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Heidelberg unveils plan for college kit

Heidelberg has unveiled plans to support printing colleges by helping them to buy or lease equipment

GPMU rejects NISA's application for independence

The GPMU has welcomed the certification officers refusal to grant News Internationals internal union, News International Staff Association (NISA), a certificate of independence

Ex-Photobition boss finds high level of support

Former Photobition director Bob Bushby says he now has enough support to call an EGM if necessary

Printpotato changes direction with TPC

Printpotato.com has bought TPC Telecoms in a major change of direction and has put its online print website up for sale

Edelmann web press UK debut

Two Rotherham printers are giving a web press its UK debut

36 staff face chop at Greaves

Up to 36 staff are set to lose their jobs at Polestar Greaves after the firm said it was decommissioning one of its two KBA TR4 gravure presses

Omnia cuts colour book printing jobs

Omnia Books near Glasgow is to shed 65 jobs after ditching colour book production

PIMS' deal nets CCN and Matthews

PIMS, the direct marketing and digital printing specialist, has bought Canada-based CCN Newswire and Matthews Media Services in a 6m deal

Disagreement on solution to slump

British manufacturing is officially in a recession, but the GPMU and BPIF are still in opposing camps when it comes to offering a solution to manufacturings ills

Grafitec to sell Jarvis Porter kit

Grafitec division Grafitec Management Service has been enlisted to sell the plant and machinery of Jarvis Porters creative packaging operation

Centre Web blames cashflow for failure

Centre Web, based in Brackmills, has cited a difficult first quarter and cashflow problems as the reasons for its placement into administrative receivership with BDO Stoy Hayward

Chelouche leaves Scitex and quits print

Scitex president and chief executive Yoav Chelouche has resigned and the group's marriage to Creo may also end in separation after it revealed 100m losses associated with its Creo holding

DfWP considers outsourcing

The Department for Work & Pensions is conducting an exploratory exercise into the feasibility of outsourcing its 50m-70m annual print spend through a print management company

Carrs in search of director after Bevington quits

Carrs Paper carbonless sales director Chris Bevington has left the company

Freedman services on the net

A marketing-services agent is to target print hardware firms with a new system to manage all their marketing print needs