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CGNU staff protest about possible sale

Staff at the CGNU print inplant in Basildon feel "insulted and angry" about the possibility of the site being sold to direct marketing and IT firm Opus Trust

Fall of Republic looks probable

PrintRepublic is set to go into liquidation

Xerox hit by new financial investigation

Xerox has hit the news again over financial irregularities, sending its shares falling by over 5% to 7.56 ($10.75) on Tuesday (22 May)

Portobello dispute over finance deal

Portobello Press is seeking legal advice after Lloyds TSB Asset Finance cited an "errors and omissions" clause to increase repayments by over 10%, after it had signed an agreement and installed a...

Polestar cuts jobs at Bradford plant

Polestar has made a third of the bindery staff redundant at Watmoughs in Bradford in a move that was marred by an alleged assault at a GPMU chapel meeting to discuss the groups proposals

Printing firm makes Times list

Wolverhampton printer William Gibbons & Sons has been named as one of the fastest profit growers in Britain

Receiver closes Duncan sites

The majority of Duncan Web Offsets 200 employees have been made redundant after the firms sites, in Tovil and Parkwood, were closed by its receiver

Inveresk's MacDonald resigns as Bernander approves Minton

Inveresk non-executive director Brian MacDonald has resigned from the board to focus on his other interests outside the industry

Clark now a director with Technique

Former Polestar director Adrian Clark has joined IT company Technique Business Systems as sales and marketing director

Inveresk appoints Minton for review

Former Arjo Wiggins chairman Ken Minton has joined Inveresk as executive chairman and is undertaking a review to determine how best to turn around the companys fortunes

Paper Fed reports record year 2000

The Paper Federation of Great Britain reported a record annual output for the UK sector in its industry figures for 2000

Dantex to offer new system for labels industry

Dantex has been appointed to sell a RIP and workflow system designed specifically for label production in the UK

MAN Roland unveils a world first at TPG exhibition

MAN Roland has claimed a world first at the TPG exhibition in Paris this week by linking a DICOpack digital press to a laser cutting device

Xerox unveils fast B&W DocuPrint CF

Xerox has unveiled its DocuPrint 500 CF, the first in a family of continuous-feed high-speed black-and-white digital printers that the company plans to introduce to the UK this year

Heidelberg to use PDF for future kit

Heidelberg will base its future pre-press workflow products entirely on PDF