East Sussex Press (ESP) has bought fellow Sussex-based neighbour Beacon Press for an undisclosed sum, creating a 13m turnover group.

Diamond Print Services new 1.3m case-binding operation has gone into full production following the installation of its Muller Martini VBF Diamant binding line.

Trade encapsulator Encapital Finishing has invested 19,000 in the UKs first high-speed encapsulator from new supplier Lamhanson.

Cumbrian Newsprint has moved to thermal CTP as part of a 700,000 pre-press overhaul at its Carlisle site as it gears up for a move to full-colour production.

Stewarts of Edinburgh has become the first Scottish printer to take delivery of a Xerox DocuColor 8000.

New Jarrold Printing has confirmed that it will take the UKs first 64pp KBA webs as part of its 40m reinvention.

Diamond Print Services new 1.3m case binding operation has gone into full production following the installation of its Muller Martini VBF Diamant binding line.

The administrators for Grasmere Press are to sell off its business forms printing equipment, after failing to find a buyer for the firm.

Guardian Media Group (GMG) is to move production of regional titles out of Trafford Park in a joint 45m investment that will make way for its new Berliner-sized presses.

A project that could result in the development of a number of paper and packaging initiatives, including a new pulp mill, is currently being discussed in Scotland.