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Elliott Baxter is to continue to look for further potential acquisitions, having purchased York & Ford Paper (Southern) from the administrative receivers (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 11 March).

<i>Cosmopolitan</i>s handbag-sized format is to be put on a more permanent footing, with the new size to roll out from April 2004 onwards.

Print management firm etrinsic has secured the contract to handle all of retailer Topps Tiles print.

Polestar has picked up the contract to produce a newspaper supplement in Irelands largest selling newspaper the <i>Sunday Independent</i>.

Inveresk has reported a return to profitability posting pre-tax profits of 3m for 2003, as the manufacturer rebounded from huge losses over the past few years.

The National Association of Paper Merchants (NAPM) is to get tough with phoenix print companies, with a register being compiled of directors of failed companies.

Credit checking agency ICSM in Croydon has launched an online service for international financial reports, London and Edinburgh Gazette listings, and its debt recovery service.

The rebirth of William Clowes as a mass-market book printer is being threatened by dust from a proposed recycling centre on the doorstep of its new print works, which could prove disastrous if it...

The performance of Archants portfolio of specialist and lifestyle magazines has resulted in strong profits for the Norwich-based publisher.

St Ives has moved to tackle the growing deficit in its final salary pension scheme.

Pindar has bought back the intellectual property rights for Pindar Systems Agility and CMS software products, after the company went into administration last week.

KBA UK has appointed former Creo UK sales director Mark Nixon as executive sales director for sheetfed presses.

Future Publishing has confirmed that it will move 24 titles out of Kidderminster printer TPL from the beginning of April, following the companys decision to close.

MAN Roland GB is continuing to promote internal staff to senior positions following the appointment of Duncan Vowles to operations director.

Pira International has been bought by Ciba Specialty Chemicals in a deal that ends the independence of the UKs foremost print and packaging research body.