Industry bodies

Government opens dismissal consultation
The government has announced a consultation looking into changes to the current workplace dismissal laws.

Quantum boasts ambition, but can Xeikon live up to it?
It is no secret that inkjet will be big at Drupa 2012 and the most likely label for the 2012 iteration of the world's largest graphic arts trade show will be 'Inkjet Drupa' (again). It's too early,...

GI Direct signs up to Two Sides
GI Direct has become the latest company to sign up to the Two Sides campaign to promote the positives of print and paper.

'An essential date for UK wide-format': Sign & Digital preview
If Sign & Digital UK was a married couple, it could expect, at the end of this month, to be presented with an array of silver frames, clocks and other trinkets. The annual wide-format exhibition will...

Doveton's digital move continues with 200,000 kit spend
Doveton Press has cemented its diversification into digital printing with an investment in a Ricoh Pro C901 Graphic Arts Edition printer and Prinect Business Manager MIS from Heidelberg.

Macfarlane emerges from uncertain market with increased sales
Packaging group Macfarlane increased sales and profits last year despite volatile raw materials prices and uncertain market conditions.

HP aims to help printers transform businesses
Graphics of the Americas show daily spoke with David Murphy, Director of Marketing, Americas Graphics Solutions Business, HP Imaging and Printing Group

Attendance figures quash concerns of the 'Drupa effect'
Few would have admitted it two weeks ago, but Fespa Digital 2012, given its proximity to this May's looming print spectacular, was at risk of falling foul of the dreaded 'Drupa effect'.

UK 'should learn from Germany' to boost manufacturing
The BPIF has backed recommendations made in a government-commissioned report for new policies to reinvigorate manufacturing in the UK.

CPI warns of accumulative effect of government's environmental changes
Confederation of Paper Industries director general David Workman has issued his latest briefing to MPs, outlining action the government should consider to tackle key industry issues.