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Money copyright & photo wallets

Joanne Gardner tracks down the solutions to your print problems

Printroom conditions

Clinic topics this month: Lena Johansson on ways of reducing energy use; Paul Hayden on alcohol-free founts; and John Barker on humidity control

Transactional law and tax relief

Joanne Gardner tracks down the solutions to your print problems

Royal Mail set to hand massive PM deal to St Ives, say sources

St Ives is understood to be on the verge of signing its first big-ticket print management contract after it emerged as the front-runner in Royal Mails huge print tender.

Team Impressions float sets up expansion plan

Team Impression, the Leeds-based printer, is planning expansion through acquisition and kit investment after floating on the Plus Markets stock exchange.

Unite calls for employment rights

Hundreds of print and paper workers are expected to descend on Bournemouth this Sunday to support greater employment rights.

Greenpeace blockades pulp boat

Greenpeace has blockaded a ship carrying a cargo of wood pulp from a Canadian freshwater port.

Envirowise webinar for cleaner packs

Envirowise is to run a web seminar on 11 October offering free guidance on cleaner packaging design.

Bertelsmann to cut costs at Prinovis

Bertelsmann, the German media group, is pushing for a cost-cutting programme at its gravure printing arm Prinovis, according to press reports.

Rivals feel heat as Heidelberg completes VLF assembly hall

Heidelbergs long-awaited entry into the very-large format (VLF) sector has come a step closer with the completion of a 31m (EUR45m) assembly hall.

UK behind Europe in web-to-print stakes

UK printers are lagging behind the rest of Europe in the adoption of web-to-print software, according to a report from InfoTrends.

AW Clowes branch into cartons with new site

Packaging printer Arthur W Clowes has moved its entire operation into one facility after a 2.5m investment.

Client Audit

Sandra Phillips, Bolton Councils publishing services manager, is in the unusual position of being both a buyer and a printer. The councils print demands are extremely varied, ranging from posters to...

Firstan eyes expansion after secondary MBO

Firstan, the Cambridge-based food and pharmaceuticals packaging printer, is on the lookout for acquisitions after completing a secondary buyout from Lloyds TSB Develop-ment Capital.

Communisis takes on Procter & Gamble PM

Communisis has signed up worldwide FMCG firm Procter & Gamble (P&G) as a new customer in a deal described by chief executive Steve Vaughan as print management as youve never seen it before.