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90 staff are to go at De La Rue

De La Rue is cutting 90 jobs out of around 440 at its Portsmouth cash systems manufacturing and assembly plant to improve competitiveness

Corrugated prices take toll on Winnetts Graphics

Vicious downward pressure on corrugated prices has been blamed for looming redundancies at Winnetts Graphics in Salford

Print 21 leads call for better training

The need to "rebrand" the printing industry and better staff training emerged as the two main themes at the BPIFs Print 21 national business conference last week (14 June)

West Ferry dispute goes to High Court

The joint owners of West Ferry Printers are to meet at the High Court on 14 July, to decide who will arbitrate Hollingers buyout

Anton Group aims to be in UK top 50

The new marketing director of the Anton Group has revealed plans for the firm to become one of the top 50 printing companies in the UK within three years

Dantex launches simple plate

Dantex has launched a new flexo CTP plate that cuts the number of steps involved in platemaking

MBE honour for Corporation of London printer

The Queen has awarded an MBE to Brian Lee, the Corporation of Londons assistant manager for printing and stationery

Colleagues wins Yellow Pages inserts contract

Colleagues Direct Marketing has won the contract to book and produce the first-ever loose inserts for<i> Yellow Pages</i> directories

Knights to replace Romminger at Bezier

Gary Knights is taking over from Wayne Romminger at the helm of Bezier Corporate Print in Poole

Creditors' fury at Traxdata Wales MBO

Creditors of Traxdata Wales have expressed frustration at the firms resurrection as Alpha Digital

Polestar wins property mag

Polestar has won a 12-month contract to produce <i>The Property Magazine</i> for London Property News

SR gains Wall's ice menu deal

Ice-cream sellers are turning to SR Communications to personalise their menu cards with logos and colour

Full-colour plans confirmed by Yell

Yell used the official opening of RR Donnelleys new Flaxby Moor plant to confirm full-colour printing for <i>Yellow Pages</i>

Lack of investment forces Xerox to wind up SOHO

Xerox is to close its small office/home office (SOHO) business after failing to secure enough investment to turn the loss-maker around

Agfa offers Digital Academy courses

Agfa has joined forces with the Digital Academy to offer training for Agfa customers in digital pre-press