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Google and Royal Mail back marketing website for small businesses
Google and the Royal Mail have backed a website launched to help educate small businesses on how to effectively use marketing.
John Smith & Son boosts sales with digital and print offering
Academic and professional bookselling chain John Smith & Son has increased its overall sales average by 25% as a result of offering digital and printed textbooks.
Budget 2009: Live text
Live updates of the Budget 2009 as it happens with expert analysis and comment.
BemroseBooth MD Dave Murray in surprise departure
Dave Murray has resigned from his position as managing director of security printer BemroseBooth.
Canon to target growth in digital mono presses for 2009
Digital print manufacturer Canon will be targeting growth in the digital mono market this year, according to its new head of marketing for the UK, Trevor Dodsworth.
FSB poll shows corporate mediation needed to boost lending
Small businesses in the UK need a corporate mediator to "repair ailing relationships" with their banks, a poll compiled for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found.
Sales training fails to keep pace as print becomes service-led, company claims
Print companies "do not train their sales forces" and are therefore not benefiting from the shift towards a service-led industry, one printer has warned.
Ink Shop buys digital press and boasts record sales
The Ink Shop has moved into same-day printing with the installation of a second Konica System 18 digital press on the back of a 20% year-on-year sales increase.
Murodigital named as sole UK Plockmatic distributor
Finishing equipment distributor Murodigital has announced it is to be the sole UK distributor for Plockmatic equipment.
Garnett hails Kolbus binder performance
Offset printer Garnett Dickinson has said that "quantity has caught up with quality" on its new 1.5m perfect binder from Kolbus, having run the machine at 10,000sph for a 24-hour period last weekend.
Unite demands support for manufacturing in Darling's Budget
Unite has called on the chancellor to put manufacturing "at the heart of the Budget" when he unveils his plans for the rescue of the UK economy on Wednesday.
Cambridge University Press extends staff consultation period
Cambridge University Press (CUP) has extended its consultation period with staff affected by the proposed job cuts within its printing division.
Administrators expecting imminent sale of Folium Group
Administrators for Folium Group, the Birmingham-based financial printer that went into administration earlier this month, have said that they expect a sale of the business "shortly".
BPC boss reveals plans for Burlington Press
Bluepoint Cambridge (BPC) managing director Jim Gilmour has spoken out following the company's recent deal to acquire fellow Cambridge printer Burlington Press.
Print veteran to make UK comeback at Wyndeham
Wyndeham Press Group has announced the surprise return to UK print of industry veteran and former Fresh Media Group chief executive Les Pipe, who will join Wyndeham's board next month.