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Surface Print Company makes first wide-format digital investment

Lancashire-based wallpaper printer The Surface Print Company has invested in its first two digital wide-format printers as it looks to tap into the growing market for digitally-printed wallpaper.

Landa forecasts market growth in white paper

Landa Corporation has forecast 4.5% annual market growth through to 2016 for one of its core markets as it gears up for next year's launch of its first nanographic printing press, the S10FC, in Q4...

Downton saves Charles Gee Group subsidiary from liquidation

Independent logistics business CM Downton has bought the Charles Gee Group subsidiary C&H (Hauliers), a major supplier to UK newspaper printers, from administrators FRP Advisory.

UK dubbed a bad place to manufacture by Grangemouth boss

Jim Ratcliffe, founder of Ineos - the company that owns the Grangemouth petrochemical plant, has criticised the hostile environment in the UK for manufacturing businesses, according to reports.

Johnston Press in 'crunch talks' with lenders

Johnston Press has reportedly hired the investment bank Rothschild as it prepares to enter discussion with its lenders over its £306m net debt.

Police discover 3D printed 'gun components' in Manchester raid

A 3D printer and what are suspected to be components for a 3D printed gun were among items seized by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in a series of raids in the Wythenshawe area of Manchester...

UK economy grows 0.8% in Q3

UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 0.8% in Q3 2012 compared with Q2, according to the preliminary estimate from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Printers profit from the time of the signs

Big data is big business. And it plays a big role in modern society. Algorithms that analyse this data run our everyday lives, helping us to make decisions and sometimes making decisions for us.

Business inspection: A fresher look draws in the student body

PrintCaf's student-friendly branding also helped KM Reprographics attract other new business.

Banks battle to tear up knock-off notes

An official-looking serial number, distinctive green hues and an intricately rendered and suitably regal Queen. Even scrutinising this 1990 £5 note far more closely than I would normally, I can't see...