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A 35-year-old Scottish printer has gone into liquidation with the loss of more than 30 full-time staff and "quite a few" casual employees.

Retail Print Solutions has bagged a year-long rolling point-of-sale contract to produce 50,000 shelf barkers for paint manufacturer Ronseal.

Lintons Printers has halved the time it takes to complete bookletmaking work following the installation of a Duplo bookletmaker line.

Litho Supplies can now offer "the widest range of consumables and kit in the UK" after acquiring supplier Graphic Arts Equipment (GAE) for 2.3m.

The Printforms Group has brought nearly all of its finishing work in-house following an investment in a Horizon PowerCollator book production line.

Business minister Stephen Timms yesterday (24 January) outlined the opportunities for small businesses to get involved with the 2012 Olympics and use it as a springboard to compete for broader...

Unique Printflo has completed a 50,000-run brochure contract as part of a campaign from the Waste & Resources Action Programme (Wrap) to reduce food waste.

SMP Group has completed a lenticular poster display to promote the Tutankhamun exhibition at London's O2 Arena, previously the Millennium Dome.

EFI has reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results, following a trading update earlier in the month that knocked its share value.

Wide format is a healthy but often overlooked sector, according to recent statistics from The Industry Measure (TIM).

The Arts Council England is proposing to change funding for a number of independent publishers in a matter of weeks, in a move that could hit UK book printers.

Paper manufacturing in the UK fell in 2007, with a rise in the amount of recovered paper shipped to the Far East for recycling, new figures show.

The Color Co (Cheltenham) has responded to growing demand for litho by investing nearly 1.5m in a new 560sqm site and a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster.

Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced sweeping concessions to the controversial capital gains tax (CGT) reforms.

HP has made its first software acquisition in the commercial print space, signing a definitive agreement to buy personalised document firm Exstream Software.