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Local printer takes on staff from liquidation-bound Vitesse Print
East London printer Vitesse Print has become the latest print business to suffer in the current financial crisis.
Insurance broker brands new pre-pack rules 'ineffectual'
Four in five UK suppliers may have to write off unpaid debt due to "ineffectual" new rules for pre-pack insolvency arrangements, a leading insurance broker has said.
Warwick Printing buys new saddlestitcher on back of surge in magazine work
Commercial printer Warwick Printing has expanded its finishing capacity with a new Primera 110 saddlestitcher from Muller Martini.
Roland DG completes expansion of wide-format plant
Roland DG has finished the Japanese expansion of its Miyakoda wide-format inkjet manufacturing plant, centralising production, parts, storage and packing at a single site.
Darlington Council appoints Acorn for magazine printing
Darlington Borough Council has appointed Wakefield-based Acorn Web Offset to produce Town Crier, its monthly residents' magazine.
Happy memories power personalised First Choice holiday campaign
First Choice Holidays has turned to a "precisely targeted direct marketing campaign, which speaks directly to each individual consumer" using details of the recipients' previous holidays, to compete...
Bmi outdoor ad set to be seen by 100m passengers at Heathrow
Business airline Bmi has secured a "prime slot" at London Heathrow for a year-long run of its printed outdoor advert.
Bellwether survey reveals biggest fall in marketing budgets for nine years
The ability for direct marketing companies to retain - and increase - work for existing customers will be paramount in 2009 as last year saw marketing budgets take their biggest hit in nine years,...
Fears for direct marketers as report finds electoral roll opt-outs rising
Direct marketers face steep challenges in targeting their campaigns after it was found the majority of residents in a third of councils have opted out of the edited electoral roll, which is...
Unite launches scathing attack on government over UK 'job carnage'
Unite has called on the government to halt the "job carnage" sweeping Britain, accusing it of having done "nothing for industry".
Empire launches free customer film magazine
Empire Cinemas has launched Escape - a free customer magazine to be distributed in its multiplexes nationwide.
Charges brought following passport theft
Two men have appeared in court following last July's gang raid on a van delivering 3,000 blank passports and visas from 3M Security Printing and Systems to RAF Northolt.
Supplier round-up
Stay up-to-date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Darlington Council chooses printer for residents' mag; Integrity sells Economailer; PLN...
Adapt Graphics doubles capacity with bizhub buy
Adapt Graphics has more than doubled its digital print capacity with an investment in a new Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C5500.
Assembly completes major site move
Assembly Direct Mail is seeking to defy the current recession by upgrading to larger premises and taking on more staff.