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Design 2 Print in Llandudno has increased its litho capacity with a second Mitsubishi B2 press.

Volumes in direct mail are continuing to fall with just over 5bn items sent in 2006, a dip of 2.1%.

Trade union Amicuss merger with the Transport & General Workers Union (T&G) has freed up 5m to recruit and reorganise, according to Amicus assistant general secretary Tony Burke.

Design 2 Print has purchased its second Mitsubishi B2 press, a Diamond 1000LS five-colour machine.

Kay Premium Marketing Films has promoted its business development manager, Debbie Cardell, to sales and marketing manager.

The government is to increase the national minimum wage by 3.2% from October.

FWB Printing has upgraded its cutting and moved to chemistry-free platemaking, with a Heidelberg Suprasetter A74 and Saphira plates, at its Wincanton, Somerset base.

EP Digital and Screen and Print 88 have been closed in the High Court following an investigation by the Companies Investigation branch of the Insolvency Service.

Staff at Field First are mulling over a ballot on new employment terms and conditions, amid fears for the future of the packaging plant.

TPF Group has won a global print management and business process outsourcing (BPO) contract with international travel group Travelport, believed to be worth millions of pounds.

Adare could consider selling more non-core parts of its business after it confirmed the long-awaited sale of its high-street print chains Kall Kwik and Prontaprint.

Litho Supplies has blamed bad debt for a slight downturn in its results, despite posting a pre-tax profit.

London-based PhotoBox has boosted its digital production capacity with the installation of two HP Indigo press 5000s.

A B1 printer in the Rhonda Valley is aiming to increase sales by a third after a 2.5m investment in Heidelberg press and finishing kit.

Macclesfield-based API Laminates is set to launch a laminate that will biodegrade in landfill.