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One hundred days in, MBO team mean to offer more than 'business as usual'

Pensord's new managing director Darren Coxon is four days away from his first major milestone since his management buyout. "The initial 100 days after an MBO are critical," he says. "It's very...

Founder of Hyderabad's Vamsi Art Printers passes away

G Neelakanteswara Rao, the founder of Vamsi Art Printers in Hyderabad died on Thursday, 28 October 2010. He was 75.

Steel takes Gutenburg business development post

Gutenberg Networks has appointed Simon Steel, the former chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi UK's multi-channel production company The Facilities Group (TfG), as its business development director.

SME printers hit by new pension and retirement rules

SME printers are to be hit by new pension and retirement rules that are expected to "add cost and create extra administrative burdens".

Ultimate Print adopts training approach to grow business in debut year

Nottinghamshire-based Ultimate Print has cited investment in training and "a lot of hard work" after hitting the 370,000 turnover mark following its first year of trading.

St Ives inquest returns a verdict of accidental death in Ebbs case

A verdict of accidental death has been returned following an inquest into the death of an engineer at St Ives Web in October 2008.

Polestar to cherrypick work as it ditches uneconomic capacity

Polestar plans to shut down a large chunk of "uneconomical" capacity across its gravure and web-offset footprint in the UK, and has begun consulting its workforce about the proposals.

Former 4DM MD Portsmouth joins Inc Direct

James Portsmouth has joined Inc Direct in the role of group operations director as the Enfield-based company targets a 10m-plus turnover in its next financial year.

Webcast report - Five things you need to know about your customers

Panellists on yesterday's Customer insight: Success in practice webcast argued to define the five things printers need to know about every customer.

Prosper is Kodak's iPhone moment

Philip Faraci, the president and chief operating officer at Eastman Kodak talks to Ramu Ramanathan about digital print in the 21st century and his company's investment policies.