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Improving customer service is key to printers improving profitability according to two reports published this week.

Hi-fli Banners & Flags has produced what it claims is the largest building wrap in Scotland.

Daily Mail & General Trust has put regional newspaper arm Northcliffe Newspapers Group (NNG) up for sale with a mooted value of around 1.5bn.

Packaging pre-press company TecnoLink has set up a division specialising in flexo repro.

Minipack Torre has launched a small-format shrink wrapper to attack the digital print market.

Quebecor World has sold five of its US operations to an MBO team for 40m ($70m).

Bezier has brought the jungle to the high street by printing more than 700 2.5m high 3D palm tree images for the sponsor of <i>Im A CelebrityGet Me Out Of Here</i>.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has extended its range of wide-format printers, with the launch of the DesignJet 4500.

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

Walsall Print Company, part of the Walsall Print Group, has gone into administration with the loss of 35 jobs.

Postcomm has been accused by the PPA of being too rapid and ill-considered over its plans for Pricing in Proportion (PiP) and the general liberalisation of the market.

Gary Kiernan has resigned as group operations director at The Print Factory.

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has rebuffed Government claims that energy users who buy gas on the spot market are responsible for their predicament.

Reed Print & Design has completed an 8m rebirth and is set to move into the cleanest plant in the UK two years after its Washington, Tyne and Wear factory was wrecked by fire.

Large-format trade printer Clearview Press has opened its doors in Hertfordshire with a promise to offer superb service to small clients as well as large.