Benson Group, the carton supplier with 900 staff in Bardon, Newcastle, Gateshead and Crewe, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Lloyd's Development Capital. [20-Dec-2011]
Enterprise Stationery is planning to expand the 88-strong workforce at its Lurgan-based stationery manufacturing business with 20 new jobs. [06-Dec-2011]
Northside Graphics has bought the printing assets of Belfast-based Bradbury Graphics out of administration for undisclosed terms. [06-Dec-2011]
Robert Horne Group is to close seven commercial print sales offices in Antrim, Bristol, Cumbernauld, Leeds, London, Manchester and Uckfield by February, with the loss of 48 jobs. [01-Dec-2011]
GreenBottle is investing £2m in a new site to produce paper milk containers at Lostwithiel in Cornwall. [28-Nov-2011]
Pukka Pads, the Poole-based stationery supplier, has acquired Inspired Forms and Cardinal Brands, with the transfer of 39 staff. [28-Nov-2011]
SGS International is to relocate its Hessle-based packaging design business to a larger site early next year, and the 78-strong workforce will rise to 140. [24-Nov-2011]
Cova Colour Print, the Edinburgh-based digital printing firm, has undergone a management buy-in. [24-Nov-2011]
STM Polythene of Norwich has merged with Northampton-based Shirlplass, and the combined group has also acquired the KT Supplies online packaging sales business. [24-Nov-2011]
Fiberweb is to sell its hygiene division to Petropar for £179m, including 600 staff involved in the manufacture of nonwoven fabrics in Sweden, Germany, Italy, China and the US. [14-Nov-2011]
Royal Mail is closing its iRed document management subsidiary, casting doubt on the future of 36 jobs. [14-Nov-2011]
St Ives Direct is to close Westerham Press in Kent and its printing site in Blackburn, in order to transfer the work to Bradford. [14-Nov-2011]
Macmillan is to relocate its publishing business and up to 200 staff from Oxford to London in 2014. [10-Nov-2011]
T&N Plastics has secured RGF funding to set up a new plastics supply facility in Grimsby next year, with the creation of up to 80 jobs. [02-Nov-2011]
Veriplast is to close its plastic packaging factory at Dragonville in County Durham with the loss of 67 jobs, having sold the site to Faerch Plast of Denmark. [02-Nov-2011]
British Polythene Industries is to close its packaging production facility in Swansea with the loss of 49 jobs, in order to transfer the work to other sites. [02-Nov-2011]
M2 Digital is to create 50 new jobs across the country over the next year, having won a £40m print services contract. [01-Nov-2011]
Danilo Promotions has acquired Pixel Colour Imaging, the East London-based printing firm. [01-Nov-2011]
SCA Group of Sweden is planning to shed 2,000 jobs, which could affect some of the 930 jobs at its UK packaging sites including Darlington, Spennymoor and Newcastle. [31-Oct-2011]
Communisis is considering plans to close its contract printing operation in Bristol early next year, in order to transfer the work to sites in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds. [25-Oct-2011]
Superior Creative is investing £2m in the expansion of its printing plant in Melksham by early next year, with the creation of ten jobs. [24-Oct-2011]
Labelgraphics is to invest £5m in the development of a new self-adhesive labels factory in Clydebank, with the creation of 20 jobs. [20-Oct-2011]
CFH Total Document Management has bought the business of FST Technologies out of administration, securing 41 jobs in Livingston. [20-Oct-2011]
Wasdell Packaging has announced the recent acquisition of Quantum Straightforward, the Swindon-based storage and distribution firm. [11-Oct-2011]
Mondi is considering plans to close its industrial paper bags plant in Aberdeen, with the loss of up to 70 jobs. [03-Oct-2011]
Domino Printing Sciences has unveiled plans to build a new headquarters and production plant next to its existing site at Bar Hill in Cambridgeshire, and hopes to create 400 jobs over the next ten years. [26-Sep-2011]
