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GPMU members in the paper industry have voted in favour of industrial action, which could affect over 4,500 staff at UK paper mills.

Investcorp has ploughed a further 74m into Polestar, taking its total investment in the group to more than 300m.

Reed Print & Design has got the green light from Sunderland Council to rebuild its headquarters in Washington.

Industrial action at St Ives Westerham has been halted following agreement between the firm and the union on the four layoffs.

Polestar Wheatons in Exeter has scored a UK first with an order for a Timson Z48A ZMR web press.

Burgo-Marchi Group and Neusiedler are the latest paper manufacturers to announce price increases with effect from September.

The Barclay brothers this morning finalised their 665m deal to buy the Telegraph Group, opening the door for Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond to launch a bid to buy out West Ferry.

Trafford Park Printers is set for a shake-up under plans being drawn up for a full-colour Manchester Evening News (MEN).

Williams Lea has secured a 140m 10-year contract with life insurance and pensions provider Prudential for the outsourcing of its document management operations.

Cumbrian Newsprint is to install the worlds first Ferag Rollsert at its print room in Barrow-in-Furness in September. The investment came after the group won a contract to print the Scottish edition...

Worcester printer Goodman Baylis has gone into battle with city planners by asking local residents to lobby the council over a change-of-use planning application for its premises.

Atelier claims the latest version of its Digital Publishing Desktop (DPD) has taken it beyond its repro roots and that it is now a software and workflow company.

Pontypool commercial prin-ter MWL Print Group has been bought in a management buy-out for an undisclosed sum.

The Delta Group has joined Twentieth Century Foxs print roster and will produce point-of-sale displays and posters.