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Communisis pension scheme heads for Pension Protection Fund

The Communisis Defined Benefit Pension Scheme is likely to become the latest industry plan to enter the Pension Protection Fund – although its professional trustee is hoping for a “much improved...

King Charles spoke about having compassion for others in his Christmas Day broadcast

Publishing, media and design names feature in Honours List

A number of names from the publishing and media worlds have been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours List for 2024.

Charles Rogers attended No 10 on 20 December

IPIA champions print at chancellor meeting

The IPIA has continued to champion print at the heart of government, with its chair Charles Rogers having recently attended a Business Leaders Reception at No 10 Downing Street at the invitation of...

Restructures, M&A and job losses dominate year end

While it wasn’t all bad news, festive cheer was in short supply in December’s listicle and the ramifications of some of the biggest stories are likely to be felt well into 2024.

Communisis in admin, parts of business sold

Communisis has gone into administration with parts of the business immediately sold to a new owner, but more than half its workforce has been laid off.

Swanston: diversification and sustainability are key opportunities for printers

New year predictions: Lucy Swanston, Strategic Mailing Partnership

Chair of the Strategic Mailing Partnership and Nutshell Creative managing director Lucy Swanston believes there’s real scope in 2024 for printers to capitalise on the forecast growth in retail media...

Mansfield: says the pursuit of production efficiencies was paramount in commercial print in 2023

New year predictions: William Mansfield, Kodak

William Mansfield, director of Solutions Marketing at Kodak, says one of the biggest recent trends has been the transition from on-premises workflows to the cloud - and this is likely to continue,...

McGuiness: Thinks the transition to sheetfed inkjet will be playing on many manufacturers' minds

New year predictions: David McGuiness, PrintIQ

David McGuiness, marketing manager at PrintIQ, believes there will be more acquisitions and amalgamations of companies in the print sector in 2024.

Review of 2023: December

Our annual round-up of all the big news stories from the past 12 months – December.

Stephenson: encouraged to see continued investment in automation

New year predictions: Jo Stephenson, PHD Marketing

Marketing agency PHD Marketing's managing director Jo Stephenson is hoping for more stability in 2024, as this would improve business confidence.

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Review of 2023: November

Our annual round-up of all the big news stories from the past 12 months – November.

Review of 2023: October

Our annual round-up of all the big news stories from the past 12 months – October.