DS Smith is to sell its Higher Kings Mill paper mill in Devon to Asia File Corporation Berhad for £4.6m. [20-Sep-2011]
St Ives has acquired Response One, the Bath-based marketing services firm with 70 staff, for up to £19m. [15-Sep-2011]
KPMG has sold the Scarborough-based confidential printing division of Pindar out of administration to Secure & Confidential Documents, saving the remaining 13 jobs. [14-Sep-2011]
Thomson Litho is to shed a further 60 jobs at its printing plant in East Kilbride, in order to transfer work to the Czech Republic. [12-Sep-2011]
Stirling Fibre Group, the paper and plastics recycling firm with 100 staff at six sites in Scotland and northern England, has been acquired by SAICA of Spain. [07-Sep-2011]
Coral Products has acquired Interpack, the Luton-based manufacturer of plastic packaging, and has also raised £1.8m in a share placing. [07-Sep-2011]
Wyndeham Group is to close its Impact magazine printing plant in Basingstoke in October, with the loss of up to 58 jobs. [05-Sep-2011]
SCA Packaging is to shed up to 50 jobs at its Pollokshaws display and cartons facility in Glasgow. [01-Sep-2011]
Bunzl is to acquire Majestic Products, US Glove Co and Total Safety Supply Belgium from Majestic Holding of the Netherlands, as well as the Netpak packaging supplies business in Canada. [30-Aug-2011]
Bunzl has sold its London-based Provend vending business to Autobar UK for £30m. [30-Aug-2011]
RAP Spiderweb of Oldham has bought Hyde-based Pearson Print out of administration for undisclosed terms. [30-Aug-2011]
Premier Paper Group has acquired Arc Paper, the Dorset-based merchant. [30-Aug-2011]
Sofidel UK is to shed up to 93 jobs at its tissue factory in Leicester in November. [30-Aug-2011]
Reflex Labels has bought the assets of The Plain Label Company out of administration. [30-Aug-2011]
Send Marketing Solutions has acquired Seal & Send and will relocate the direct mail business from Derbyshire to its main site in Walsall. [25-Aug-2011]
Norwich Colour Print is to merge with F Crowe & Sons to create a combined Norwich-based printing group with more than 70 staff. [24-Aug-2011]
Bezier, the point of sale marketing services firm with nine sites across the country, has undergone a management buy-out backed by HIG Europe. [23-Aug-2011]
Webtech is planning to close the James Townsend & Sons printing business in Exeter, and some of the 39 jobs could transfer to Northern Ireland. [22-Aug-2011]
Welton Bibby & Baron is to relocate its paper bags factory and up to 300 jobs from Midsomer Norton to a larger site in Westbury by 2013. [15-Aug-2011]
De La Rue is to close its printing plants in Dunstable and Basingstoke, in order to transfer production and up to 150 jobs to Gateshead and Bolton over the next 18 months. [15-Aug-2011]
Tullis Russell is to shed 43 of the 500 jobs at its paper mill in Markinch, Fife. [15-Aug-2011]
W&M Watson Packaging has acquired Kite Packaging Scotland of Cumbernauld, with the transfer of five staff. [15-Aug-2011]
Valpak, the packaging recycling compliance scheme, is considering plans for a management buy-out. [15-Aug-2011]
DG3 Europe has bought FS Moore, the East London-based printing firm with 26 staff, out of administration. [03-Aug-2011]
Regal Wholesale is to relocate its paper products business from Wallasey to a new 45,500 sq ft warehouse in Bromborough in January. [01-Aug-2011]
Pindar has sold its cartography business in Aylesbury out of administration to Halstan Holdings, securing 16 jobs. [01-Aug-2011]
API Group is to invest up to £4m in the expansion of its packaging plant in Cheshire, having won a £20m a year contract for its laminates business unit. [01-Aug-2011]
Belpac, the Wolverhampton-based packaging manufacturer with 46 staff, has undergone a management buy-out. [01-Aug-2011]
Timberpak is to open a wood recycling plant in North Lanarkshire this summer, in order to supply woodchip to Egger's panelboard factory. [27-Jul-2011]
CLE Group, the Huntingdon-based printing firm, has been acquired by Mimeo of the US. [27-Jul-2011]
