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New ELMA boss to take on digital

Mark Davies, the new president of the European Letterbox Marketing Association (ELMA) plans to promote the effectiveness of door-drop media in the face of increasing digital competition.

Hollywood Monster expands digital division

The Birmingham-based signs and graphic specialist has taken on eight new recruits in response to a predicted 1m increase in turnover this year.

HP posts Q2 profit decline, announces 27,000 layoffs

A 10% decline in HP's Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) revenue contributed to a sobering Q2 for the printer, PC, software and enterprise company, which reported a 3% drop in turnover to $30.7bn...

Busch founder Ian Jones passes away

Busch Graphic Machinery UK managing director Ian Jones has died of cancer aged 64.

HP could cut up to 30,000 jobs

HP is considering slashing more than 25,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, due to falling demand for desktop computers and services, according to reports.

Bezier fined after worker dies at Wakefield plant

Point-of-sale specialist Bezier has been fined 118,500 following an HSE investigation into the 2008 death of a worker at its Wakefield site.

Will the Children and Families Bill cost jobs in printing?

The Queen's Speech last week confirmed that the Children and Families Bill would be the latest legislation to attempt to make parental leave more flexible - most notably giving fathers increased...

Can your vehicles pull their weight but pollute less?

The print trade has made leaps and bounds in cleaning up its act over the past decade or so, but it's an industry that is reliant on having to move large quantities of goods via road around the UK and...

Kodak's Eric Owen adds European role as Mark Clark retires

Kodak worldwide VP of sales and business development Eric Owen has taken on the additional role of European digital print system VP following Mark Clark's retirement at the beginning of April.

Inkjet book line is hit for Timsons at Drupa

Timsons has reported a "Who's Who" of worldwide book printers making a pilgrimage to Drupa to see the new Timsons T-Print inkjet book production line.