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Concerns have arisen over proposals, expected to be backed by the Chancellor in the Autumn Statment, that could see billions of pounds of ring-fenced skills funding devolved to a single pot.

H&H Reeds Printers has recruited former regional press ad director Justin Farnan as its head of business development.

Envelope printer First Class Post was fined 2,500 and ordered to pay 1,041 in costs by Leeds magistrates for allowing staff to be lifted nearly six metres in a box perched on a forklift truck.

EasyFairs has sold nearly 80% of available space for its inaugural Labelling Innovations event, which will take place in Birmingham's NEC in February 2013.

Kent-based Wallace Print has added an Oce Arizona 250 GT digital flatbed to its two Fuji Acuity Advance machines as part of a 100,000 investment.

Aaron Printing is making its first foray into digital printing with the purchase of a Heidelberg Linoprint C751, as part of a £115,000 investment in new equipment.

Fujifilm Dimatix has unveiled the StarFire SG-1024/M-A printhead, which it claims offers textile printers superior ink-jetting performance.

Essex-based packaging firm Frith's Flexible Packaging (FFP) has been fined 8,000 by Southend Magistrates' Court after an employee seriously injured his hand in 2011.

Messe Dusseldorf has pulled the plug on next year's digi:media trade show, blaming cancellations, reductions in floor space and lack of commitment from prospective exhibitors.

Williams Lea is understood to have found a new figurehead for Tag Worldwide following the departure of chief executive Steve Parish, who leaves at the end of this calendar year.

Kodak said its lenders were demonstrating increased confidence in the company's future after they boosted its $793m interim and exit finance facility by $37m and established "improved" terms for...