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DigiMedia fails to attract exhibitors
DigiMedia 2001 and Digital Solutions Centre 2001, scheduled to take place alongside each other from 20-22 June at the Messe Dsseldorf, have been cancelled after failing to attract enough exhibitors
Burrows attack on print pricing
Broadgate Promotional & Financial Print managing director Tony Burrows has accused the industry of selling itself short by offering the cheapest possible prices to win jobs
Print 777 joins bandwagon of website hosts
Print777 has become the latest company to offer printers a customised website and online ordering options
Autologic develops PDF-based file transfer system
Autologic has developed a PDF-based file transfer system for Express Newspapers, which sends files to its remote print sites, to reduce bottlenecks
De La Rue looks to acquire for growth
De La Rue is prepared to spend up to 200m on acquisitions to boost the revamped business
Sdra chief hints at further pulp price decreases
Sdra president and chief executive Anders Wahroln has given a strong indication that the price of pulp will come down even further
CGNU staff protest about possible sale
Staff at the CGNU print inplant in Basildon feel "insulted and angry" about the possibility of the site being sold to direct marketing and IT firm Opus Trust
Fall of Republic looks probable
PrintRepublic is set to go into liquidation
Xerox hit by new financial investigation
Xerox has hit the news again over financial irregularities, sending its shares falling by over 5% to 7.56 ($10.75) on Tuesday (22 May)
Portobello dispute over finance deal
Portobello Press is seeking legal advice after Lloyds TSB Asset Finance cited an "errors and omissions" clause to increase repayments by over 10%, after it had signed an agreement and installed a...
Polestar cuts jobs at Bradford plant
Polestar has made a third of the bindery staff redundant at Watmoughs in Bradford in a move that was marred by an alleged assault at a GPMU chapel meeting to discuss the groups proposals
Printing firm makes Times list
Wolverhampton printer William Gibbons & Sons has been named as one of the fastest profit growers in Britain
Receiver closes Duncan sites
The majority of Duncan Web Offsets 200 employees have been made redundant after the firms sites, in Tovil and Parkwood, were closed by its receiver
Inveresk's MacDonald resigns as Bernander approves Minton
Inveresk non-executive director Brian MacDonald has resigned from the board to focus on his other interests outside the industry
Clark now a director with Technique
Former Polestar director Adrian Clark has joined IT company Technique Business Systems as sales and marketing director