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Ordnance Survey is to put its print work up for competitive tender as it prepares to move sites.

Digital and litho printer Maincolour Print has been bought out of administration in a pre-pack deal by the owner of Clowes Printers.

Small businesses' access to finance has worsened over the past quarter despite 200bn of money being injected into the economy by the Bank of England, the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has said.

Prime Active Capital's (PAC) 2.5m sale of Scottish book printer Bell & Bain was approved yesterday at an Extraordinary General Meeting.

Manroland's major shareholders Allianz and MAN Group have paid off the remainder of the company's senior loan facility, leaving the manufacturer "completely free of debt".

Direct mail specialist 4DM celebrated its 20th anniversary last month by inviting some of its key customers to the PrintWeek Awards, at which it took two tables.

Haymarket Business Media has announced that it is to halt the print edition of its MediaWeek title as part of plans to restructure its Brand Media group.

Wayne Manning, publishing director of Haymarket's Print & Packaging Group, will be leaving Haymarket at the end of 2009 after 11 years of service.

Canon is set to acquire Oc after making a 730m euro (655m) cash offer for the digital press manufacturer.

Trinity Mirror added a free Simpsons magazine to its Scottish national titles last weekend.