Business

Moonpig founder joins Dragons' Den

Moonpig.com founder Nick Jenkins will join existing 'dragons' Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden and two fellow newbies in the new series of Dragons' Den, which starts on Sunday on BBC Two.

Abacus Print adds value with Linoprint CV

Abacus Print will install a Linoprint CV digital printer later this month to add value to jobs and enable it to increase its margins.

Thirlby joins Pureprint to accelerate growth

Anthony Thirlby has joined Pureprint Group as chief operating officer, a newly created role, as part of the £60m business’s growth strategy.

Osborne's 'Emergency Budget' largely welcomed by print

Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to introduce a national ‘living wage’ in his Emergency Budget speech earlier today (8 July).

Athena re-emerges as web-to-print cover art venture

Iconic poster company Athena has re-launched – as a web-to-print operation printing high-quality licensed album art from a facility in York.

News UK renews major newspaper printing contracts

News UK has renewed major contracts to print both the London Evening Standard and Financial Times newspapers.

Ultimatum Engineering signs Bordeaux deal

Ultimatum Engineering has signed an agreement to sell Bordeaux Digital PrintInk’s UV and UV LED inks in the UK.

Witherbys rebrands and celebrates 275 years in business

A print business which started copying legal documents by hand in 1740 celebrated its 275th anniversary with a party at St Bride Foundation.

Premier Paper becomes UK Lumi stockist

Independent paper merchant Premier Paper Group has become a UK stockist of Lumi papers.

Rayprographics installs Fastbind Pureva XT

Digital and wide-format printer Rayprographics has upgraded its bindery after investing in a Fastbind Pureva XT combined PUR and EVA perfect binder.

NME to boost circulation to 300,000 in switch to free distribution

Music magazine NME is set to become a free publication in an attempt to reverse its steadily declining readership, and increase circulation from around 15,000 to 300,000.

PCL Digital eyes 20-30% turnover boost following Duplo investment

PCL Digital has bought two pieces of Duplo equipment to boost its productivity and increase its in-house service offering with the aim to increase turnover by 20 to 30% in the next 12 months.