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

The Printers Charitable Corporation is mourning the loss of director and secretary Teresa Searle, whose death has just been announced.

TripleArc head of sales Paul Bailey has left the firm.

A group of key creditors of debt-laden Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has rejected the terms of a repayment deal, putting in doubt a resolution to the companys financial woes (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 23 February...

A fire at Mondi Paper UKs Holcombe mill in Ramsbottom, Lancashire destroyed 500 tonnes of bailed paper and 20% of the structure of a warehouse on 5 December.

Bob Parker, who has held senior production positions at St Ives, Colorgraphic, Astron and Quebecor Printing (UK) in a 39-year print career, has set up his own business, Printsolve.Biz, to help...

Brand Packaging in Salford has ordered a 2.5m Rotomec 4000-2ES nine-unit gravure press to cope with its expanding business.

St Ives financial printing division, Burrups, is three-quarters of the way through a consultation to make 10% of its London staff redundant due to tough conditions in the financial print sector.

The pulp and paper industry could face a lack of wood as a raw material in coming decades, with Europe looking at a potential shortfall of around 50m cubic metres per year by 2020.

Polestar Chantry in Wakefield has printed 70,000 copies each of two new magazines for TV series <i>Pop Stars: The Rivals</i>.

The Lincolnshire Publishing Company has made 25 redundancies after increased demand for colour led to the printing of its supplements and weekly titles being switched to its sister Northcliffe company...

The UK print and paper industry could suffer from the implications of further environmental legislation after European Union environment ministers agreed to create the worlds first international...

Cradley Group plans to lay off 50 staff in a bid to make straightforward efficiency improvements.

DS Smiths packaging arm contributed to an increase in the groups turnover and pre-tax profit for the six months to October.

Fillmore Packaging in Norwich has paid a six-figure sum for the assets of Smethwick-based Hoods Paper and Packaging, which went into voluntary liquidation in October.