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Polestar has vowed to improve its communication with employees, after an Ofsted report claimed that the overall effectiveness of the firm's current training programme was not up to scratch.

The bonds of the PrintCity Alliance have been creaking of late. The insolvency of one its founding members at the end of last year - six months from Drupa - could not have come at a worse time....

We all know the score: organic fare is better for us and, to most palates, tastier than food that has been processed within an inch of its life. But it also costs a lot more.

David Lightfoot has joined Precision Colour Printing in a new operations role.

"We went to Belgium, Barcelona and... Ramsgate," reveals Richard Blueitt, operations director and co-owner at Wiltshire based retail printer Superior Creative. "In fact, we went to Belgium twice."

WIth the help of an innovative tie-up with the local university this firm implemented a comprehensive and effective energy reduction scheme

SCR Envelopes has appointed Bob Goldcup as sales manager to help drive the expansion of the four-colour envelope overprinting business.

Lending by Britain's top five banks contracted every quarter in 2011 while SMEs suffered after banks missed their lending targets to smaller businesses by more than 1bn.

Langley Holdings has appointed one of its seasoned veterans to head up Manroland Sheetfed Systems in its post-acquisition "transitional period".