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The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) "still has a lot to do", according to a report highlighting its progress over the past year.

The governments of the G8 countries and China are not doing enough to stamp out imports of illegally sourced timber and wood products, according to a WWF report.

John Brown Citrus Publishing is reviewing the status of suppliers for the UKs largest circulation magazine, <i>Sky Customer Magazine</i>, after taking over the publishing contract from Redwood...

Intelligent Print Solutions (IPS), the print management company in Tonbridge, Kent, has supplied more than 15m game cards for fast food chain McDonalds in its World Cup promotion.

Tall Security Print, the specialist cheque printer in Runcorn, has won the contract to print the official business cheques for Premiership football team West Ham United.

News International is believed to be nearing a decision on the future of its southern printing operation, which appears increasingly likely to take it away from its infamous Wapping site in London.

Hewlett-Packard has revealed that it is planning to sell colour and black-and-white printers suitable for the inplant and copy shop market.

Polestar plans to shut two of the three presses at Watmoughs, ending weeks of speculation about the future of the Idle-based plant and possibly signalling a longer-term move of all Watmoughs-based...

Paper suppliers are among the largest unsecured creditors of Poole-based printer Faculty, which has been placed into liquidation with Smith & Williamson.

Carlton Barclay Ltd and Litho-Tech Colour Printers, the firm it bought last December, have been placed into administrative receivership with Kroll Buchler Phillips.

Carlton Press has bought the goodwill and assets of Carlton Offset, the Beckenham-based printer that fell into administrative receivership after ITV Digitals collapse (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 24 May).

Printcafe has finally completed its IPO, raising 25.1m ($37.5m) through the sale of 3.75m shares.

Printing.com has reported a 45% rise in turnover and a 43% fall in its pre-tax losses, as anticipated in its preliminary results for the year ending 31 March 2002.

Bunzl Fine Paper has strengthened its national business development and account management team, which will be led by two new national account directors.

US private equity house Texas Pacific Group has emerged as a potential rival bidder or even a partner in the bidding for Irish packaging group Jefferson Smurfit.