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Jarvis Porter puts shares on the AIM

Jarvis Porter hopes that the transfer of its Stock Exchange listing to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on 14 May will reverse its fortunes and complement last years restructuring

Northcliffe orders Goss kit worth more than 21m

Improved project management has helped Goss win an order for new Colorliners for Northcliffe Newspapers worth more than 21m ($30m)

Goodspeed set for joint project

Southend-based Goodspeed Communications is keeping plans for a joint venture close to its chest.

GPMU to force Gardners' hand

The GPMUs Mid-Southern branch plans to use new employment laws to force Gardners Books into statutory trade union recognition

Lynhurst takes spend up to 2m

Lynhurst Press has made further investment in new kit, bringing its spend in the past year to over 2m

Cond beats digital deadline

Cond Nast has beaten its self-imposed deadline of next month to produce all of its titles using digital workflows

MY beta tests lead to Heidelberg deal

MY Holdings has just completed secret beta tests on the Speedmaster CD 74 and has signed an agreement to buy the six-colour machine

"Depressing" time ahead, says BPIF

The first three months of 2001 indicate that there are, at best, uncertain times ahead for printers, according to the BPIF

Vio to close after backers withdraw

Managed service provider and ASP Vio is to cease operations this summer

Turning point embraces online production software

Turning Point Technologies is rolling out Dalims online flatplanning and production tracking software, Ficelle, after a successful test installation at Keene Group

New CreoScitex PDF ultility aims to solve trouble

CreoScitex has launched a new PDF utility that is "the answer to a lot of peoples problems with PDF," according to UK marketing manager Maria Machera

Fuji refutes that News International is turning to Agfa

Fuji Graphic Systems has quashed talk that News International has been running down stocks of Fujis FNN-E plate and switching to Agfas N91

Hewlett-Packard launches reseller support deal

Resellers of Hewlett-Packards large-format printers will gain access to a Central Marketing Fund under a new support programme unveiled by the manufacturer

Hewlett-Packard will use PDF

Hewlett-Packard will use PDF as the preferred file format for use in its printing products, and has joined the standards development body CIP4

PaperExchange offers bolt-on website sales

PaperExchange Europe has developed a product that will allow paper sellers to "bolt on" a transaction facility to their own websites