Printers

BIS outlines Business Bank strategy
The government has outlined its plan to boost SME lending via the state-owned Business Bank, which will become the vehicle through which all government finance initiatives are administered.

RCS targets personalised gifting market
RCS printers in Retford has secured a deal with a chocolate company to create advent-calendar-esque count down products and is closing in on a personalised gift packaging deal with a major high street...

Triple install brings in new business for Prestige Press
Three new finishing machines are bringing in new business for a Buckinghamshire family printer.

Lion FPG buys third Heidelberg press
Wolverhampton printers Lion FPG has invested in a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L litho press which it will install this month.

Image Technique adds print capacity with Fujifilm Uvistar Pro8
Signage specialist Image Technique has become the first UK firm to install a Fujifilm Uvistar Pro8 wide-format roll-to-roll UV-cured printer.

Tompkin Press pulls in short-run work with finishing investment
A Nottingham litho and digital printer had slashed its finishing time after investing in booklet-making equipment.

Informa clarifies Ipex 2014 position
Informa Exhibitions has written an open letter to all Ipex stakeholders to clarify its position regarding Ipex 2014.

Pick the best eco-tricks from other industries
Print, by its nature, has to be outward looking. Its tentacles touch so many different client sectors and its business is so reliant upon knowing those clients intimately, that there can't be many...

USPS showcases MyPost electronic notification system
The US Postal Service (USPS) has begun testing a new concept known as MyPost that lets consumers and small businesses preview electronically what's in their physical mail box that day.
Ricoh partners with TEC Mailing Solutions to offer SaaS mailing tools
Ricoh Production Print Solutions used the National Postal Forum (NPF) in San Francisco this week to unveil a new partnership with TEC Mailing Solutions on a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS)...

Budget 2013: Live text
Live updates of the Budget 2013 and the measures that will impact UK print as it happens.

Printers call for Budget funding boost and tax reliefs
The print sector is calling for tomorrow's Budget to reveal improvements in lending strategies and tax reliefs to stimulate the UK economy.