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Croydon College plans 500k savings after Ricoh installs
Croydon College claims it expects to have made 500,000 savings by 2015 after it employed Ricoh to re-equip its printroom facilities.

Global press marketing budgets continue steady decline
Printed marketing spend declined globally again in August while digital budget allocations recorded rapid growth, new figures reveal.

Prestige Print awarded sole supplier status for SP Holding Group
Prestige Print has been appointed as the single print supplier for the Telford-based utilities, construction and facilities management specialist SP Holding Group.

Mark Andy owner AIP bids for Presstek
American Industrial Partners (AIP), the private equity firm that owns narrow and mid-web flexo press manufacturer Mark Andy, has launched a bid to acquire Direct Imaging press builder Presstek.

HSE to analyse print accident data to inform new safety group
The Health and Safety Executive will carry out an analysis of print industry accidents to help shape a priority list for the new Print Industry Advisory Group (PIAG).

Epson UK forms wide-format partnership with Veritek
Under the new contract Veritek will deliver installation, repair and maintenance services to Epson UK's wide-format print customers.

Cost of green policies is putting UK at global disadvantage
According to a new report, ever-increasing power prices are attributable to the UK's climate change policies and are likely to stymie recovery

ABP Web future in the balance as Aldersons continues to battle bank
Alderson Print Group (APG) has labelled Barclays a "disgrace" as it continued its battle to save its ABP Web division from administration.

Quark releases iPad DesignPad app 'preview'
The free preview of the new Quark app for grid-based design can be downloaded from today (22 August) on the App Store.

Falconer Printing & Packaging installs Polar 115 guillotine
The West Yorkshire company has continued its finishing investment programme with the installation of a Polar 115 guillotine.

Cross-media needs print as its first point of contact
Despite the burgeoning panoply of fancy-pants ways to woo consumers that online and mobile provide, firms often find that good old print offers a cost-effective and reliable way of breaking the ice

Pageflex 8.0 targets social media marketing
Pageflex has added social media to its software for the first time with the launch of version 8.0.