DCL Print has bought the assets of Orchestra Wotton out of administration, securing the future of 16 jobs at its Gloucestershire-based printing business. [26-Jul-2011]
H&H Reeds Printers of Penrith has acquired Albany Sign & Display of Carlisle for undisclosed terms. [25-Jul-2011]
Moonpig, the online greetings cards firm, is to be acquired by PhotoBox for £120m. [25-Jul-2011]
Macpac of Stockport has acquired Hamilton Plastic Packaging of Northampton for undisclosed terms. [25-Jul-2011]
Mediatech has been sold out of administration to a new company called MDP Direct, securing the future of 40 jobs at its Rugby-based direct mail and print business. [21-Jul-2011]
Ulma Packaging and G Mondini are merging their packaging automation operations in the UK, with the transfer of services to a new facility at Stone in Staffordshire. [21-Jul-2011]
National Flexible, the Bradford-based flexible packaging distributor, has undergone a management buy-out. [18-Jul-2011]
Williams Lea has acquired Tag Worldwide, the design and production agency with about 2,500 staff, for undisclosed terms. [13-Jul-2011]
Weidenhammer UK has acquired L&D Mouldings, the Bradford-based plastic injection moulding firm with 15 staff, and will transfer production to its new site nearby. [11-Jul-2011]
DS Smith has sold its Spicers office products business to Unipapel of Spain for £200m, and the UK and Ireland operations have been sold on to private equity firm Better Capital. [07-Jul-2011]
Paragon Print & Packaging Group is to relocate the former Sessions of York labelling business and up to 40 jobs from York to a new 42,000 sq ft site in Boston over the next few months. [06-Jul-2011]
Pindar is looking to sell its printing business, which has 480 staff and plants in Preston and Scarborough. [05-Jul-2011]
Robinson is to sell its paperboard containers business in Chesterfield to Sonoco for £2.6m. [04-Jul-2011]
Wyndeham Roche is to shed up to 58 of the 340 jobs at its Cornwall-based printing business. [30-Jun-2011]
DS Smith has sold its Horncastle-based sacks subsidiary to a management buy-out operating under the name of Forum Packaging, securing the future of 83 jobs. [28-Jun-2011]
Polestar is planning to shed about 150 management, sales and administrative jobs at its printing operations in Colchester and elsewhere. [27-Jun-2011]
DS Smith Paper is to close the Hollins paper mill in Darwen in 2012, with the loss of up to 116 jobs. [27-Jun-2011]
Scott Group has acquired Ellis Pallets, the Wolverhampton-based pallet supplier with ten staff. [27-Jun-2011]
RPC Group is to close its Superfos plastic containers plant in Runcorn by June 2012, affecting up to 100 jobs. [27-Jun-2011]
Weedon Holdings has acquired Rowpak Containers of Manchester from Jardin Corrugated Cases, with the transfer of about 100 staff. [23-Jun-2011]
Aldridge Print Group has been acquired by Blue Printing Company in a pre-pack administration deal through Grant Thornton, with the transfer of 33 London-based staff. [21-Jun-2011]
Rexam has sold its US-based lid manufacturing business to Berry Plastics for £223m, with the transfer of about 1,500 staff. [21-Jun-2011]
Loveurope has acquired Asset Graphics, the London-based printing company with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms. [14-Jun-2011]
Envases is investing £8.5m in the installation of a new production line at its aluminium aerosol can and bottle factory in Port Talbot. [08-Jun-2011]
Opus Trust Marketing is to close its office in Swindon, in order to transfer its mailing services and some of the 25 staff to its site in Leicester. [06-Jun-2011]
Stadium Packing is planning to extend its timber crate manufacturing facility in Gateshead by 20,000 sq ft, and also hopes to increase the 35-strong workforce by 15 by 2014. [06-Jun-2011]
Flawless Makeover Studios is creating 20 jobs at its Middlesbrough-based makeover and photography service. [02-Jun-2011]
Wyndeham Press is to close its magazine printing plant in Plymouth in August, with the loss of 145 jobs. [25-May-2011]
