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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