Are there alternatives to redundancy?

Economic dips come and go and in their wake businesses are left struggling financially. A number succumb to their wounds while others end up as zombie companies unable to do anything other than just...

Setting up for the first time

It doesn’t take much to set up a business: a good idea, graft, opportunity and of course, appropriate funding. However, it takes thought and planning to last the course and become successful.

Q&A: Gill Tress, Business services director, SF Taylor

Gill recently celebrated a special landmark – 40 years of working at SF Taylor. She’s married with one son, Dominic, and her hobbies include travelling, socialising with friends, trying new foods and...

Photographer takes a punt with Cambridge book

Martin Bond has been taking a photo of Cambridge – its people, buildings and animals – every day for the past 13 years.

Puzzling out PFI’s M&A debacle

A rampant buy-and-build strategy does not automatically result in success – as ex-employees and creditors of PFI Group can sadly testify – so what was the strategy behind the massive growth plan?

If you’re buying a new business for Christmas, beware of overindulging

If you’re wondering what the discerning print boss wants for Christmas this year, then reading this issue’s News Digest implies what they really, really want is another print business.

Sharman and Co's Horizon AFV-566FKT was installed in October

Sharman and Co ups flexibility with Horizon install

Newspaper printer Sharman and Co has taken on a Horizon AFV-566FKT fully automated folder to help deliver greater application flexibility.

Agfa showcases B1 inkjet power at SpeedSet reveal

Agfa has taken the wraps off its SpeedSet 1060 B1 format sheetfed inkjet press at a VIP customer event in Cambridge.

The B1 Landa S10P prints at a constant speed of 6,500sph, single sided

Bluetree Group buys second B1 Landa S10P

Bluetree Group has ordered a second B1 Landa S10P press to support activity at its Route 1 Print and Kingsbury Press subsidiaries.

Smogur: It's a time of consolidation for the industry

ESP buys Goldcrest Group

Swindon-based Handel Group, parent company to ESP Colour, has acquired the three companies of Goldcrest Group, doubling its digital business and adding wide-format and label printing to its roster.

The range is available from 80-350gsm in a variety of sizes

EBB adds Lessebo Colours to range

Elliott Baxter & Company (EBB) has introduced Lessebo Colours, a new range of environmentally friendly, uncoated, coloured paper, to its portfolio.

Knott received the album aged 12 in 1970

Panini Mexico 1970 world cup album attracts international bidding

A copy of the first ever Panini World Cup sticker album from 1970 went under the hammer for £2,000 on 5 December, beating its pre-sale estimate of £1,200-£1,800.