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VCG cuts 15 positions
Around 15 staff are understood to have been made redundant at VCG Kestrel.

Fourth round RGF funding open
The government has announced that the latest round of its Regional Growth Fund (RGF), worth 350m, is open for bids.

ERA: client spending reviews are a supplier opportunity
Printers should not be threatened by spending reviews undertaken by their clients but use them to examine their own strategies, a print industry procurement specialist has said.
Folex group acquires Regulus
Substrate specialist Folex has bought German large-format poster media company Regulus.

APS walks on the wild side
<i>Countryfile's</i> annual calendar, which raises money for BBC charity Children in Need, features the best of UK amateur nature photography selected from thousands of entrants every year.

Gavin Watson in £500,000 Polar spend
Food and drinks label printer Gavin Watson has invested more than £500,000 in a Polar cutting line for wet glue labels.

Loveurope buys Locomotion, eyes further deals
Loveurope has acquired London-based creative post-production business Locomotion and is eyeing further deals in 2013.

Printers plough through snow and ice
The adverse weather conditions that have blanketed much of the UK with snow and ice over the past week have been met with typical blitz spirit from the print industry.

Book of Mormon resurrected by Utah print museum
A Utah print museum has attempted to reproduce the Book of Mormon by hand for the first time since the original manuscript was created in 1830.

HH Global awarded Dyson contract
Print management firm HH Global has won a contract to design permanent POS displays for Dyson's Airblade product.

Businesses must improve spending strategies for survival
Procurement skill and understanding is limited and undervalued in UK businesses, a new survey has found.

Investors rescue Lessebo mill from closure
Sweden's Lessebo mill has been saved from closure after Norwegian investors bought the assets from its previous owner, insolvent Vida Paper.

Strong Pro-T3 sales boost Fujifilm's Q2 WaterAid donation
Fujifilm has nearly reached its 12-month fundraising target for the international clean water charity WaterAid after just six months of the appeal.
Print industry news roundup: EFI, Pindar, Lumejet, CS Labels, Packaging Innovations, Digital Ad Lab
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: EFI showcases product roadmap at Connect; KPMG confirms no payout to Pindar trade...

KBA refreshes service offering with tailored approach
KBA UK has reorganised its service, support and consumables sales operations as printers increase their focus on getting maximum productivity from their presses.