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Small firms slam extra dividend tax

Chancellor Gordon Brown has infuriated small businesses by imposing a 19% tax on dividend payments for incorporated businesses.

Shaftless sheetfed from MAN

MAN Roland will show a shaftless sheetfed press at Drupa which it claims will dramatically reduce the time taken to change between jobs, especially on long perfectors.

TALL picks up De La Rue clients

Security print specialist The TALL Group has secured a deal to acquire the customer list of De La Rues Peterborough-based special cheque printing business.

Webmart aims to expand with Scottish office

Webmart has expanded its UK operations with a new Scottish office.

TripleArc records a 300% sales rise

Print management firm TripleArc indicated that it is likely to hit the acquisitions trail again this autumn, following publication of strong full-year results.

Valentine hired at McNaughton

Former Salehurst chief executive Matthew Valentine has joined the James McNaughton Paper Group, initially for three months as a consultant.

Trinity Mirror hands Middleton new role

Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has appointed Rupert Middleton to the newly created position of group director of manufacturing.

Clowes fails to halt recycling plant

The proposed recycling plant near William Clowes new print works has been given the go ahead by the local council.

Print Factory to invest 2m in a new DM facility

The Print Factory is set to invest 2m in a new DM and transactional billing plant.

Singh recruits ex-colleagues for Blackburn

John Blackburns new sales and marketing director, Gurdev Singh, has drafted in further direct mail expertise with two key appointments.

UK exceeds green targets for paper

UK newspaper publishers and British newsprint manufacturers have exceeded targets for recycled content, according to latest industry statistics.

BPIF in push for amendment to tribunal codes

The BPIF is pushing the government to change regulations for Employment Tribunals that leave printers out of pocket.

Disability Act signage boost

Printers will be handed the opportunity to sell their retail customers more in-store signage work from this October when a new part of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) comes into force.

Scorpio fits data handling system

Technique Business Systems is in the final stage of installing what is believed to be the UKs largest single site deployment of shop-floor data collection for Scorpio Print Finishing.

Print documentary for German TV

Leeds College of Technology is to be the subject of a German TV documentary, on Careers in the Print and Graphics Industry.