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UK-based SMEs are facing cashflow problems after funding their businesses with personal finances, according to HSBC research.

The photo merchandise market, which includes photobooks and calendars, will continue to thrive, according to a Futuresource Consulting report.

All printers need to make frequent deliveries. Yet how many consider the effectiveness of their logistic systems or the cost-saving opportunities that may be available?

<i>Rolling Stone</i> magazine is to change its iconic large format to a standard size.

News International has claimed the idea of printing daily newspapers in remote regions on a digital press is a distinct possibility for the future.

Unite is to meet with Merseyside MPs as part of its fight to keep the printing of the <i>Liverpool Echo</i> and the <i>Liverpool Post</i> in the city.

Unite has moved to quell rumours of a break-up amid allegations of infighting at the UK's largest union and the attempts by one of its joint leaders to extend his term.

The American Reprographics Company has made its first inroads into the UK market following the acquisition of London-based digital printer The Reprographics Warehouse.

Sequana has said it has received "a lot of interest" from potential industrials and private equity buyers in the planned disposal of subsidiary Arjowiggins' security business unit.

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Canon UK has launched a brace of 24" large-format printers, the imagePrograf iPF6000S and the imagePrograf iPF6200, aimed at the photography and fine art markets.

Shuttleworth has launched a real-time MIS application for the Microsoft Vista sidebar, which allows users to monitor information, such as press running speeds, from almost anywhere in the world.

MIS developer Data Design Services (DDS) has announced the immediate release of the AccuraOnline module for its Accura MIS system.