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UK printers and publishers have expressed huge relief that the Finnish paper dispute has now ended, but suppliers will still have to wait until the second week of August for stock to be replenished.

Matthew Elliott has become the fourth generation of the Elliott family to work for Elliott Baxter (Ebb Paper), having joined the family business on 1 July.

Stora Enso has signed a 133m (Eu200m) loan agreement to finance the building of a 420,000 tonnes per annum uncoated magazine paper machine.

Xerox Global Services (XGS) has clinched a lucrative contract with news agency Reuters to manage its office print.

Cambridge University Press (CUP) has picked up a contract to produce examination papers for the Georgian government.

News Internationals quest to win planning permission for its Waltham Cross site took a new twist this week when architects submitted radically revised plans for the plant.

Stora Enso has now confirmed that the effects of the Finnish paper dispute will weaken its second quarter results by 102m (EUR150m).

ProSkills, the process and manufacturing industry skills initiative, has been granted its Sector Skills Council (SSC) licence.

East Londons print community is set for a shake-up following yesterdays Olympic triumph for the capital.

CTD Printers is investing 2.5m in new equipment following its move to new premises earlier this year.

B&P Lightbrigade produced 900sqm of graphics for last weekends Live8 concert in Hyde Park.

Bicester-based firm Webmart has appointed a graduate trainee as part of its recent recruitment drive.

A number of sector trade organisations and unions have joined forces to ask the DTI to sponsor a project to review the Paper Industry National Agreement.

Xaars pre-tax profits for the first six months of this year rose above expectations to 4.5m, an increase of over 2m on last year.

Agfa has issued a profits warning for its second quarter citing weaker demand, lower prices and higher raw materials costs, but predicts a strong 2006 as ink-jet revenues kick in.