Business

Really Useful Print Company snaps up local firm Quick Print Norwich

Norwich-based Really Useful Print Company has acquired Quick Print Norwich for an undisclosed sum.

Things have started to get better and not before time

The Holt review into access to and delivery of apprenticeships in the UK aims to identify the issues that are discouraging businesses - particularly SMEs - from recruiting new blood in this way.

UK employment prospects strongest in five years

Employment forecasts for Q4 of 2012 reflect the most positive outlook among employers since 2008, according to new figures.

Killer App: the making of 'Rankin Portraits'

Fashion photography icon John Rankin Waddell's latest book, Rankin Portraits, features images of high profile celebrities including Daniel Craig and Cindy Crawford taken by the photographer.

Me & my... Presstek 52DI

This direct imaging press has boosted profits at Falkirk Council's in-plant and took the the workload much higher than expected

RR Donnelley acquires Express Postal Options

Chicago-based RR Donnelley has acquired Express Postal Options (XPO) as it looks to build on its logistics service offering to a global client base.

A stream of alternative finance options

If you thought the recession had forever diminished the finance sources available to printers - think again. A wide variety of options has surfaced online in recent years and ingenuity is often all...

Tensor in deal with Manroland for North American sales

Manroland Web Systems has signed an agreement to sell Tensor International's single width web fed offset presses in the US and Canada.

Manroland Sheetfed cuts headcount at Offenbach

Manroland Sheetfed is to cut more than 10% of its workforce in Germany, according to local reports.

Councils ignore government pressure on late payments

Local authorities have failed to respond to government guidelines to pay suppliers within 10 days, with just 51% of invoices being paid on time in 2011/12, compared to 45% in 2009.