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Lack of awareness and confidence harming SME finance

Over half of SMEs have resorted to personal financing owing to a lack of awareness and confidence in lending options, according to a damning report from market research agency BRDC.

The Langham Press plumps for MGI Meteor

The Langham Press has opted for an MGI Meteor DP8700XL as its first digital press.

RPS undertakes £1m upgrade

Leicester print group RPS has taken delivery of a Chromira 5x RA4 large format photo printer in response to growing demand for high quality backlit display graphics.

Pureprint invests in back-up HP Indigo 10000 as digital orders soar

Pureprint has ordered a second HP Indigo 10000 B2 digital press following the unprecedented interest in the first machine, which has yet to complete beta testing.

US Congressmen lodge bill to abolish paperless policies

Two US Congressmen this week introduced a bipartisan resolution that seeks to reverse a recent federal push toward going paperless for a variety of information and services, ranging from income tax...

Cross-media is a gamble: will you lose your shirt?

Data has been described as "the new oil" for the printing industry. If that's the case, then cross-media can perhaps be likened to a new gold rush.

Business inspection Reflex Labels: Doing away with the pigeonholes

Reflex Labels has done well for itself by, among other things, eschewing job titles in favour of giving staff flexibility to grow with the business

Bell Printers upgrades to new Schneider Senator guillotine

Commercial outfit Bell Printers has taken delivery of a Schneider Senator E-Line 78 from Friedheim to replace its ageing guillotine.

Macfarlane posts 27% pre-tax profit hike

UK packaging firm Macfarlane Group recorded pre-tax profits before exceptional items of 4.9m in the 12 months to 31 December despite a 2% revenue decline.

Printing.com becomes delivery partner for government loan scheme

Printing.com has signed an agreement to help deliver the government-backed Start-Up Loans scheme designed to help young people start a business.

Hobs Reprographics to exhibit at Buckingham Palace

UK print firm Hobs Reprographics is to exhibit its work in the gardens of Buckingham Palace this summer as part of the Coronation Festival.

Pinstripe Print wins two-year battle with Highfield

A High Court judge has ordered that Birmingham-based Highfield Print be wound up following a two-year dispute over a non-payment to Pinstripe Print.