Esko Artwork is relocating its packaging software business and dozens of staff from Redditch to the Blythe Valley Park in Solihull. [24-May-2011]
H-A Interiors has stopped production at its wall coverings factory in Cramlington, casting doubt on the future of 80 jobs. [19-May-2011]
Beatson Clark is investing £16m in the expansion of capacity at its Rotherham-based glass bottle manufacturing business. [16-May-2011]
Harlequin Display Group is to place Graf, its Hatfield-based large format print division, into liquidation. [10-May-2011]
ColArt is to relocate the London headquarters of its art supplies business and 56 jobs from Harrow to Notting Dale Village in Shepherd's Bush in November. [05-May-2011]
World Flowers, the flower-packing firm with 400 staff, is to close its site in Hampshire this summer and transfer the work to sister company sites in Hull and Spalding. [26-Apr-2011]
Accrol Papers is to submit plans to invest £6m in the expansion of its paper tissues factory in Blackburn, with the creation of 50 jobs. [21-Apr-2011]
Plotters Plus, the Bolton-based printing equipment supplier trading as Pluss, has been sold out of administration by Begbies Traynor to a new management team. [19-Apr-2011]
Boss Direct has acquired JM Roberts Print to create a combined Bolton-based printing group with 34 staff. [18-Apr-2011]
Capita Group has acquired Right Document Solutions, the London-based print services firm, for £30m. [18-Apr-2011]
Britton Group, the Cheshire-based packaging firm, has been acquired by Sun Capital Partners for an estimated £90m. [18-Apr-2011]
MBL Group is to shed up to 320 jobs in Leyland, following the loss of a contract to supply CDs and DVDs to Morrisons. [11-Apr-2011]
Magnadata has bought Character DPM out of administration, saving about 111 jobs at printing operations in Bootle, Aintree and Warrington. [11-Apr-2011]
A&R Carton of Sweden has acquired a majority stake in Speciality Paperboard Containers, the Rotherham-based packaging manufacturer. [07-Apr-2011]
Marpak Extrusions is to open a new £1m 10,000 sq ft industrial packaging production facility in Leeds in July, with the creation of an initial 12 jobs. [07-Apr-2011]
Iggesund is to invest £108m at its paperboard mill in Workington, in order to switch the site's energy supply to biofuels. [06-Apr-2011]
Thanet Press has ceased trading with the loss of 74 jobs at its Margate-based printing business. [04-Apr-2011]
James Townsend & Sons, the Exeter-based label printing firm with 74 staff, has been acquired by Enniskillen-based Webtech NI for undisclosed terms. [04-Apr-2011]
Harland has acquired Cobalt IS Auto ID, the Crewe-based printing equipment supplier, for undisclosed terms. [04-Apr-2011]
Washington Display has undergone a pre-pack administration deal through Begbies Traynor, securing the future of 62 jobs at its Washington-based point-of-display materials business. [31-Mar-2011]
Paperlinx is relocating its Northampton-based paper merchants business to a 7,700 sq ft office at the Pinnacle in Milton Keynes. [24-Mar-2011]
Litho Supplies, the Derbyshire-based print products supplier with 64 staff, has been acquired by Agfa of Belgium. [23-Mar-2011]
Chesapeake is creating more than 20 jobs at its new 93,000 sq ft packaging distribution centre in Swadlincote. [21-Mar-2011]
Parkers is relocating its Knowsley-based packaging business to a 7,000 sq ft unit on Knowsley Business Park. [17-Mar-2011]
Alito Color Group is expected to sell its East London printing business out of administration back to its former management team. [17-Mar-2011]
MBL Group, the Leyland-based CD distributor with 320 staff, has appointed KPMG Corporate Finance to find a buyer, following the loss of a contract with Morrisons. [16-Mar-2011]
St Ives is to sell its magazine printing division to private equity firm Walstead Investments, the owner of Wyndeham Press, for £20m, with the transfer of 670 staff in Peterborough, Plymouth and Cornwall. [15-Mar-2011]
