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West Yorkshire Police recover 600,000 in counterfeit raids
West Yorkshire Police have recovered around 600,000 worth of counterfeit notes in a two-day search last week.
Xennia hails successful Ipex
Large-format inkjet developer Xennia said it achieved "two truly excellent new OEM agreements" at Ipex.

BIS one of the biggest losers in Osborne's spending cuts
Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is set to be one of the hardest-hit departments under newly announced spending cuts by chancellor George Osborne today (24 May).
Leach Colour buys second Kongsberg cutting table
Huddersfield-based large-format graphics specialist Leach Colour has bought a second Kongsberg i-XP44 large cutting table from EskoArtwork.

Communisis teams with data firm to streamline personalisation
Communisis has enlisted the help of a data company to hone targeted marketing based on what it hopes will be one of the UK's most comprehensive database services.

102 franchisees plan ODC claim
Some 102 franchisees at Kall Kwik and Prontaprint have appointed franchise law specialists Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) in a potential group claim against their franchisor On Demand Communications...

Printers want budget to tackle UK deficit and promote growth
Printers want next month's emergency budget to tackle a range of measures from fuel tax to phoenix firms and have echoed worries voiced in a poll of small companies.
Reader Reaction: How significant an impact do major events have on print?
We ask whether events like the general election or World Cup bring an increase in print work

A0 scanners sought to help scan 40m news pages for the British Library
The company behind the the British Library's ambitious plan to digitise 40m pages of old newspapers is on the hunt for six large-format scanners to begin the 10-year project.
Printable Technologies buys DirecTypeR
Printable Technologies has acquired DirecTypeR, an image personalisation software company.

Tangent confident despite HIPs scrappage
The Con-Lib coalition government has announced a raft of changes that could impact on the print industry, including the scrapping of Home Information Packs (HIPs), ID cards, the part-privatisation of...

Arun & Rajive installs Roland SolJet XC-540MT wide-format integrated printer and cutter unit
Digital specialist Arun & Rajive has opened up new revenue streams with its foray into wide-format with a Roland DG SolJet XC-540 MT.

HP hails 'exceptional' Q2 results
HP's commercial printing and imaging hardware revenues grew 13% in the second quarter of 2010, a contributing factor in the group's better-than-expected results.

St Ives becomes first customer of Epicor's print and packaging ERP
Print group St Ives has become the first major UK customer of Epicor's new Print and Packaging enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, which was developed as the result of a joint venture between...

Portfolio Display increases capacity with Fuji Acuity flatbed
West Yorkshire company Portfolio Display has invested in a Fuji UV Acuity flatbed printer in order to boost its capacity by 20%.