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Heidelberg UK marketing director Mark Hogan has been promoted to head up worldwide sales of finishing equipment for the manufacturer in a newly-created role.

Close Brothers has reported a 21% rise in pre-tax profits to 163.1m in its preliminary results for the year to 31 July 2013 on the back of increased lending to SMEs.

Two of the UK's biggest printers have their sales director on gardening leave due to an unusual incidence of simultaneous recruitment activity.

Doochy, a fledgling design-led notebook maker, has installed a bookletmaker and trimmer to help boost its production capacity and grow turnover.

Atlantic Coast Studios, which has spent around 40,000 on a new Schneider guillotine, has said the investment was critical to business success.

Print finisher Elite Cutters has bought a new Audion L500 SA Semi-automatic L-sealer for shrink wrapping postcards and brochures.

Former Communisis technical service director Andrew Lydiatt has joined Sheffield's ProCo in a new project management role.

PrintWeek has unveiled the speaker line up for its next Director's briefing, titled 'Seizing the opportunity', which takes place in London later this month.

Archant chairman Richard Jewson will retire at the end of 2013.

Manroland Sheetfed has taken its first UK press order since its administration and sale to Langley Holdings in March 2012, from Derbyshire-based fashion house David Nieper.

Litho, digital and wide-format print supplies business Avon Graphic Technologies has been placed in administration.

Duncan Print Group is expanding into food packaging after a recent kit investment and accreditation.

Prime Group has become the first company to install Precision Printing's in-house developed Oneflow workflow system.

John Walker, co-founder and managing director of Macro Art and a pioneer in super wide-format printing, has died of cancer, aged 67.

Former print finisher Michael Carroll, 60, has been convicted of murdering his 64-year-old wife Elisabeth following a re-trial at Cambridge Crown Court.