazine.

Intec offers up a cost-effective tabletop label finishing system.

A tweaked Roland opens up new UV LED-based possibilities.

We round up some of the more offbeat stories from the business world this week....

HP’s top-of-the-line SRA3 model is fast and versatile.