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TPI agrees strategic partnership with IO Integration
Turning Point Integration (TPI) has signed a strategic partnership with US-based IO Integration (IOI) and a distribution deal with Canada-based Unlimi-Tech Software, as well as announcing its first...

Komori closes Leeds demo suite
Komori has closed its UK showroom and demonstration facility in Leeds, redeploying two staff as the manufacturer centralises its demonstration and training facilities to Utrecht, Netherlands.

Industry awaits historic Budget 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling will take to the Commons today to deliver one of the most widely anticipated Budgets in living memory.

Yorkshire Forward to fund Print Yorkshire for two years
Print Yorkshire has secured an additional two years worth of funding from Yorkshire Forward.

Oc sees sales of renovated presses surge 60%
Oc has reported a 60% boost in demand for its renovated machines during 2008 with the Dutch manufacturer selling 5,000 such printers during the 12-month period.

Elanders hails productivity of CP Bourg purchase
Swedish-owned printer and publisher Elanders has revealed how a CP Bourg BDF machine has allowed it to maximise the productivity of its Oc press.

Darling sets out 'building blocks for recovery' in Budget 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday said that the UK is in the worst recession since the Second World War as he unveiled a Budget designed to provide "the building blocks for recovery".

Arjo launches new recycled paper range
Arjowiggins Graphic has launched the Cocoon range, an FSC-certified and recycled de-inked pulp.
BBC to cut print spending
The BBC is to cut its print advertising spend as reports suggest it is set to reduce its marketing and communications budget by up to 25%.
GTMS launches 100% recyclable PVC substitute
Hampshire-based design and print business GTMS has launched a new PVC substitute, which it claims is 100% recyclable.

Declining ad revenues top list of mag publishers' worries, poll finds
Declining ad revenues have topped a list of challenges facing magazine publishers in 2009, according to a poll carried out by online magazine subscriptions site isubscribe.co.uk.

Park chief Mason highlights print role in corporate literature
Park Communications chief executive Heath Mason has championed the role print plays in corporate literature distribution at the recent Corporate Responsibility (CR) Reporting Debate day.

Google and Royal Mail back marketing website for small businesses
Google and the Royal Mail have backed a website launched to help educate small businesses on how to effectively use marketing.
John Smith & Son boosts sales with digital and print offering
Academic and professional bookselling chain John Smith & Son has increased its overall sales average by 25% as a result of offering digital and printed textbooks.

Budget 2009: Live text
Live updates of the Budget 2009 as it happens with expert analysis and comment.