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APG Visual Colour assets sold out of administration
Sheetfed magazine printer APG Visual Colour has gone into administration and its assets have been sold to a Liverpool-based mailing house.

HP pushes print at Cannes ad festival
HP has used the 57th Annual Cannes International Advertising Festival to extol the power of print via seminars and its Young Lions Zone lounge.

MPC member votes to up interest rates
A member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted for an interest rate hike for the first time since August 2008, following concerns over the persistence of the above-target rate of inflation.
Adam DAM teams with HintTech to provide SaaS option to UK customers
Adam Software has signed a strategic partnership with e-business specialist HintTech to provide a software-as-a-service (SaaS) option for UK customers of Adam's Digital Asset Management (DAM) tool.
CGS unveils Oris proof update
CGS Publishing Technologies has released an upgrade to its Oris Color Tuner Web online proofing software that enables greater support for packaging proofing.

Marks & Spencer accuses BemroseBooth of 'misleading workforce'
Retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) has refuted suggestions that it was in any way responsible for the closure of BemroseBooth's Derby sites, following allegations it was partly to blame for the...

MBA lobbies Euro chiefs on inkjet ink and paper recycling
Print and mail house MBA Group is lobbying Euro chiefs to raise the profile of solving problems caused by inkjet print within paper recycling.
CDS opens Belfast facility after university win
Print manager Corporate Document Services (CDS) has opened a new facility at Queen's University Belfast after winning a contract with the educational establishment.

Budget promises net gain for print
Chancellor George Osborne's emergency Budget appears to have been of net benefit to the print industry, although finance brokers have warned of pain to come.

BPIF questions SIP 16 framework
The BPIF has said that the current framework governing pre-pack administrations is not good enough, following the passing of the deadline for public submissions to the Statement of Insolvency Practice...

Grafik magazine closes
High-end graphics magazine Grafik has closed, reporting that the owner of its publisher, Adventures in Publishing, has liquidated the company.

Re-board and a Golding Jobber?
Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles

Jazz FM returns to chameleon in outdoor campaign
Jazz FM is to roll out the first national ad campaign in two years, bringing back its multi-coloured chameleon on 2,000 six-sheet posters.

Print industry mourns the death of Udaipur printer in an accident
Manish Indrawat, a partner in Payorite Print Media, a fast growing print firm in Udaipur is no more. He died in a fatal accident on 10 May 2010.
Burgopak produces collectable packaging for World Cup memorabilia
Design company Burgopak has been called up for World Cup duty to help supply packaging for items such as match tickets, venue information and memorabilia.