Senoptica Technologies, a deep-tech packaging sensor technology company that spun out from Trinity College Dublin, has made a first close of €550,000 (£471,000) on its €1.5m bridge funding round.

Emmerson Press has scored another Fujifilm first after buying the UK’s first ApeosPro C digital press.

Industrial printer Bex Design & Print has moved to a four-day working week with the aim to reduce its environmental impact.

Urban Print and Design has upgraded its print capability with the installation of a Gibson 3200 hybrid roll/flatbed printer.

Delivery giant Tuffnells has gone into administration, with most of its 2,200 staff made redundant.

Dublin-based Daftbug Branding Co has installed an EFI Vutek Pro 32r to expand in-house capabilities.

Consumers’ opinion of printed products has risen in Europe after a pandemic slump, according to research.

Kent print group The Meliora Group has launched a new on-demand packaging business, called Boxable, for boutique and small enterprises.

Unite has been successful in its Protective Award claim against YM’s web businesses, with hundreds of employees – including non-union members – set to receive payments as a result.

De La Rue is searching for a new non-exec after Catherine Ashton stepped down.

Walstead Group has made its first buy in Germany with the acquisition of GD Gotha Druck und Verpackung out of insolvency.

Suffolk design, print and web agency Indigo Ross has installed a new Duplo DBM-350 digital bookletmaker, allowing it to bring work in-house and cut turnaround times.