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Micropress targets growth with pre-press and building upgrades
Ipswich-based printer Micropress has increased its capacity by around 50% following an upgrade from violet to thermal plate setting.
JTI launches campaign against plain tobacco packaging
Cigarette manufacturer JTI has launched an advertising campaign against government proposals to mandate plain packaging for tobacco products following the discovery that Department of Health (DoH)...
FSB warns that businesses will buckle with energy hikes
Federation of Small Business has said that Government climate change policies are failing to protect businesses from spiralling energy costs.
Ofcom sets out measures to protect the universal postal service
Royal Mail's competitors could face regulatory intervention in future if Ofcom considers them to be posing a "material threat to the provision of the universal service".
Smurfit Kappa UK fined 200,000 after employee severs fingers
Packaging giant Smurfit Kappa UK has pleaded guilty to health and safety regulation breaches after an employee severed his fingers at its Whitehaven factory.
BIS outlines Business Bank strategy
The government has outlined its plan to boost SME lending via the state-owned Business Bank, which will become the vehicle through which all government finance initiatives are administered.
Intergraf calls for level playing field on EU Ecolabel
European print asscociation Intergraf has called the EU Ecolabel for printed products "costly and administratively constraining" and called for a change in the way it can be applied to printed...
Technotrans plans North Print & Pack launch
Technotrans has said it will unveil its new Loop 40 filtrations system for the heatset web offset market at North Print & Pack 2013.