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Jarrolds has lost out after the <i>Financial Times </i>opted to stop producing its Saturday magazine, <i>The Business</i>, due to a decline in advertising.

Phil Judd, the former managing director of Sonicon, is back in print after acquiring a majority stake in west London-based fine art specialist PJ Print.

Colour Systems has expanded its repro contract with <i>Readers Digest </i>beyond the UK to cover 19 European editions.

Printing companies are employing fewer staff as technology boosts efficiency and changes shift patterns, according to a new survey.

De La Rues market value slumped by almost two-fifths this week after the group issued a profit warning for the first half of the year.

Creditors of Aspire Print & Repro have expressed anger after the firm fell into liquidation with substantial trade debts.

Loudwater, the Milton Keynes-based greetings card group, has set up a new division to specialise in printing onto plastics.

MY Holdings and Nampak Europe aim to increase their "muscle power" in the European packaging market following the imminent merger between their South African parent companies, Malbak and Nampak.

Teich Flexibles (UK) has begun talks with 128 staff about the closure of its Derby plant after being hit by a 40% fall in prices and costly environmental legislation.

Madison Dearborn has been left as the sole bidder for Jefferson Smurfit after the second party in the running, believed to be US private equity group Texas Pacific, decided not to make an offer.

Patricia Hewitt MP, the secretary of state for trade and industry, praised Taylor Bloxham as a "great Leicester success story" during a visit to the printer, which is based in her Leicester West...

The Beacon Press environmentally friendly approach to printing has been recognised with an award in this years government-sponsored Community Awards for Excellence.

An enormous paper fire destroyed a 10-storey warehouse and killed one man at Quad/Graphics 200,000m&#178 plant in Wisconsin, USA, which is claimed to be the largest printing facility in the Western...

Picon has given its members access to "early warning" information against bad debt after it signed up with credit checking agency ICSM.

Tecnogravs acquisition of Tronic Gravure, its smaller, Wigan-based rival, has made it by far the largest gravure engraving outfit in the UK, according to managing director Ian Hewson.