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Schuh refits flagship store with peep-show style window graphic
Footwear retailer Schuh has tasked R J Design Associates (RJDA) with producing a 'peep show' style window graphic - the first job to run on its new HP Scitex FB950.

CPI Mackays completes 50,000 run of Michael Jackson biography
CPI Mackays has completed the first print run of Ian Halperin's Michael Jackson biography Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson.

Abbotts future uncertain as bailiffs seize site
The site of Abbotts Creative Print has been seized by bailiffs as confusion surrounds the status of the company amid claims that some staff have not been paid for more than two months.

Statexcolourprint invests in latest Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-10P
Statexcolourprint has moved into the "next generation" of print production and cut makereadies in half after investing in a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-10P.
Printweek.com wide-format webcast offers tips on success in a new sector
Later this month, printweek.com will host a webcast on digital wide-format printing.

Potts Printers invests in Heidelberg following NHS contract win
Potts Printers has invested in a pair of two-colour Heidelberg Speedmasters after securing the single-source supplier role for the NHS Trust in Newcastle.

Best Cover shuts London plant
Coatings specialist Best Cover UV closed its London plant today, making three of its staff redundant.
GDP contraction stalls but economists warn of long recovery
UK GDP contracted by less than expected in the second quarter of the year building on hopes that the worst may be over for the UK economy.

BT&D celebrates first birthday with Kolbus SU 651 purchase
Colour book printer Butler Tanner & Dennis (BT&D) has completed a "significant" six-figure refurbishment of its case-binding line with a Kolbus jacketing machine.

Litho Supplies upbeat despite 1.3m loss
Litho Supplies group sales director Eddie Williams has said the company is in better shape than it's ever been despite posting a 1.3m loss for the first half of 2009.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council opts for UK's first Ryobi's 522GE
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has become the first UK customer to purchase Ryobi's 522GE press.

Pader Digital extends Varius range with new solvent machine
Pader Digital has launched a new 3.2m wide solvent press, the Varius S3200 S.
INM posts 42.7m first-half loss
Independent News and Media (INM) has posted a pre-tax loss of 48.5m euro (42.7m) in its first-half results, compared with a profit of 96.6m euro last year, as it continues to negotiate a financial...

Vaughan to step down as Communisis profits plunge
Communisis chief executive Steve Vaughan is to step down at the end of the financial year as the group announced a 78% drop in pre-tax profits.

GPS reaffirms Cromalin brand with Epson hardware package
Wifac Group subsidiary GPS has announced the launch of a new proofing package that combines DuPont Cromalin colour management software with the Epson Stylus Pro 900 series inkjet printers.