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Holiday firm First Choice has firmed up its print supply arrangements, with a print management deal for BDL Print Group and a separate ticket printing contract for OTM.

Tim Taylor has been appointed European marketing manager at Screen and is hoping his 20 years of graphic arts experience will help him make a mark beyond Europe.

Adobe is looking for printers to join the Adobe Solutions Network (ASN).

Cheshires Thinkprint UK has gone back to school. The Northwich firm teamed up with the local Hartford High School for a prospectus including photos and words by the youngsters.

Recently launched womens lifestyle magazines Easy Living and Happy have both dropped their distinctive cover flaps, which aimed to make them stand out from newsstand rivals.

Print and publishing figures have featured strongly in a list of the worlds 100 most powerful women.

Zurich has reinstated credit cover for Polestar following a meeting with the print groups finance director Peter Johnston.

Industry speculation that ex-TripleArc non-executive director David Wong may be positioning himself to make a bid for the group has been dismissed as unlikely by a City source.

Printing.com chief executive Tony Rafferty has declined to confirm or deny speculation that he is about to mount a bid for both Kall Kwik and Prontaprint, part of the Adare Group.

The gloves are off for three press manufacturers chasing a massive spend that will give Trinity Mirror full-colour newspapers by 2008.

Bay Print has acquired the assets and taken on 16 of the staff of collapsed Fencourt Printers, and invested over 1.5m in new equipment.

Williams Lea has made two further acquisitions in the US and Australia, as it continues to build its corporate information solutions global brand.

The BPIF has launched a VAT advice page on its website, to guide members through the tax minefield.

Oxford-based Holywell Press has invested in a five-colour Sakurai OL 75SD, the UKs second, to meet increasing pressure for quality from clients.

Pre-press workflow forum the Digital Ad Lab has revealed plans to expand its UK coverage with a new meeting in the north of England.