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Leeds City College is to close its in-house print training facility and change its Level 3 NVQ Machine Printing course to an industry-based apprenticeship model with no teaching on campus.

In case you missed the flurry of announcements, it seems Drupa will be the B2 digital show.

While the industry continues its long road to recovery, only the most optimistic would claim that UK print is back to full health.

Gone are the days when a trade show was just about companies wanting to publicise their products or sell more widgets - or even having the luxury of a few days to network with fellow, like-minded...

At Drupas gone by, talk of reducing alcohol consumption probably meant something very different to what it means today. Of course, there'll still be many resolving - and probably failing - to forgo...

While the national media are up in arms over the Royal Mail's 30% and almost 40% increase in the cost of First and Second Class stamps respectively, the true impact of the latest price increases, for...

UK print has rounded on the Royal Mail's latest wave of postal service price increases, warning that it is at risk of creating "further incentives" to drive customers to use digital alternatives to...

PrintWeek's pick of the new press products on show at Drupa

In terms of the challenges facing SMEs, I don't think making it easier to shed underperforming staff is at the top of many business owners' wish lists.

The press, whether conventional or digital, is the machine upon which this diverse and innovative business is built and so, in the first of our previews, we take a look at what will be on show in...