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Falconer Print and Packaging installs UK's first Braille unit with Diana X folder gluer

Falconer Print and Packaging installed the Heidelberg Diana X 115 folder gluer with Braille unit in April, which is "running very smoothly", according to Falconer managing director Hadyn Bradbury.

Manufacturers join forces to lobby plain packaging proposal

API Group, Chesapeake, Parkside Flexibles, Weidenhammer Packaging Group and Payne have collaborated to lobby against standardised packaging on tobacco products.

CPI blasts governmental red tape on corrugated sector

CPI director general David Workman is calling for a five-year moratorium on government regulations across the paper industry.

Envelope companies in row over domain names

Two envelope converters have become embroiled in a dispute over internet domain names.

Bezier fined after worker dies at Wakefield plant

Point-of-sale specialist Bezier has been fined 118,500 following an HSE investigation into the 2008 death of a worker at its Wakefield site.

Delta Display fined after workers burned

Delta Group subsidiary Delta Display has been fined 12,000 after two employees were burned in a flash fire.

Tory MPs call for changes to insolvency law

A Conservative Party think-tank has called for an overhaul of insolvency law to include US-style bankruptcy protection, which allows the management of insolvent companies a fixed period of time to try...

Government opens dismissal consultation

The government has announced a consultation looking into changes to the current workplace dismissal laws.

European Commission rubber-stamps National Loan Guarantee Scheme

The European Commission has rubber-stamped the government's plans to set up a National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS) to provide 20bn of low interest loans to SMEs over the next two years.

Charterhouse operating profit hit by interest bill in 2011 results

Charterhouse PM posted an 18.5% increase in turnover for the year to 31 May 2011, but once again had its operating profit wiped out by the high interest bill on its bank borrowings.

Printers slam 'disgraceful' pre-pack u-turn

Printers have slammed the government's "disgraceful" u-turn on tightening the laws on pre-packs, after business minister Ed Davey announced that he had scrapped plans to impose greater legislative...

Xaar dismisses Chinese 'strike' claim

Xaar has dismissed claims made by the former staff of its Chinese subsidiary that they had not resigned, as per Xaar's public statement last week, but were instead "on strike".