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Industry heads have called for the government to maintain investment in business, following the Spending Review on Wednesday (26 June).

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has insisted a postal boycott, even a strike, could take place in its ongoing battle with Royal Mail on the issue of DSA providers.

The 50th anniversary of Fespa has exceeded all expectations with footfall across the show's five days totalling 22,000 - beating the visitor total for Fespa 2010 in Munich by 1,000.

Screenprint Productions has introduced a new printed flooring to the market at Fespa.

A merger between Berforts Information Press and Butler Tanner & Dennis (BT&D) is set to create the third-biggest book printing group in the UK.

Canon has unveiled the Océ ColorWave 900, targeted at the graphic arts, construction, architecture and CAD markets, on its stand at Fespa (H05S).

Print supplier SSE Worldwide is giving a sneak preview at Fespa of a new small format flatbed UV LED digital inkjet plotter from SerTec, part of Italian manufacturer DPI DG Printing.

Papergraphics has launched a raft of new substrates in its wide-format digital dcor portfolio including metallic and magnetic wall coverings.

Debenhams has bought two 3.2m-wide Durst printers as part of an 800,000 revamp of its in-house printing operation, Magenta Print & Display.

The first UK sale of a five-metre Fujifilm Uvistar Pro 8 was made at Fespa this week, bringing signings of this model at the wide-format exhibition to four.

The Vortex 4200 from Reprographic Technology International (RTI) has been unveiled at Fespa this week.