Business

UKAS accreditation for BPIF Colour Management Scheme certification body
The BPIF ISO12647-2 Colour Quality Management Scheme is the first of its kind in the world to have an independent certification body that has been accredited by UKAS.

Adverset makes heroic effort
Adverset Media Solutions, produced more than 1,500 printed promotional items for forces support scheme Heroes Welcome, to promote the charity's expansion into the Falklands.

Screenprint moves into ceramic print with Fujifilm's Acuity Advance
Digital printer Screenprint has completed its first print job on ceramic tiles thanks to Fujifilm's Acuity Advance HD2565W.

SME new loan approval rate down year-on-year in Q2
The latest SME Finance Monitor shows 34% of small businesses were declined new loans from their banks in Q2 this year compared to 28% in 2011.

Direct Mail Partners signs up to Volly
Carrollton, TX-based Direct Mail Partners has confirmed it will join Pitney Bowes' much anticipated secure digital delivery network Volly despite its formal launch still being months away.
Think Printing acquires Speedmaster to meet surge in political mailing
Richmond, VA-based Think Printing has invested in a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 to answer growing demand for political direct mail.

Star product: Diecut Goldline
A manual die-cutter that is capable of cutting every type of solid substrate
InnerWorkings survey finds cautious optimism in print community
A new survey from global managed print services provider InnerWorkings shows positivity in the commercial printing industry.

If Ipex draws in the buyers, printers will surely follow
Informa no doubt hopes its 1m Ipex VIP programme will once and for all put paid to exhibitors' fears over the show's international credentials.

'Mis-sold' IRSAs: Bully Banks takes on high-street lenders
A campaign group of SME business owners harmed by mis-sold IRSAs, Bully Banks, raises questions over the practice's effect on print. But what's next?