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Margins have improved for the first time since January 2000, according to the latest quarterly Directions survey from the BPIF.

Polestar has ordered Cerutti presses and Ferag finishing equipment as part of the 100m investment in its greenfield gravure facility and group binderies.

Polestar has won a fresh contract to print the Radio Times for a further five years in a deal worth 9m a year with BBC Worldwide.

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has called on the Government not to go beyond the 12.5% Kyoto greenhouse gas target when it announces the UK carbon emission targets for industry this week.

Creo's UK sales director Mark Nixon will leave the firm this Friday (16 January).

Ink-jet developer Xaar said that performance in the second half of 2003 maintained a steady improvement.

Washington printer Printbylaser is set to expand its workforce having moved to new premises and invested in new kit.

Telford-based Mail Solutions envelope division has been awarded a three-year contract to manufacture pre-paid Airletters for the Royal Mail.

The trial of Richard Spearman, accused of conspiracy to defraud, heard how proofs originating from St Ives Burrups were found at a business address in Essex.

The Times is launching its compact edition in four more television regions from this Monday (12 January) taking the total print run to over 250,000.

The Midland Newspaper Association Group has ordered a major Goss extension to its Crabtree Crusader presses for its Ketley printing plant.

MY Cartons is investing 10m to enhance its manufacturing plant at Cockburn Fields in Leeds, in a bid to reduce costs and improve efficiencies.

Bob Cole, described as one of the great characters of UK print, has died from cancer aged 69.

Southernprint has appointed NatMags group operations manager Ross Borton as its new sales director.

Wyndeham is streamlining the management at Heron and Impact, its commercial and magazine web printing businesses.