Spicers Office Team (SPOT) owed paper and envelope suppliers almost £3m when it went into administration last month, with one paper manufacturer alone owed just under £1.86m.

Printing firms are reporting a fresh spike in demand for face masks after the latest government announcement mandating their use on public transport.

Specialist technicians such as service engineers, and postal workers involved in the transport of mail, will be exempt from the government’s new quarantine measures – much to the industry’s relief.

Sabur Digital has launched a new entry-level DGI dye-sublimation device that offers a sub £20k access point to 1.9m-wide textile printing.

Heidelberg is consulting with its UK workforce about a proposed 20% reduction in headcount along with changes to employees’ terms and conditions.

Booths Print has boosted its digital capabilities to expand its offering and improve flexibility and consistency as volumes start to slowly recover from lockdown.

Bluetree Group has pivoted and invested in specialist equipment to manufacture medical grade IIR face masks – becoming the first company in the UK to make the masks in the process.

Two large exhibitors have cancelled their plans to exhibit at next year’s Drupa show, as manufacturers reassess sales strategies while the world continues to wrangle with the ongoing effects of the...

CEG Packaging has purchased a high-speed MultiNova MN400 gluer, following a recent move to larger premises.

Mailing and packaging equipment specialist Kern has welcomed David Cox as its UK head of sales, a newly-created position intended to capitalise on recent product additions.