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The introduction of a compulsory training levy has again been proposed after more than 40 young people in Northern Ireland wanting to pursue a career in printing have not been able to secure...

The DTI is to reduce its network of business support schemes in a move that could lead to more cross-sector partnerships.

Woodford Litho has now completed the first major phase of the installation of its new 48pp KBA Compacta C16 web, which it ordered in April (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 4 April).

Credit insurance company Coface UK has warned that the printing industry faces tough times with no sign of recovery, although things are brighter for the paper industry.

Kinkos plans to treble the number of its UK branches and expand nationally beyond its current London locations.

Printhas has extended its contract with academic and professional publisher Emerald Group Publishing in a deal worth around 3m over two years.

Publishers can join the vogue for outsourcing business processes to India now a New Delhi pre-press firm is targeting the UK.

Kodaks plans, including its renewed focus on commercial print, could be derailed by angry shareholders.

UPM-Kymmenes Shotton Paper plant has carried out the first set of print trials for its 100% recycled newspaper sheets, which are produced at its recycled fibre pulp facility (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 4...

Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert has returned to his former employer, httprint, to buy its eCommerce business, while an MBO team led by managing director Rob North has bought the firms print...

Former Communisis Chorleys sales supremo Gurdev Singh is believed to be joining John Blackburn in Leeds in November.

Creo has launched Tokens, a simple file-transfer software package, at Digital Solutions OnDemand.

Epson has launched the Stylus Pro 4000 to replace its Stylus Pro 5000, the ink-jet printer that started the ink-jet proofing revolution when it was launched in 1997.

PrintWeeks 2003 Award winners received their trophies this week at a glamorous awards ceremony at Londons Grosvenor House.

Checkprint in Hinckley has secured a contract to provide Churchill with a digital cheque-printing system at the insurers offices in London and Bromley, Kent.