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DM rallies to fight Royal Mail price hikes

DM printers are rallying support to fight Royal Mail's proposed price hikes, ahead of the 7 January 2011 deadline for Postcomm's consultation, and have called on all mailing houses to gather evidence...

Profile: Clever spends and nose for a new niche guide family firm in decades of success

Ted Stephens reflects on a lifetime in print and the challenges his firm, Optichrome, faces. By <i>Adam Hooker</i>

PrintWeek Awards winners revealed

Close to 1,200 leading lights helped celebrate the best in UK print, at the PrintWeek Awards 2010.

Polyprint invests 1m in new flexo press

Mailing film and polythene envelope manufacturer Polyprint Mailing Films has made a significant 1m investment in its Norfolk plant with the purchase of a second eight-colour Onyx Central Impression...

Hunkeler's technology bolsters the Indian paper processing market with six installations

Hunkeler, a leader in print processing solutions has notched up six installations in Delhi, NCR, Mumbai and Manipal. India's first Hunkeler Variweb was installed at Mehta Print Arts, a family owned...

CFH records busiest billing period following council contracts boost

CFH Total Document Management has announced its most active billing period on record, with more than 2.7m local authority documents printed and mailed during last month (March 2008).

Putting up postal prices poses problems for DM

The latest news from the postal sector is leaving me confused, (Postal giant calls on Postcomm to allow final mile charge increase, <i>PrintWeek</i>, 29 March).

Royal Mail picks print manager shortlist for 400m contract

Royal Mail Group has decided on shortlists for the various lots in the massive 400m print management tender it launched at the end of December.

Postal giant calls on Postcomm to allow charge increase

Royal Mail is to meet more resistance over its pricing proposals, this time over its charges to rivals for final mile' delivery.

Mailing House fully licensed

Tyneside firm The Mailing House has joined the elite club of mailing firms with a downstream mailing access licence after being granted the award last week.