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Dennis predicts magazines will suffer
Dennis Publishing chairman Felix Dennis has issued an apocalyptic view of the future of magazine publishing
Colleagues jobs safe, say chiefs
Colleagues Direct Marketing has again quashed rumours that it plans to make any job cuts, despite fears that 50 redundancies could be made before Christmas.
Cartiere Burgo takes downtime
Cartiere Burgo has taken 15 days of downtime at three of its mills, removing 40,000 tonnes of coated and uncoated fine paper from the market.
53 job cuts expected at Norprint
A source close to Norprint Labelling Systems has revealed there are expected to be 53 redundancies at the Boston, Lincolnshire-based firm.
Finnish firms face 1m fines over illegal wood price talks
Stora Enso, UPM-Kymmene and Metsliitto are each facing a fine of 1.02m (FIM 10m) after being found in breach of Finland's Act on Competition regulations.
Telegraph considering West Ferry buy
The Telegraph Group is considering exercising its right to buy the 50% stake in West Ferry Printers bought by Northern & Shell in its takeover of Express Newspapers last week.
Komori's McLeod joins Goss as sales manager
Goss has appointed Ian McLeod as UK general sales manager following John Chambers' move to Heidelberg last month.
CPI appoints new operations director
CPI UK has appointed a new operations director (non-mass market) and charged him with overseeing the planned rationalisation of its sites.
Rivals unite to rubbish Creo plate price claim
Rival pre-press firms have rubbished claims from Creo chief executive Amos Michelson about plate prices and consumables as a smokescreen to deflect attention from problems at CreoScitex.
Heron spends on 64pp Roland and CTP
ET Heron hopes to gain "a few USPs over our competitors" by investing in a new 64pp press plus CTP and binding kit.
British Library puts historic Gutenberg bible online
The British Library has put the Gutenberg Bible online for all to view.
Threat of dispute at McCorquodale
The GPMU claims there is the possibility of industrial action in its dispute with McCorquodale Confidential Print and sister company, Fencourt Printers.
SynRG liquidation puts 60 jobs at risk
Up to 60 jobs are thought to be at risk after directors of DRB Reprographics, which trades as SynRG, made preliminary moves to place the company into liquidation.
Bousfield offers price-busting CTP deal
Bousfield is offering an eight-up thermal CTP system including a RIP-once workflow for 100,000.
CEPI disappointed by COP conference
Inveresk managing director Stefan Kay has branded the breakdown of the latest United Nations climate change conference as "terribly disappointing".