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Government vows to double deregulation efforts
Minister of state for business and enterprise Michael Fallon has announced a new "One-in, Two-out" target for new Whitehall legislation to replace the "One-in, One-out" rule from January 2013.

Project Hang Up turns print waste into Xmas decorations
Stationery printer Benwells has teamed up with graphic designer Project Hang Up to create recycled turtle dove decorative hang ups to highlight the plight of the endangered birds and our disposable...

New Year predictions - SM Finishing's Gary Benner
Gary Benner, co-owner, SM Finishing

New Year predictions - Wallace Print Group's Gary Wallace
Gary Wallace, managing director, Wallace Print Group
Print industry news roundup: Unite, Jade Press, Smith Anderson, Canon Oce, Kodak, BPIF, BIS
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Unite's Steve Sibbald to retire; Jade Press assets for sale; Strikes called off at Smith...

Banker jailed for insider trading in 2009 Canon Océ takeover
Former investment banker Thomas Amman has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after encouraging his two girlfriends to buy Océ shares ahead of its takeover by Canon.

Bobst raises festive funds dressed as old Saint Nick
The Bobst team are getting in the festive spirit by dressing as Santas to raise money for two local charities.

Strikes called off at Smith Anderson
Industrial action at the Scottish paper bag manufacturer has been suspended indefinitely after negotiations between union members and management were successful.

Linkz launches eponymous print to mobile app
Linkz has launched an augmented reality (AR) app that it claims will give brand owners "a good reason for staying with print" by allowing them to track response rates to printed advertising or...

Pinstripe Print Group invests 60,000 in Prinect workflow
Pinstripe Print Group has invested 60,000 in Prinect Prepress Manager and Pressroom Manager in a drive to achieve ISO 12647-2 colour certification.

EFI unveils Fiery Workflow Suite
EFI has launched a digital workflow to allow large single and multi-site printers to manage job submission, prepress, colour management and output across multiple digital print engines.

Adobe unveils Creative Cloud Team
Adobe has rolled out the enterprise version of Creative Cloud, the low-cost, software-as-a-service (saas) version of its Creative Suite and other creative software tools.

KBA prepares for first RotaJet installs
KBA has two customers lined up to become the first users of its RotaJet 76 inkjet web press.

PrintCity president steps down
PrintCity Alliance's president Helmut 'John' Dangelmaier is to step down from his role at the end of this year.

Kodak silent on reports of joint Google/Apple patent acquisition
Reports have emerged that tech heavyweights Apple and Google are putting together a joint bid for more than $500 million in digital imaging patents currently up for sale by Kodak.