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More economic pain to come, experts warn
Printers are currently trading in the longest recession since records began more than 50 years ago as industry commentators warn that there could be more pain to come.
INM says advertising market 'stabilising'
Newspaper publisher Independent News and Media has claimed it is seeing a "stabilisation" in the advertising market, despite a 19% drop in revenue.
UPDATED: Peace talks resume as CWU announces more strikes for this week
Representatives from the Communications Workers Union and Royal Mail will resume talks today (2 November) after the union announced more strikes starting this Friday (6 November).
CPI completes 267m debt-for-equity swap
Europe's largest monochrome book printer CPI has completed a 297m euro (267m) debt-for-equity swap following six months of negotiations, sparked by a breach in its financial covenants.
Consumers maintain preference for printed statements, survey claims
Transactional printers have been handed a pre-Christmas boost by a consumer omnibus survey that found 74% of consumers still receive printed statements from financial services and utility suppliers.
Swatches & a great deal on the cards
Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles
Heidelberg Colour Look-Up guide aims to aid printers and designers with ISO 12647-2
Heidelberg has teamed with Robert Horne to launch the Process Colour Look-Up guide, designed to ensure printers and designers work effectively to the ISO 12647-2 standard.
ECRM Engineering and Polyester CTP division heads retire
The vice presidents of ECRM's Engineering division and its Polyester CTP division, Mike Zembko and Torben Rysgaard respectively, have retired.
Pro2col to offer Stonebranch's Infitran managed file transfer technology
File transfer and security specialist Pro2col has become a distributor for US-based Stonebranch's Infitran software to the UK market.
Unite to begin PBB/Celinco legal action
Unite has said it is to take legal action against Piggott Black Bear (PBB) and parent company Celinco over a series of alleged breaches of contract and unfair dismissal charges.
Xchange to hold Adobe application automation event
Software distributor Xchange UK is holding free workflow automation seminars in November covering Adobe CS4 and InDesign Server applications.
Unite backs Chambers Harrap jobs petition despite lack of representation
Unite has launched a petition to save 27 jobs under threat at dictionary and reference book company Chambers Harrap, despite having no members at the plant.
Bell & Bain in line for MBO
Prime Active Capital (PAC), formerly Oakhill Group, has signed a 2.5m deal to sell its Scottish book printing subsidiary Bell & Bain to an MBO team led by managing director Ian Walker.
Xerox upgrades mono wide-format offering with 6605 Solution
Xerox has upgraded its mono wide-format offering for companies producing technical documents with the launch of the Xerox Wide Format 6605 Solution.
PPA loses second senior exec in six weeks
The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) has lost its second senior executive in the space of six weeks with the announcement that chief operating officer Sarah Tunstall will step down at the end...