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XChange International has released Human Software's PhotoSpray plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, offering the ability to spray pictures on top of RGB photos or layers.

Johnston Press has issued a cautious trading outlook for 2008, while the group's chief executive Tim Bowdler has started the search for a successor ahead of his retirement, planned for May 2009.

Preston City Council's print unit has boosted its folding productivity by 75% after investing in a Horizon B2 touch-folding system.

A Hemel Hempstead-based organisation that produces recycled paper using a converted 110-year-old Victorian paper mill has been recognised for saving more than 130 tonnes of waste going to landfill.

An East Sussex-based post-press kit firm has resurfaced under a new name after machine development for "a big player" in finishing manufacturing went "way behind schedule", according to the owner.

Benson Group, the printed cartonboard manufacturer, has acquired chilled packaging company Integrated Packaging to create an 85m-turnover giant.

Domino Printing Sciences has posted double-digit profit growth following a year of acquisitions.

Jones and Palmer has added greater flexibility to its finishing department following the installation of a CCM Premier guillotine.

<i>London Sport</i> is moving to a larger format and upgrading its paper stock across the magazine, in a move that will increase the value of its printing contract.

The commercial print industry will benefit substantially from the cut in interest rates announced by the Bank of England yesterday (6 December), according to finance experts.

Calderprint has experienced a 10% boost in productivity after installing an automated B2 crossfolder from Horizon.

The BPIF has welcomed a "groundbreaking" report from the Confederation of British Industries (CBI) on climate change as "a positive and realistic step in the right direction" for UK business.