Print buying news - New owner for Barnard & Westwood; Solopress adds low-cost range; Zeus rounds off €40m spend; Riverside; Royal Mail; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Monday 15 February 2021 [Print buying bulletin] [Latest headlines] [Veteran investor buys Barnard & Westwood]( [Veteran investor buys Barnard & Westwood]( Historic printer Barnard & Westwood is beginning its centenary year under fresh ownership after veteran retail entrepreneur Maurice Bennett CBE acquired the business. [Solopress adds low-cost range]( [Solopress adds low-cost range]( Solopress has introduced a new range of commoditised print products “with extremely competitive pricing”. [Zeus rounds off €40m spend]( [Zeus rounds off €40m spend]( Acquisitive Irish packaging group Zeus Packaging has expanded its European footprint with its largest deal to date as it completes a €40m (£35m), three-year strategic shopping spree to fuel growth. [Sponsored content] [Zeus rounds off €40m spend]( [Say goodbye to complexity. Say hello to profitability]( Discover how unleashing multi-vendor partnerships can put workflow automation at your fingertips and prepare and futureproof your operation for the post-covid business landscape. [In the news] [Riverside buys local firm to diversify offering]( Riverside Printers has acquired screen and wide-format specialist Action Screen Process to expand its service offering. [Royal Mail results boosted by parcels]( Royal Mail’s share price hit a 52-week high after it said it expected to file adjusted operating profits “well in excess of £500m” for the full year, on the back of a booming parcels business and better letter volumes. [Arrow Film readying switch to innovative water-based process]( Flexible packaging printer Arrow Film Converters has revealed that it had not applied for an Environmental Permit from its local council and invested in the associated equipment because it had been gearing up for a long-planned switch to a new water-based printing method. [Historic can maker embraces 21st century technology]( A historic London can maker has embraced digital metal decorating through a co-operation with Tinmasters in Wales. [More printers now eligible for workplace C-19 testing]( Hundreds of printing companies will be able to take advantage of rapid workplace testing for Covid-19 after the government extended the scheme to smaller companies. [In this issue] [Straddling December 2020 and January 2021, the latest Printweek is out now. Our '2020 vision’ issue is crammed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...]( [Forward to a friend](mailto:?subject=Print%20industry%20news%20...&body=I%20thought%20you%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20newsletter%20from%20PrintWeek:%20%20 [Got some news? Email the PrintWeek newsdesk here](mailto:printweek.newsdesk@markallengroup.com) [PrintWeek jobs] [Heidelberg Platen Operator]( [Account Manager]( [Perfect Binder Operator]( [Manager- Sales/Business Development for UK/Scotland/Ireland Region]( [Sales and Marketing Manager – Digital Print Division]( More jobs [Knowledge Bank] [Transformative times]( [Transformative times]( While the word ‘pandemic’ has dominated our lives in 2020, another p-word ‘pivot’ has also come to the fore as print businesses switched up their offering [Managing perfection]( [Managing perfection]( So much has been written about the art of management that an individual looking to improve their knowledge with a purchase from Amazon had better become a speed reader or know how to narrow a search down. With more 90,000 books on the topic it’s clear that some think they have knowledge to impart. [There is no Plan B]( [There is no Plan B]( While some decry the concept of climate change, the reality – no matter what is happening – is that there is but one Earth and we have a duty to protect it as best as we can. There is, very simply, no Plan B. [You’re hired!]( [You’re hired!]( Lord Sugar and Donald Trump may have popularised the term ‘apprentice’ and ‘you’re fired’, but there’s much more to the concept. Implemented well, with of course, willing candidates, apprenticeships are a great entrée into the worlds of learning and work. © MA Business Limited 2021. [Contact Us]( [Advertising]( [Subscribe]( If you wish to unsubscribe from Print Buying Weekly bulletin emails, please click [here](. To understand how we process, use & safeguard your data, please read our [Privacy Policy](. If you would like to update your marketing contact preferences, then please [click here](.