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Tall Security Print, the specialist cheque printer in Runcorn, has won the contract to print the official business cheques for Premiership football team West Ham United.

News International is believed to be nearing a decision on the future of its southern printing operation, which appears increasingly likely to take it away from its infamous Wapping site in London.

Hewlett-Packard has revealed that it is planning to sell colour and black-and-white printers suitable for the inplant and copy shop market.

Polestar plans to shut two of the three presses at Watmoughs, ending weeks of speculation about the future of the Idle-based plant and possibly signalling a longer-term move of all Watmoughs-based...

Paper suppliers are among the largest unsecured creditors of Poole-based printer Faculty, which has been placed into liquidation with Smith & Williamson.

Carlton Barclay Ltd and Litho-Tech Colour Printers, the firm it bought last December, have been placed into administrative receivership with Kroll Buchler Phillips.

Carlton Press has bought the goodwill and assets of Carlton Offset, the Beckenham-based printer that fell into administrative receivership after ITV Digitals collapse (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 24 May).

Printcafe has finally completed its IPO, raising 25.1m ($37.5m) through the sale of 3.75m shares.

Printing.com has reported a 45% rise in turnover and a 43% fall in its pre-tax losses, as anticipated in its preliminary results for the year ending 31 March 2002.

Bunzl Fine Paper has strengthened its national business development and account management team, which will be led by two new national account directors.

US private equity house Texas Pacific Group has emerged as a potential rival bidder or even a partner in the bidding for Irish packaging group Jefferson Smurfit.

Paper-Direct.com, the international online broker for paper and envelopes, has gone into administrative receivership.

Wyndeham Press has reduced its exposure to the magazine sector to concentrate more on commercial work and believes it is well placed to take advantage of any recovery.

Creo has added its name to the list of non-participants at next years Imprinta show, a week after Heidelberg revealed that it wouldnt exhibit (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 14 June).

Pulp producers have been accused of failing to listen to market warnings and of adding to the financial pressure on paper manufacturers, after Sdra put its prices up again.