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DTI reform may aid small firms
The DTI claims that measures included in its new white paper, Modernising Company Law, will renew confidence and save small firms 170m a year.
Further PPA warning on mail pricing
Magazine printers could face more pressure next year after the PPA warned that A4 magazines, as well as A3 publications, would suffer under the Royal Mails plans to introduce size-based pricing...
Interest shown in troubled Hyway
Hyway Printing Services administrator, RSM Robson Rhodes, has received over 20 enquiries about the London-based City and fine art print group since its appointment last Friday evening (12 July).
Austrian firm buys Wheatley
Wheatley Packaging, the Scunthorpe-based flexible packaging printer, has been bought by Austrian packaging group Frantschach.
FT closes Saturday magazine
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.
Judd back in print
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 gains European Reader's Digest work
Colour Systems has expanded its repro contract with <i>Readers Digest </i>beyond the UK to cover 19 European editions.
Higher efficiency leads to lower staff levels
Printing companies are employing fewer staff as technology boosts efficiency and changes shift patterns, according to a new survey.
Warning shock to De La Rue shares
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.
Aspire ceases trading
Creditors of Aspire Print & Repro have expressed anger after the firm fell into liquidation with substantial trade debts.
Loudwater enters plastic printing arena
Loudwater, the Milton Keynes-based greetings card group, has set up a new division to specialise in printing onto plastics.
MY deal to 'redress market imbalance'
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 Derby faces closure
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 is single Smurfit bidder
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.
Hewitt visits Taylor Bloxham
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...