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Stoate retires after 47 years in print
Michael Stoate has retired from Stoate and Bishop Printers after 47 years in the industry.

CDMS digitises Shop Direct catalogues
Direct marketing company CDMS has completed the digitisation of catalogues for home shopping retailer Shop Direct Group.
Garnett Dickinson fined after lacquer spillages
Offset printer Garnett Dickinson has said it feels "let down" by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after it was fined under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations.

Royal Mail pension deficit 'could top 12bn'
Plans to partially privatise Royal Mail have come under increased pressure again this week following reports that the mail operator's much-publicised pension deficit could be as much as double the...

28 jobs under threat at newspaper print site
The Barrow print site of North West newspaper printer Furness Newspapers faces closure as part of a planned restructure by parent company CN Group.

PrintWeek 2010 Power 100
The great and the good of the print industry gathered last night (28 July) for a sneak preview of this year's PrintWeek Power 100 at a special launch event held at Stationers' Hall.

Cheshires ColourMail calls in the liquidators
Ward Knowles' Kidderminster site, formerly Cheshires ColourMail, has ceased trading after its parent company called in the liquidators last Friday, blaming the decline in direct mail volumes.

'Light production' 300 GT added to Oc's Arizona flatbed range at under 100,000
Oc has added the 300 GT "light production" model to its Arizona range of UV-cured wide-format flatbed printers.

PPE hoping to win back work from Asia with beta site for Inca Onset S20
UK point-of-purchase (PoP) specialist PPE has been revealed as the global beta site for Inca's Onset S20 high-speed UV flatbed printer.
Maze Card installs Genius 52UV at United Tectsa's Nashik plant
A Genius 52UV, a waterless B3 sheetfed press with UV curing has been installed at United Tectsa, an Indian subsidiary of card manufacturer Anil Printers. This is the fourth installation of a Genius...

Nottingham commercial printer diversifies into short-run books
Commercial printer Parker and Collinson has diversified and launched book publishing company Weathervane Press after experiencing an increase in demand for short-run work.

Guardian group signs up to Vio Adsend low-cost ad service
Guardian News & Media (GNM) has become the first national newspaper publisher to sign up to Vio Worldwide's low-cost ad management and delivery service Adsend.

Murdoch: free news website era 'will soon be over'
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has shocked the newspaper industry by proclaiming that the free news website model "will soon be over".

Blue takes on 12-colour web press from failed Southend printer
General printer Blue Printing Company has claimed to be the UK's most versatile printer, following an investment in a heat-set web press.
German press manufacturer SPS Rehmus calls in insolvency administrator
European screen press manufacturer SPS Rehmus has gone into the German form of administration.