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Overmatter: wild wayzgoose

Being dropped in the middle of the Lake District to compete in a bout of archery, axe-throwing and catapult-building might sound like a medieval re-enactment society’s special Olympics, but it was...

Killer app: YPP steps up capacity for Race for Life challenge

Running – a tough mistress if you’ve nobody shouting encouragement from the sidelines. No wonder then that around 500,000 women will, over the next five months, be donning their trainers to run for a...

Outstanding Map Distributors installs Ricoh Pro C5100S

Cornwall-based map distributors and print finishing house Outstanding Map Distributors (OMD) has cemented a move into map printing with installation of a new Ricoh Pro C5100S.

TheMagicTouch expands product range with Listawood deal

TheMagicTouch has formed a global partnership with Fakenham-based ceramics coater and decorator Listawood, to market its patent-protected SatinMug range of high-quality ceramic mugs to printers.

Industry colleagues mourn Ron England

Ron England, who ran some of the UK’s biggest print sites during his career in the industry, has died aged 65.

Tangent group sales and profits up despite drop in Goodprint conversion rate

Tangent Communications has posted impressive hikes in sales and profits in its year end results, published this morning (19 May).

Bishops invests in Speedmaster XL 75-10-P with Inpress Control

Bishops Printers has continued its year of investments into Heidelberg kit by purchasing a Speedmaster XL 75-10-P press to improve its quality and speed of makeready and reduce its waste.

Adobe Creative Cloud users suffer 24 hour outage

Adobe has apologised to its Creative Cloud users, many of whom were shut out of their accounts for 24 hours across 14-15 May due to a problem with Adobe's login services.

Fine bindings go on display at St Bride

An exhibition of contemporary book binding is underway at London’s St Bride Foundation, featuring the craft of UK and USA-based fine binding specialists.

New printmaking competition launched

A new printmaking competition has been launched by the Royal Society of Painter-Printermakers, with the aim of promoting the best of printmaking to a wider audience.

Communisis announces 75 job cuts due to declining direct mail volumes

Communisis has announced that it will reduce the headcount at its Cross Gates Leeds facility by around 75 as a response to declining direct mail volumes.

KBA makes progress in Q1

KBA posted a double-digit jump in sales and orders during the first quarter across its business units, and its sheetfed business is back in the black.

Kingsdown becomes first UK printer to gain new ISO 27001:2013 standard

Bristol-based printer Kingsdown Printing claims to have become the first company in the UK to gain certification to the newest ISO 27001 standard, ISO 27001:2013.

Fespa’s World Wrap Masters returns with a new format

Fespa’s World Wrap Masters, part of the Feature Hub programme, will return for next week’s Fespa Digital 2014 trade show in Munich with a brand new competition format.

GF Smith pledges 'exceptional' quality with new book service

GF Smith has gone live with its new bespoke photobook service ‘Make Book’.