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Small businesses cautious entering 2013
Small businesses are cautiously optimistic for the coming year, according to the latest FSB research, despite a small decline in confidence levels in Q4 2012.
TFR Print Finishing enters liquidation owing 70,000
Suffolk-based TFR Print Finishing has entered liquidation owing almost 70,000 to its creditors.
Bobst appoints business head for UK and Scandinavia
Bobst has created a new business zone for northwest Europe with Craig Moran appointed as business director for the area from 1 January.
Ace Bookbinders relocates after Monarch acquisition
Ace Bookbinders has expanded its capabilities by taking over hand finishing company Monarch.
Packaging alliance Copapharm Europe disbanded
Copapharm Europe, a 15-year-old pharmaceutical packaging alliance, has disbanded on the decision of the acting shareholders.
Tuckey Print and Fluid Design in PS Vita mammoth project
Birmingham-based Tuckey Print has undertaken a mammoth print project to promote Sony's Playstation Vita console.
Kodak losses near $1bn in nine months
Kodak's pre-tax and net losses averaged more than $100m (61m) a month in the first nine months of 2012, according to its combined statement for the period to 30 September 2012.
Contego completes 81m Cartons sale
Contego Packaging has completed the 81m sale of its food and beverage cartons business, Contego Cartons, to US food specialist Graphic Packaging.
Manroland Sheetfed delivers 100th press
Manroland Sheetfed has delivered its 100th press since its acquisition by Langley Holdings on 9 February 2012.
Oki announces raft of UK appointments
Oki Systems has bolstered its UK sales team with seven new sales staff, who have joined from rivals including Brother, Canon, Epson and HP.
Alpha Media launches Alpha Cards as Z-Card contract ends
Alpha Media Solutions (AMS) has parted ways with Z-Card to produce a rival credit card-sized folded marketing product under the brand name Alpha Cards.
Fuji Xerox may miss 2013/14 sales target
Fuji Xerox may miss its revenue target for the financial year starting on 1 April 2013, according to president Tadahito Yamamoto.
Top Ten of 2012: Finance (6)
A continued source of strife for the print industry and confusion for policy-makers, who have been failing in their efforts to improve lending to SMEs ever since the Credit Crunch.
Top Ten of 2012
The past year has seen some incredible events unfold across the print industry, not just in the UK but around the world, and this is our round up of the 10 biggest stories to have broken in 2012,...
Top Ten of 2012: Employment (8)
May of 2012 saw the belated publication of the government-commissioned Beecroft report, part of a five-year UK employment law review, outlining 20 proposals aimed at simplifying employment regulations...