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High street franchise chain Printing.com has announced that its monthly retail sales to 7 December 2003 broke the 1m barrier for the first time in the companys history.

Pindar-sponsored yachtswoman Emma Richards has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List.

BemroseBooth has been acquired by American papermaker Appleton in a 34m deal.

M-real has issued a profits warning ahead of the posting of its fourth quarter results, as the group said it expected its results for 2003 to be negative.

Cranfield Colours Printing Inks and Bristols University of the West of England (UWE) have won a DTI sponsored award for their work in increasing knowledge between the academic and business worlds.

Polestars new greenfield gravure project will be headed by Chromoworks managing director Mike Young.

TypeMaker has adopted the Colour Confidence name for all its colour management activities.

Independent News & Media has announced 564 redundancies, which it hopes will save it 13.2m (euro18.9m) annually.

Despite posting an operating loss of 1.8m - the third consecutive year in the red - Cradley Group chairman John Wheatley said he was confident the business was turning the corner.

MAN Roland has left the toner-based digital print market with the end of its deal to sell the Xeikon made DICOpress and DICOpack machines.

Northern Ireland's Baird Group is on the acquisition trail after its Leeds-based subsidiary Corporate Document Services bought the assets and name of CTP Information Management.

Delano, Agfas JDF-based project management software, has started commercial shipments.

Diary printer and publisher Letts Filofax has posted higher than anticipated pre-tax profits, up nearly 35%, after a solid year of healthy retail sales.

Anglo American has agreed to buy Bauernfeinds corrugated paper and packaging business for 66m (EUR94m) which it plans to merge with its Mondi Packaging business.

Retail specialist bezier in Wakefield has produced festive point of purchase (PoP) displays for Superdrug Stores.