Printing warehouse where Penguin books were published is turned into £45m housing development

For the bibliophiles out there, this £45million housing development could feature the perfect property for you – with the site once being home to a historic printing warehouse.  The Old Printworks in Frome, Somerset, is located on the plot of the former Butler, Tanner and Dennis printing press, which was responsible for producing the very first Penguin books … Read more

Scientists create a synthetic soft surface with human tongue-like textures using 3D printing 

Scientists claim to have created the first ever synthetic tongue using 3D printing.  The ‘biometric tongue’, developed in the UK, mimics the elasticity, wettability and unique rough texture of a real human tongue with its synthetic silicone structure.  Experts took digital scans of real human tongues to 3D-print their artificial material, which could be used … Read more

Scientist is fined £105 for taking part in eco protests at printing site that cost publishers £1.2m 

Scientist is fined £105 for taking part in eco protests at printing site that cost publishers £1.2m Dr Janna Goldstein was among more than 50 activists who blockaded print plant Protest took place in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, to highlight ‘climate crisis’ The illegal protest prevented 1,100 retailers from receiving newspapers  By Andrew Levy For The Daily … Read more

Extinction Rebellion protesters block roads outside national newspaper printing presses

Extinction Rebellion protesters have been accused of ‘attacking the free press’ after they blocked roads outside national newspaper printing presses in a bid to stop titles reaching shops on Saturday. More than a hundred ‘demonstrators’ chained themselves to gates and each other, and parked vehicles in the road outside Newsprinters printing works in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, … Read more

Extinction Rebellion protesters block roads outside national newspaper printing presses

Extinction Rebellion protesters have been accused of ‘attacking the free press’ after they blocked roads outside national newspaper printing presses in a bid to stop titles reaching shops on Saturday. Dozens of demonstrators chained themselves to gates and each other, and parked vehicles in the road outside Newsprinters printing works in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and blocked … Read more

Designer reveals she’s made £7,000 A MONTH in lockdown by printing companies’ logos on face masks

A mother-of-two has revealed how she’s made £7,000 a month in lockdown by printing companies logos on face masks. Dani Turner, 31, from Yateley in Hampshire, was working two or three days a week before the Covid-19 pandemic, taking home around a £1,000 a month as a freelance graphic designer. But when the pandemic hit … Read more

Bank of England’s money printing set to hit £1trillion

Experts predict Bank of England will ramp up its money-printing programme to almost £1trillion over the next year By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 4 June 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 4 June 2020 Making plans: Bank of England boss Andrew Bailey The Bank of England looks likely to ramp up … Read more

The UK has to keep printing money, says former Bank rate-setter

Britain will have to keep printing money to weather the coronavirus crisis, says former Bank rate-setter Keep printing money despite inflation fears, says David Blanchflower  Last month, the Treasury issued £45bn of Government bonds – or gilts  Analysts estimate the UK could end up issuing a total of £285bn of gilts this year  Here’s how to … Read more