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Book printer Falcon Press has followed up the installation of a B3 Shinohara Press with a folder from Graphic Arts Equipment.

Coatings specialist Alchemy Print Finishers has changed its name to Alchemy Coatings in order to better reflect its services.

Polestar is implementing a leaner management structure across the group as part of a cost-saving drive, with some director-level roles going as a result.

Press manufacturer KBA is to move into solar energy and water treatment technology as it seeks to diversify, rather than "enter a merger in a shrinking market".

Lending to UK businesses fell across all sectors in the third quarter of 2009, Bank of England statistics have shown, leading to increased fears of a stifled economic recovery.

Digital and litho printer SPM Print has brought its saddlestitching in-house, purchasing a second-hand Muller Martini Valore line.

Finishing equipment manufacturer Durst has launched the latest in its line of finishing equipment, the Rotoworx 330 Finishing System.

Finishing equipment distributor Binding Store has been appointed to sell collating equipment for Col-Tec.

The Lettershop Group has invested in a "catch-up" press for its sheetfed division with the installment of a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster.

Litho Supplies' overall performance for the second half of 2009 will be "significantly improved", the company has said, despite predicting a lower turnover than for the first six months of the year.

The Conservative Party has pledged to cut small company corporation tax and slash the cost of employer national insurance contributions for new firms as part of its agenda for business.