Keeping up the M&A theme, this issue’s briefing section kicks off with a look at the spike in company acquisitions (a dozen are featured in the issue's news digest alone) and asks if turbulent times...

Documents filed by the administrators of wide-format printer Gardners have revealed that the company owed nearly £5.5m to its creditors.

One of the directors of a family-owned print business that went bust owing more than £2.5m has been disqualified.

While it’s traditionally dubbed the silly season, when it comes to what dominated the August headlines in the mainstream media at least, there wasn’t an awful lot to laugh about in last month’s crop...

Nick Hand has been back on the road on his ‘printing bike’, with appearances at a number of festivals.

Barely a day has gone by in recent months without reports emerging of yet another industry acquisition or merger.

It’s official, the world is, seemingly unstoppably, going to hell in a handcart.

Raw material and energy price hikes have left parts of the European paper industry in a fragile state, exacerbating recent mill closures, and are likely to have far-reaching consequences for printers.

Now in its 12th year, the event, organised by Two Sides and the BPIF in partnership with Canon and Fedrigoni, is intended to reinforce an understanding of the relevance and future of print among...

After winning a contract for a local holiday park, veteran fish and chip shop French’s turned to Steward Safety Supplies (SSS) – a supplier of over 10 years – to transform an unremarkable white...

The number of employee-owned (EO) businesses is on the rise and in such firms employees own significant and meaningful stakes. With a say in how they are run, these companies tend to do well.

There are various ways for owners to exit a company, but one that seems popular is the management buyout – MBO. And it’s been used by Glossop Cartons, Medica Packaging and Rapidity in recent years.