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Administrators for the Walsall Print Company are hoping the business will be sold as an going concern, following its move into administration.

The YMP has launched its training and personal development tool, the Professional Development Planner (PDP).

CIT Print has sealed a 2.4m finance deal with Pensord, just two months after the specialist finance division was launched.

Printers are likely to face crippling costs and a drain on young talent if the government forces pension plans into law, experts warn.

TP8 has sold packaging company Taylowe and its assets to a buy-in management buyout team for an undisclosed sum.

Swindon-based ESP Colour has made five of its workforce redundant due to recent investment in equipment at the company.

Small and start-up printers are set to benefit after Gordon Brown (pictured) announced financial help and skills for SMEs in the pre-Budget speech.

Businesses including print firms, publishers and marketing agencies are to be targeted by the Royal Mail in a bid to communicate its Pricing in Proportion (PiP) plans.

Three further paper producers have joined the ranks of those announcing price increases for next year, adding to the woes of UK printers.

Report and accounts (R&A) printers are facing a 50m hit over government plans to relax regulation on firms paper-based communication with shareholders.

Howitt is to end production at its Bardon facility after negotiations to secure a lease on the site broke down.

Printing.com chief executive Tony Rafferty has landed a 1.78m pre-Christmas bonus.

Both TripleArc and The Print Factory (TPF) have categorically denied rumours that TPF plans to bid for the listed print management firm.

Manufacturing in the UK fell for the third successive month in October, with the pulp, paper, printing and publishing sectors one of the hardest hit.

Paper and packaging manufacturer DS Smith has indicated that its energy costs for 2006 could be as high as 96m, above initial estimates, and may impact on next years performance.