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UPDATED: Postal workers vote for national strike action
CWU members within the Royal Mail have today voted in favour of a "totally unjustified" national strike, threatening the delivery of millions of items of direct mail and other postal items.
Heidelberg agrees 1,500 job cut plan
Heidelberg has agreed with employee representatives its previously announced redundancy plan, which will result in the loss of 1,500 jobs in the current financial year.
Job cuts likely at Piggott Black Bear as new owners cut costs
Staff at Piggott Black Bear (Cambridge) (PBB) are in consultation for their jobs three weeks after the B1 magazine printer was bought out of administration by new print consortium Celinco.
Deadline for Queen's Award applications approaches
Businesses have until 30 October to apply for a coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise 2010.
Monotype launches Ysobel Pro typeface
Monotype Imaging has added the 20-font Ysobel Pro typeface suite to its Monotype Imaging Library.
TMG launches parenting magazine
The Sunday Telegraph is to launch another magazine in its ST portfolio aimed at parents of children between five years old and teenagers.
Decline in manufacturing prompts fears of double-dip recession
UK manufacturing output plummeted to its lowest level in 17 years in August, led by a significant fall in pulp, paper, printing and publishing, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
Mittelbach: Advertising is no longer a cash cow
The future of newspapers lies in publishing houses doubling up as advertising agencies and offering customers a solution, according to the joint CEO of the World Association of Newspapers and News...
Asia Media Awards for HT Media and Bhaskar
WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, presented the winners of the 8th Asia Media Awards. The ceremony was hosted for the first time in India.
Aura Papers to promote GBC Asia's Acco brand of print finishing solutions in Indian print market
Mumbai-based Aura Papers have announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance and distributorship agreement with GBC Asia.
MGS relocates to fuel expansion
Marlowe Graphic Services (MGS) has completed a move to larger premises on the new-build Abbots Business Park in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire.
Polestar wins ShortList Media magazine contract
ShortList Media has awarded a contract to print its new women's weekly fashion magazine Stylist to Polestar Varnicoat.
Publishing software company adopts QR codes for mobile links with print
Publishing solutions company Serioustec is to implement 3GVision's i-nigma mobile barcode reading technology into its Dakode mobile platform.
Post Haste Printers meets colour demand with Speedmaster buy
Post Haste Printers has responded to growing customer demand for colour by investing in a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster perfector.