The group's first event will take place 14 March

Young People in Print group formed by industry leaders

A new action group to get more young people involved in the printing industry has scheduled its first event to bridge the gap between education and the print industry.

Jo Gamble (L) with Kettering mayor Emily Fedorowycz, who visited on opening day

Kettering couple expand workwear print shop

Kettering workwear and wide-format printers Jo and Nick Gamble have expanded operations at their Print N Go business to a new 100sqm shop in the town.

1 February 2024 marked the formal and official opening of the facilities

Portals relaunches mould facility after £700k spend

Portals has officially relaunched the new mould cover manufacturing facility at its Bathford Paper Mill following a £700,000 renovation programme.

The deal was completed today

Yodel snapped up by Shift-led Bidco

Acquisitive delivery start-up Shift has snapped up Yodel in a rescue deal just days after rumours spread that it might be put into administration.

Whitakers is testing the new paper packets with its customer base

Mercian Labels to show flexible packaging paper in Birmingham

Mercian Labels has debuted a single-layer recyclable paper packaging sachet for luxury retail and wholesale chocolate firm Whitakers, which it will show off at Packaging Innovations.

Robin Carruthers has joined CMS in a permanent capacity as its operations manager

CMS in bumper kit and sustainability investment

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has invested around £1m in total on a new bespoke continuous printer and solar panel setup, as it commits to be as close to net zero as possible by 2028.

Royal Mail: USO comes with high fixed costs, exacerbated by high inflation

Mailing fraud kingpin jailed

The architect of a huge £70m-plus fraud against Royal Mail has been jailed.

Camo printer fined

A specialist printer of camouflage fabrics used by militaries around the world has been fined £60,000 after a worker was dragged into one of its machines.

Marsh (R) came back from LA with the deal signed

Resolute brings (direct to) film deal back from LA

Chesterfield direct-to-film (DTF) printing supplier Resolute has signed up as the exclusive UK and Europe supplier for American DTF ink manufacturer Image Armor’s inksets.

Springboard is based in the St. John's Innovation Centre in Cambridge. Image: Google Maps

Sanner Group acquires Springboard

Global healthcare packaging manufacturer Sanner Group has acquired Cambridge-based Springboard, which specialises in the design and development of medical devices for regulated markets.

Read takes on UK CEO role at Walstead

Walstead Group’s Debbie Read has become CEO of its UK business, reinforcing her position as one of the most powerful women in UK print.

Chadd worked his way up to the top at Millnet, where he has now been MD for five years

Steve Chadd leads MBO at Millnet as Consilio divests

Data, document and mailing house Millnet has undergone an MBO, with managing director Steve Chadd taking up ownership.