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Polestar expects to imminently finalise the refinancing necessary to fund its massive ongoing reinvestment programme.

EU competition regulations set to be pushed through by the Government would affect wholesalers and put small publications at risk, according to the PPA.

There are signs of a recovery in the print industry from both printers and customers.

Howitt has project managed the production of the booklet <i>Preparing for Emergencies what you need to know</i>, that will be sent to all households in the UK.

Fulmar paperback book arm Bookmarque will increase its capacity from 30m to more than 50m books a year on the back of the installation of its third Timson web in January.

Howard Smith Paper (HSP) has confirmed the appointments of Will Bourne, Donald MacDonald and Phil Trudgeon as regional directors, as revealed last week.

Sly Baileys management shake-up at Trinity Mirror has continued with the resignation of Stephen Parker, managing director of the Regional Newspaper Division, by mutual consent.

The Print Education Forum (PEF) is to establish itself as a not-for-profit company, and has put plans to form a Sector Skills Council (SSC) on hold.

In a bid to keep up with recent contract wins Polestar has bought a 64pp Heidelberg Sunday 4000 web press as part of a 10m investment in its Colchester plant.

Heidelberg's preliminary results for the quarter ending 31 June show a leap of 66% in orders on the same time last year.

The latest round of high profile sales staff to leave Howard Smith Paper have followed other senior management to rival Premier Paper.

Diamond Print Services has recruited Muller Martini UK's adhesive binding expert Nick Dingwall to head its new case-binding operation.

GPMU members at St Ives Westerham have voted "overwhelmingly in favour" of industrial action.

Tony Kington, BASF Printing Systems sales and marketing director for print media, has left the company by mutual consent.

The new owner of Scottish printer Academy Press is set to invest in new digital equipment in a bid to break into the wide-format market.