A row has broken out between a Yorkshire printer and Leeds City Council over the building of 12 flats on the site of a neighbouring car repair shop.

Wide-format is a flourishing sector that is often overlooked by commercial printers. However, the recession has resulted in more market participants as firms look for profit, finds Matt Whipp

Ricky Alleyne, manager at Showprint, has been able to more accurately match clients' Pantones with this wide-format UV press, discovers Philip Chadwick

Large-format printer Imprint Group has invested 4.5m in an expansion plan that includes a new factory to house recently purchased pre-press, digital printing and post-press equipment.

Finishing equipment supplier Friedheim International has taken on the UK agencies for Wohlenberg guillotines and binders from Manroland GB.

Randal Davies, director of New Horizons, says that investing in a Neopost DS-62 made folding and inserting 'a breeze', discovers Philip Chadwick

Peterborough Printing Services (PPS) has replaced its Highwater UV platesetter with a thermal Suprasetter A52 with Autoload from Heidelberg UK.

Oxford-based mailing house Uni Mail has added "another string to its bow" after making its foray into digital print.

The Metropolitan Police Authority has put out a five-year tender for a supplier to provide a "full print management solution".

Stitching equipment manufacturer Tolerans has launched Speedliner 2.0 at this year's Ifra Expo event in Vienna.