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Dobson & Crowther set to close
Litho printer Dobson & Crowther, looks set to cease trading in the next few days after a search by administrators to find a potential buyer proved fruitless.

New Fifty Shades book smashes sales record
Grey, the latest novel by Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James, has sold more copies in the UK in its first three days than any adult title has in its first week.

First Display gears up for Edinburgh Festival with first flatbed
Orders to print hundreds of boards for the forthcoming Edinburgh Festival mean that an Edinburgh printer’s latest investment has arrived not a moment too soon.

Gardners in groundbreaking Jurassic World campaign
Model velociraptors, which spent over a week surprising and amusing travellers at London's Waterloo Station, were part of a print and manufacturing project delivered by Gardners.

Memorial service held for Bob Gavron
Family, friends and former colleagues have paid tribute to St Ives founder Bob Gavron at a memorial service to celebrate his life.

Eastland Colour calls in insolvency firm
BREAKING: A firm of insolvency practitioners has been working on the case of Manchester print company Eastland Colour for the past two days.

Agfa Graphics hires three graduate trainees
Agfa Graphics has recruited three graduate trainees to strengthen its sales teams in commercial print, inkjet and workflow.

Tangent warns on profits as Snowball disappoints
Tangent Communications has sacked the boss of its underperforming Tangent Snowball marketing agency and issued a profits warning for the full year.

John Good establishes digital arm with £500,000 investment
Theatre programme specialist John Good has invested £500,000 to establish an in-house digital operation.

Terry Cooper Services to offer Tecnograf machines
UK printers can now buy Tecnograf perfect binding technology through Nottingham-based Terry Cooper Services (TCS).

Research finds 41% of print SMEs run apprenticeships
Print companies are doing better than other industry sectors at taking on apprentices – but still only 41% of SMEs in the sector do so, according to new research.

Acquisitive printer expands litho and finishing capacity
A Welsh printer is to install its third Heidelberg Speedmaster XL and the UK's first Promatrix 106CS die-cutter after taking on staff, a building and work of a company which went into...

RNIB invests in Perfecta guillotine
The RNIB has boosted the efficiency of its inplant print facility with the installation of a new Perfecta guillotine, supplied by Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS).

ITG's Ward wins EY accolade
Inspired Thinking Group chief executive Simon Ward is up for EY’s nationwide Entrepreneur of the Year award after winning one of the regional heats.

Former Paperlinx chief Price gets top HH Global job
Paperlinx’s former chief executive Andrew Price has secured a top job at HH Global.