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Restructure costs drag KBA to €130m operating loss
KBA has posted a 2013 operating loss of €130.7m (£109.4m), compared to a 2012 profit of €13.7m (£11.5m), citing costs related to its Fit@All restructuring programme as well as substantial decline in...

Royal Mail to axe 1,600 jobs
Royal Mail's announcement today that it will cut 1,600 jobs as part of an ongoing efficiency drive could spark industrial action, Unite has warned.

Overmatter: Football shirt friday
Football AND printing – what’s not to like? With the triumphs/disasters* [*delete as appropriate] of various UK teams never far from the headlines, we know that printers’ passion for the beautiful...

Killer app: LinkedIn UK marks 15m users with print freebies
What boasts 66 rocket scientists, 12,530 journalists, 59 body builders and five mermaids? Not a joke, but a few interesting facts on professional networking site LinkedIn’s UK membership.

Imagery UK cuts finishing bottleneck with Muller Martini BravoPlus saddle stitcher
Kings Norton, Birmingham-based print business Imagery UK has bought a secondhand six-station plus cover feed Muller Martini Bravo Plus saddle stitcher as a replacement for an almost 25-year-old...

Kodak narrows losses but misses forecast in 2013 results
Kodak has continued to make progress in its first set of results since exiting Chapter 11 in September 2013, with improved margins and reduced losses offset by the fact the company is performing below...

Diamond Print installs first Muller MC Ventura with Tween option
Diamond Print Services has become the first UK printer to buy a Muller Martini Ventura MC book sewing machine with the capability to sew in sections that are smaller than the book format.

Trident founder Chris Burrage dies
Trident Design founder and managing director Chris Burrage has died after a long illness.

Weedon invests £1m in new die-cutter and corrugator upgrade
Weedon Group has invested £1m in an Enko ES2200 large format die-cutter and a corrugator upgrade to support its expansion into the high-end retail ready packaging (RRP) market.

Adare invests £250,000 in new Xerox kit as part of wider technology upgrade
Adare has installed two new Xerox presses as part of a digital printing, enclosing and software technology refresh at its Park Mill headquarters in Huddersfield.

Integrity expands offering with new kit
Integrity Print is making a major £1m-plus investment in new equipment to enhance label and transactional print production at its Midsomer Norton site.

Budget 2014: Osborne unveils raft of business support measures
George Osborne billed his fifth budget yesterday as one for "the makers, the doers and the savers" as he unveiled a raft of new measures designed to support British businesses.

M&S moves on card supply
Marks & Spencer has moved to ensure some of the greetings card production handled on its behalf by Hallmark will remain in the UK.

LinkedIn celebrates 15m UK users with personalised print
LinkedIn has sent a personalised mock newspaper to 50 ‘key media targets’ to celebrate recently reaching the 15m UK member mark.

Domino to build new manufacturing facility in Cambridge
Domino Printing Sciences has announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility after acquiring 20 acres of land adjacent to its current head office in Bar Hill, Cambridge.