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PQQs to be abolished after gov't backs report recommendations
The government has backed all the recommendations published in a report last month identifying ways to boost the growth potential of SMEs, including a call for an end to PQQs on public sector...

Solopress installs third Xerox iGen4
Essex-based commercial printer Solopress has added a third Xerox iGen4 cut-sheet digital colour press to its line-up of digital printing kit.

Antalis expands Olin paper range
Paper and packaging material distributor Antalis has extended its exclusive premium uncoated range.
Stanford Marsh launches dedicated 3D website
Wide-format distributor Stanford Marsh Group has launched a website targeting the 3D print sector.

ColourXpress targets growth after Ryobi spend
Plymouth-based ColourXpress is looking to double its staff in the next six months off the back of a £500,000 investment, partly supported by RDA funding and a three-year NHS contact win.

1st Signs & Graphics targets growth with Arizona install
1st Signs & Graphics has installed a Canon Oc Arizona 460XT after it secured a 100% loan from its Regional Development Agency (RDA).

Business as usual at Polestar
Work is carrying on as usual at Polestar Bicester after a fire that started on Monday destroyed half of its work-in-progress storage facility.
Arjowiggins announces further price hike
Arjowiggins Graphic has made a further price increase announcement, this time of 40 per tonne for its Maine 1-Sided paper range.

Graphic Image Films expands substrate portfolio
Specialist film supplier Graphic Image Films has expanded its range of Derprosa laminating films on offer in the UK.

Optichrome mourns Ted Stephens
Optichrome chairman and owner Ted Stephens has died. He was 64 and had been suffering from cancer.

Duplo to boost headcount and make Fespa debut
Duplo UK is to boost its sales and marketing operations after closing its 2012/2013 financial year with revenues back up to their pre-2008 levels.

Fire strikes Polestar facility
Fire crews have been on site at Polestar Bicester for more than 36-hours after a fire broke out at around 1am yesterday morning.

FFEI invests in new facility ahead of inkjet product release
FFEI is investing more than 2m in the purchase and fit-out of a new facility as it steps up is development of a new inkjet products, to be unveiled in the late summer.

EFI picks up acquisition pace again
EFI has acquired Belgian MIS developer GamSys Software as it looks to expand its reach through Europe.

Three quarters of SMEs still unaware of funding scheme
New figures show that only 27% of SMEs across the UK are aware of the government's Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) and fewer are using external finance.