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The North East-based commercial printer initially forecast a 1.8m sales boost after securing funds from Yorkshire Bank, but PBL now expects an uplift in excess of 3m.

Intoprint UK is the latest North East printer to attract funding from a turnaround fund that invests in SMEs to boost their profit and capacity.

Essex-based packaging consultancy Ikonik has diversified with the launch of printmypixel.com, just 16 months after opening, for customers to design and buy personalised printed products.

The new bank, officially launched in October 2011 to provide funding to SMEs, has hit break-even point, it has announced.

More than a third of printers have secured additional work due to the Olympics while a quarter won extra work due to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, according to the BPIF's latest outlook survey.

John Brown Printers has installed a 50kWp solar panel system on the roof of its Bilborough-based office.

Stephens & George Print Group (S&G) used its centenary celebrations last week to officially launch its charitable trust.

Leigh Print has been bought out of administration by managing director Les Harris-Ward's new company, Leigh Print & Packaging.

Digital Printed Image (DPI) has bought a second Xerox Nuvera 120 EA following a successful six months of production on its first installation.

Local authorities spend just a third of procurement budgets with local businesses, according to research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

DKP Finishing is to move into Surrey Laminators' Croydon plant within the next two months to offer a "one-stop-shop" for finishing.

Wright's Printers is being supported by many of the trade creditors of predecessor Wright's (Sandbach), despite both sharing a director in Andrew Sehne.