With colds and flu, not to mention post-Christmas hangovers, so prevalent in January, there are few times quite so likely to remind printers of the havoc that absenteeism can play with a workforce.

Sign & Digital UK has expanded its floorplan by 20% this year to accommodate an expected 150-170 exhibitors and a predicted 20% increase in visitors.

Large-format print specialist Colorset has installed four new HP Latex 260 printers across its two UK sites.

Litho and digital commercial print firm Hickling & Squires has invested in a Horizon BQ-280, from Intelligent Finishing Systems, to allow the business to bring binding in-house.

HMRC was the biggest unsecured creditor of Prospect Mailing Services, which went into administration in November.

Creditors of The Colourhouse were owed £5.8m, including £3.3m to trade creditors and £1m to employees, at the time of the Deptford-based printer's collapse, according to details published in the...

HP will continue to offer its cloud-based digital wallcovering design and production tool, HP WallArt, as a free service to users of its HP Latex printers following the completion of a one-year trial.

North London-based Face Creative Services has become the first company to buy Canon wide-format printing equipment from M Partners Wide, after purchasing two 12-colour Canon imagePrografs.

Healeys Print Group has invested in binding and laminating equipment from Fastbind to maximise on its recent Kodak NexPress investment.

Westdale Press managing director Alan Padbury predicts that mindsets will change in 2014 as people refocus on quality and service.