Business

Coveris announces St Neots Packaging acquisition
Plastic packaging giant Coveris has acquired St Neots Packaging as part of a move to support its continued growth in cartonboard.

Pureprint targets growth with BT&D sales hires
Pureprint is targeting growth in its colour book and corporate publishing print operation after setting up a new sales office in Frome, Somerset, manned by a senior team from collapsed book printer...

Communisis hits acquisition trail again
Communisis has bought The Communications Agency (TCA), a London-based multi-channel agency, for £7.3m.

Wyndeham reorganises for life after IPC
Wyndeham Group will keep Southernprint open, despite the loss of the IPC Media contract, thanks to a new working time agreement with staff.

Bank lending to SMEs falls in Q1 2014
Data from The Bank of England has shown that lending to small and medium-sized businesses under the Funding for Lending (FLS) scheme has fallen in the first quarter of this year.

Friedheim boosts range with two new deals
Friedheim International has secured two new distribution deals for binding and converting equipment.

Graphic Packaging completes Benson purchase
Graphic Packaging, the US-based packaging multinational, does not expect there will be “any major restructuring” at Benson Group after it completed its acquisition of the UK company.

St Ives buys Hive, bringing agency M&A spend to £200m
St Ives has made its biggest marketing services buy yet, and will pay up to £50m for healthcare communications specialist Hive Group.

Queen's Award winners celebrate success
Print and packaging businesses picked up a clutch of Queen’s Awards for Enterprise this week.

Paperhat consolidates London sites and eyes continued growth
Paperhat has moved to a new global HQ in Covent Garden consolidating two previous sites in London Bridge and Soho to offer clients a more integrated service.

Business inspection: Performing at the gold standard
Overhauling performance management cemented this company’s commitment to staff.

Chesapeake and MPS in merger deal
Chesapeake Services is to merge with Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) creating a $1.4bn (£864m) global print-based speciality packaging giant.