Legal

Biffa fined £350,000 for illegal waste exports

Waste management giant Biffa has been fined £350,000 for trying to send household rubbish to China which it labelled as waste paper fit for recycling.

Vision On Design liquidators confirmed

Vision On Display has confirmed the appointment of a liquidator after the display printer closed its doors in July.

Calderprint kit up for private treaty sale

Calderprint’s remaining kit is now up for private treaty sale after a number of machines did not realise their target price at auction.

Second publisher wound up after falsifying emergency services links

A publishing company based in Liverpool has been wound up by the court after falsifying links to the emergency services and charities to secure more than £60,000 in advertising revenue.

Govt launches Brexit ads, no word on DM campaign

Boris Johnson’s £100m ad campaign for Brexit preparations has been launched, although the inclusion of a direct mail campaign is in doubt, in spite of an earlier government plan.

Penrose hit by 'extensive' fire

Penrose Group has been hit by an overnight blaze, the cause of which is now under investigation.

Emergency services magazine publisher shut down

A Wirral-based magazine publisher that falsely claimed to produce magazines supporting the emergency services has been wound up in court.

Shipping company fined after driver struck by paper reel

A shipping company must pay nearly £40,000 after a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver was injured when he was struck by a paper reel that was being loaded onto his trailer.

Police search for missing J Thomson folder operator

J Thomson Colour Printers has joined the appeal to locate one of its own, who went missing at the start of the month.

French Arjo paper mill put up for auction

Auction procedures for one of Arjowiggins’ French sites have begun while the sale of its UK sites remains unconfirmed.

Biffa convicted for breaching waste export law

Waste management giant Biffa has been convicted of breaking the law on overseas exports after sending collected household waste to China which it claimed to be waste paper.

De La Rue to cut 170 jobs, Unite blames passport loss

De La Rue has launched a consultation at its Gateshead Plant that could result in the loss of 170 jobs, with union Unite laying the blaming squarely on the company’s loss of its £490m UK passport...