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The National Criminal Intelligence Service is taking a "keen interest" in an alleged euro and sterling banknote counterfeiting ring uncovered by the News Of The World last week.

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AGI Media Packaging is closing its Swindon site and losing up to 50 jobs, having failed to "remain viable" after EMI shut its Swindon CD duplication facility in June.

Apex Digital Graphics will hold its first roadshow as the UK distributor of Ryobi presses this month.

Edotech, the Tewkesbury-based transactional print group, has extended its reach into Europe and expanded its data management capabilities with the 6.5m acquisition of Zurich-based competitor...

David Dalton, the Kent Messenger Group production director and former group managing director of HunterPrint, has died, aged 61, after a struggle against cancer.

Montrose Press has been placed into administration with the loss of half of its jobs after a creditor of its sister company, Hyway Printing Services, issued a winding-up petition.

Plans to establish a single voice representing the UK paper industry have been dealt a blow after the Paper Agents Association (PAA) said it would leave the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI).

Polestar has posted its first retained profit since its inception in 1998, but only thanks to a 95.8m technical surplus from its bond buyback in 2001.

Polestar has released preliminary financial results for the year to 30 September 2002, which the group described as a good performance in difficult markets.

Thomas Potts is planning to turn its back on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), saying it is gaining very little benefit from the listing.

AGI Media Packaging is closing its Swindon site with the loss of up to 50 jobs, having failed to remain viable after EMI shut its Swindon CD duplication facility in June.

David Dalton, the Kent Messenger Group production director and former group managing director of HunterPrint, has died, aged 61, after a struggle against cancer.

De La Rue has been selected by the Bank of England as its preferred banknote supplier and is set to buy its banknote-printing operations at Debden in Essex.

Electronics For Imaging (EFI) hopes to take advantage of growth in the digital proofing market after buying Best, the Germany-based software developer.