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Digital metallics get easier with HP approval of Mirri Pak
Mirri Pak metallic board has been granted HP Indigo certification, opening up a range of added-value applications for users of the digital press range.

FSA to publish interest rate swap redress scheme details
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will publish the results of a pilot scheme to provide redress to small business owners who were mis-sold interest rate swaps on Thursday (31 January).

Unite and CPI agree basic wage increase
Paper sector workers will benefit from a 2.6% increase in their basic hourly wage following a review of Unite and the Confederation of Paper Industries' (CPI) national agreement.

Kodak pulls out of Ipex to focus on customer events
Following a review of how it interacts with customers across the globe, Kodak has become the latest vendor to withdraw from next year's Ipex exhibition.

Loveurope eyes digital deal following Locomotion buy
Loveurope chief executive Steve Owens has said the firm is looking to acquire an online/digital business following last week's puchase of Soho-based creative post-production business Locomotion.

Fallon wants greater transparency on FLS loans
Banks drawing money under the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) could be forced to publish lending figures by region and business size amid growing concerns that the flagship scheme isn't working.

Pro-Design changes to FSC
International Paper's Pro-Design entire digital paper range is changing to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) accreditation.

VCG cuts 15 positions
Around 15 staff are understood to have been made redundant at VCG Kestrel.

Fourth round RGF funding open
The government has announced that the latest round of its Regional Growth Fund (RGF), worth 350m, is open for bids.

ERA: client spending reviews are a supplier opportunity
Printers should not be threatened by spending reviews undertaken by their clients but use them to examine their own strategies, a print industry procurement specialist has said.
Folex group acquires Regulus
Substrate specialist Folex has bought German large-format poster media company Regulus.

APS walks on the wild side
<i>Countryfile's</i> annual calendar, which raises money for BBC charity Children in Need, features the best of UK amateur nature photography selected from thousands of entrants every year.

Gavin Watson in £500,000 Polar spend
Food and drinks label printer Gavin Watson has invested more than £500,000 in a Polar cutting line for wet glue labels.

Loveurope buys Locomotion, eyes further deals
Loveurope has acquired London-based creative post-production business Locomotion and is eyeing further deals in 2013.

Printers plough through snow and ice
The adverse weather conditions that have blanketed much of the UK with snow and ice over the past week have been met with typical blitz spirit from the print industry.