Unicorn Graphics, the parent company of Glasgow-based printer Gilmour & Dean, has been acquired by Industria Grafica Eurostampa of Italy for undisclosed terms. [14-Mar-2011]
IOT, the Wakefield-based printing consumables supplier with 173 staff, has been acquired by Sharp UK for undisclosed terms. [14-Mar-2011]
Gerald Judd has acquired Tavistock Paper, the Wantage-based paper merchant, from Inapa of Portugal. [14-Mar-2011]
Chesapeake is to shed up to 145 jobs in Bradford, in order to transfer its lithographic printing division to Newcastle. [08-Mar-2011]
Coca-Cola Enterprises is forming a joint venture with ECO Plastics to create Europe's largest plastic bottle recycling plant in North Lincolnshire, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. [07-Mar-2011]
Watermark Publishing, the Northamptonshire-based greetings card company with 250 staff, has been acquired by American Greetings. [07-Mar-2011]
Label Apeel is looking to expand the 40-strong workforce at its label manufacturing business in Leicester with up to 20 new jobs. [03-Mar-2011]
Discovery Foils has acquired the confectionery foil packaging business of Novelis in Bridgnorth, securing the future of 105 jobs. [02-Mar-2011]
That Company Called If is looking to expand its Pickering-based gift supplies business with a new warehouse and production facility and ten new staff. [23-Feb-2011]
Cliffe Packaging of Stoke-on-Trent has acquired the polypropylene bulk containers business of Norfolk-based Structure-flex for undisclosed terms. [22-Feb-2011]
DC Thomson is to close its Port Dundas printing plant in Glasgow in 2012, with the loss of 70 jobs. [21-Feb-2011]
Thomson Litho is to shed 55 of the 130 jobs at its printing plant in East Kilbride. [14-Feb-2011]
Paragon Print & Packaging is looking to set up a new 80,000 sq ft factory in Cramlington and create 120 jobs over the next three years, and has just acquired the food packaging business of Gateshead-based Skanem UK. [10-Feb-2011]
Journal Printing Company is to go into voluntary liquidation through Calverley-Hughes, with the loss of about 45 jobs in Scunthorpe. [07-Feb-2011]
Integrity Print has acquired Mooreforms, the Gwent-based printing firm with 11 staff. [03-Feb-2011]
Tetra Pak has confirmed plans to stop producing flat cartons at its factory in Wrexham in April, with the loss of 150 jobs. [01-Feb-2011]
MetroMail has started to relocate its County Durham-based mailing firm and 250 staff to a 140,000 sq ft site at the Foxcover Enterprise Park in Seaham. [31-Jan-2011]
Betts, the Colchester-based toothpaste tube manufacturer with 180 staff, has been acquired by Albea. [31-Jan-2011]
JF Print, the Somerset-based boom printing firm, is expected to go into liquidation. [27-Jan-2011]
Doric Anderton has bought The Crimped Paper Works, the Derbyshire-based supplier of food packaging with 30 staff, out of administration. [27-Jan-2011]
Print Off has bought the business and assets of JTM Print, the Preston-based printing firm, out of administration. [27-Jan-2011]
Park Communications has bought the assets of Granite Colour out of administration, securing 20 jobs at its Southend-based printing business. [27-Jan-2011]
Transactis is said to be considering plans to shed up to 254 jobs at its Liverpool-based document services and reprographics business, following its acquisition by RR Donnelley. [25-Jan-2011]
Williams Lea is expected to shed more than 100 jobs at its Stirling-based mail sorting and scanning business, following the loss of a contract with Prudential. [24-Jan-2011]
Paton Brown has been bought out of administration by its management team, saving 20 jobs at its Manchester-based direct mail business. [19-Jan-2011]
Label One is creating nine jobs at its new £1.6m labels factory in the Ballygomartin area of Belfast. [11-Jan-2011]
SV Two Digital, the London-based printing firm, has gone into liquidation through Smith & Williamson. [06-Jan-2011]
Chamonix Private Equity has acquired Linpac Storage Systems, Linpac Environmental, Linpac Recycling, Linpac Metal Decorating and Intellident from plastic packaging supplier Linpac. [06-Jan-2011]