Communisis One, the Leeds-based creative and repro arm of the print and direct marketing group, has invested 500,000 in digital pre-press from Heidelberg

The chancellor Gordon Brown has unveiled proposals to modernise insolvency laws and remove the Crowns preferential right to recover unpaid taxes ahead of other creditors

Development of the next version of the PPAs pass4press specification for digital advertising is well underway

Wincanton Print has invested 2m in new equipment and appointed a new sales representative in a bid to increase its 4m turnover

Cambridge University Press (CUP) examination-printing arm SecurePrint has produced and delivered the first of this years 19m exam papers using its IBM machines

Grafitec has been enlisted to sell Duncan Web Offsets presses, and has already had 20 enquiries about its 48pp MAN Roland Lithoman IV

Apple Litho in Bristol has completed its 500,000 investment in new equipment with a complete Prinergy PDF workflow, Topsetter CTP system and digital proofing from Heidelberg

Dick Moll & Sons has been acquired in a management buyout deal and will now be known as the Moll Group

St Regis Paper company has outlined its plans for East Lancashire Paper mill after buying the site and assets for an undisclosed sum from administrator Arthur Andersen

Label specialist Burall Carwood has been placed into administrative receivership with BDO Stoy Hayward while its management investigates the possibility of a buyout