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The UK Supreme Court has refused permission for tobacco firms to appeal against the plain packaging for cigarettes legislation that will come into force next month.

A potential pre-pack sale of Pulse Flexible Packaging, which fell into administration earlier this month, has been blocked due to the company’s pension scheme being a shareholder and secured creditor...

Administrators of Pulse Flexible Packaging have said manufacturing has now restarted at the firm’s two sites, but that 152 staff have been made redundant.

Unions have threatened strike action after Royal Mail announced that its £7.4bn defined benefit pension scheme will close to future accrual in March 2018.

Secprint has invested in a Grafcut 52H fully hydraulic guillotine to support its delivery of high quality digital security print.

Aurora Digital Print has invested around £100,000 in a Ricoh Pro C9100 digital press to replace an eight-year-old HP Indigo.

Pureprint has set up a Creative Printing Studio in its Bermondsey Street offices to help London’s marketing and design community to create and produce inspiring campaigns and publications.

Welsh print and publishing firm Gomer Press is to consolidate the printing operations of its two companies onto one site and make room for its latest investment.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered his first – and last – Spring Budget, and with it a raft of measures that could impact printers, particularly SMEs.

Belle Design & Print has invested in a Horizon SPF/FC-200A stitch-fold-trim line to support its move to larger premises.

Close Brothers Asset Finance has launched a new initiative to provide soft lending against digital print assets for UK SME printers.

MIS developer Tharstern, one of the headline sponsors of PrintWeekLive!, will demonstrate the latest modules of its MIS software at this week’s inaugural show.