Trade print

UK consumers are predicted to spend £7.5bn over Black Friday weekend this year

Bumper Black Friday predicted: who’s taking part?

A return to form for Black Friday’s e-commerce bonanza has been predicted for 2024, with home delivery firm Parcelhero predicting a £7.5bn weekend of sales across the long weekend.

Route 1's marketing for the scheme promises a tiered reward system for returning customers

Route 1 launches loyalty scheme for return customers

Route 1 Print, the trade arm of the £58m Bluetree Group, has launched a loyalty scheme offering discounts and rewards to return customers.

IPIA targets broader membership

The Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) has introduced a new membership category to open up its benefits to commercial printers.

Probe into alleged fraud at Bradley Group

Bradley Group has claimed that an alleged fraud by a former employee involving at least £500,000 precipitated the recent restructuring at the firm’s Belfast print operations.

Flexpress in UK Horizon first

Trade printer Flexpress has become the first UK company to install the Horizon StitchLiner MKIII with the new high-capacity VAC-L600H tower collators.

Confusion over next steps for ex-Bradley Group workers

Progress in the restructuring at two Bradley Group companies appears to have stalled, with former staff still unable to claim redundancy payments after a specialist business insolvency firm declined...

Bradley Group: receivership looms for two entities

It now appears that Quinns Belfast (2009) and Nicholson & Bass ARE both going into receivership as part of the restructure at Belfast’s Bradley Group, which continues to trade from the group's Mallusk...

Birtwells updates collation with Horizon buy

Birtwells has taken three Horizon VAC-600H collators in order to improve the efficiency of its carbonless books and pads output.

Bradley Group restructures NI ops

A restructure at Northern Ireland’s Bradley Group has involved workers at Quinnstheprinters and Nicholson Bass being made redundant and then reapplying for a reduced number of jobs.

Cimpress plans Irish move

Cimpress is proposing to shift its official entity from the Netherlands to Ireland for tax purposes.

Last Bros shuts, MD launches successor company

Last Bros has closed its doors as its owner retires and winds down the business, with the label and tab printer’s managing director founding a new company to continue its legacy.

Print firms join forces to hit M&A trail

The owners of Geoff Neal Group and Hardings Print Solutions have joined forces to buy trade finisher and printer Evoteam in the first part of a strategy to create a multi-faceted, full-service...