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Dennis Publishing has launched its first lifestyle magazine for three years with <i>Inside Edge</i>, a glossy monthly for gamblers, which went on sale earlier this month.

Wyndeham has gained a dominant position in magazine pre-press with the acquisition of the Graphic Facilities Group.

Security print specialist The TALL Group has secured a deal to acquire the customer base of De La Rues Peterborough-based special cheque printing business.

UK newspaper publishers and British newsprint manufacturers have exceeded targets for recycled content, according to latest industry statistics.

Print management firm TripleArc is likely to hit the acquisitions trail again this autumn, following publication of a strong set of full year results.

Increasing finance charges helped push printers average profit margins down to just 3.29% in 2003, according to the BPIF.

Agfa has appointed Nigel Stratton as project manager for Delano in the UK.

Former Salehurst chief executive Matthew Valentine has joined the James McNaughton Paper Group on an initial three months consultancy basis.

Technique Business Systems is in the final throes of installing what is believed to be the UKs largest single site deployment of shop floor data collection systems for Scorpio Print Finishing.

Companies that avoid Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification are simply creating an alibi for destruction, according to claims by a senior member of the World Wildlife Fund.

Scitex Vision has reorganised the personnel structure of its packaging and rigid display division to more aggressively attack this sector of the market.

Local newspaper group Johnston Press unveiled a full-year profits hike of 30% last week and confirmed its intention to hit the acquisitions trail.

Colour Systems has invested in proof certification in preparation for working to the PPAs proof4press specification.

Xaar has reported a strong turn-round following robust trading in the second half of last year, and has also revealed that Agfa is the major partner for its second generation OmniDot printhead.

Chancellor Gordon Brown looks set to hit owner-managed small businesses hardest in his latest budget, the eighth since he came into office.