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Industrial action at St Ives Westerham has been halted following agreement between the firm and the union on the four layoffs.

Polestar Wheatons in Exeter has scored a UK first with an order for a Timson Z48A ZMR web press.

Burgo-Marchi Group and Neusiedler are the latest paper manufacturers to announce price increases with effect from September.

The Barclay brothers this morning finalised their 665m deal to buy the Telegraph Group, opening the door for Express Newspapers owner Richard Desmond to launch a bid to buy out West Ferry.

Trafford Park Printers is set for a shake-up under plans being drawn up for a full-colour Manchester Evening News (MEN).

Williams Lea has secured a 140m 10-year contract with life insurance and pensions provider Prudential for the outsourcing of its document management operations.

Cumbrian Newsprint is to install the worlds first Ferag Rollsert at its print room in Barrow-in-Furness in September. The investment came after the group won a contract to print the Scottish edition...

Worcester printer Goodman Baylis has gone into battle with city planners by asking local residents to lobby the council over a change-of-use planning application for its premises.

Atelier claims the latest version of its Digital Publishing Desktop (DPD) has taken it beyond its repro roots and that it is now a software and workflow company.

Pontypool commercial prin-ter MWL Print Group has been bought in a management buy-out for an undisclosed sum.

The Delta Group has joined Twentieth Century Foxs print roster and will produce point-of-sale displays and posters.

Astron is expanding its presence in the US on the back of a print management contract with Waterford Wedgwood.

EFI is aiming to gain PPA proof4press certification for its latest proofing RIP, the recently launched Colorproof XF.

Computershare Document Services in Bristol has bolstered its sales team and opened a new 900,000 print site as it aims to double its turnover to 20m in a year.