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Eastland Colour calls in insolvency firm
BREAKING: A firm of insolvency practitioners has been working on the case of Manchester print company Eastland Colour for the past two days.

Agfa Graphics hires three graduate trainees
Agfa Graphics has recruited three graduate trainees to strengthen its sales teams in commercial print, inkjet and workflow.

Tangent warns on profits as Snowball disappoints
Tangent Communications has sacked the boss of its underperforming Tangent Snowball marketing agency and issued a profits warning for the full year.

John Good establishes digital arm with £500,000 investment
Theatre programme specialist John Good has invested £500,000 to establish an in-house digital operation.

Terry Cooper Services to offer Tecnograf machines
UK printers can now buy Tecnograf perfect binding technology through Nottingham-based Terry Cooper Services (TCS).

Research finds 41% of print SMEs run apprenticeships
Print companies are doing better than other industry sectors at taking on apprentices – but still only 41% of SMEs in the sector do so, according to new research.

Acquisitive printer expands litho and finishing capacity
A Welsh printer is to install its third Heidelberg Speedmaster XL and the UK's first Promatrix 106CS die-cutter after taking on staff, a building and work of a company which went into...

RNIB invests in Perfecta guillotine
The RNIB has boosted the efficiency of its inplant print facility with the installation of a new Perfecta guillotine, supplied by Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS).

ITG's Ward wins EY accolade
Inspired Thinking Group chief executive Simon Ward is up for EY’s nationwide Entrepreneur of the Year award after winning one of the regional heats.

Former Paperlinx chief Price gets top HH Global job
Paperlinx’s former chief executive Andrew Price has secured a top job at HH Global.

Coveris expands global packaging empire
Global plastic packaging company Coveris has moved into South America with the acquisition of Olefinas.

New envelope print company launches
A new envelope printing and manufacturing company has launched in Blackburn, Lancashire this week, with hopes to grow to a turnover of £15m-£20m within six years.

Austrian Post launches in the UK
Austrian Post has launched an international wholesale service in the UK after signing a deal with a British mail services company.

Prinovis boosts binding set-up and gains IIP
Prinovis is expanding its in-house perfect binding capabilities by adding a Muller Martini Norm binder to its set-up.

The Printing Charity re-elects chairman and deputy
Jon Wright and Steve Sibbald have been unanimously elected chairman and deputy chairman respectively of The Printing Charity for a third term as the charity reported a 14% rise in those it has helped.