Industry bodies
Stationers debate finds print does have a future
More than 100 delegates took part in a debate on the future of print and paper this week agreeing that, while the industry does need structural change, it does have a bright future in partnership, not...
Stationers' to host debate on the future of print
Following the release of its report into the future of paper and print, The Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Company is to host a debate on the challenges facing the print and paper industries...
FSB calls for regulation moratorium to create jobs
Less regulation for UK businesses could create an additional 258,000 jobs, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has claimed.
ViP event aims to save 'average' printer 460k
Vision in Print (ViP) is to hold two more 'Cash and Cost Reduction' seminars next month, following the success of the first events earlier this year.
Manufacturing Skills Alliance to give sector 'greater voice'
Proskills chief executive Terry Watts has said manufacturing will be given a "greater voice" following the formation of the Manufacturing Skills Alliance (MSA).
Utting and Bacon join BPIF board
Wyndeham Press Group chief executive Paul Utting and Sherwood Press Group managing director Jeremy Bacon have joined the board of the BPIF as non-executive directors.
ABI calls for increased controls on pre-pack deals
Recent developments in the UK insolvency regime have had a "disproportionately negative effect on unsecured creditors" and may lead to more jobs lost than saved, the Association of British Insurers...
Chancellor Alistair Darling calls on banks to increase lending to small businesses
Chancellor Alistair Darling has called on banks to "live up to the promises" of improving their rate of lending to small businesses.
Deliveries to suffer with 12,000 Royal Mail workers set to strike
Direct mail deliveries are set to be disrupted this Friday (17 July) after it was announced that more than 12,000 Royal Mail employees are set to strike.
PIPS education programme for upcoming pension scheme changes launched
The Printing Industry Pension Scheme (PIPS) is to launch an ongoing education programme for printers, in advance of the pension reforms that come into force in 2012.