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Unite: urging members to push for pay rises

Unite tells members: push for 3.7% pay rise

Unite has urged its members to push for a 3.7% wage increase from their employers, based on the current UK Retail Price Index (RPI).

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Price rises expected in April

Printers face sharp paper price rises as merchants pass on costs

Printers are facing the prospect of double-digit rises in paper prices after UK merchants announced...

WHM: paid off £5.8m debt

White Horse Machinery turns fortunes around with restructure

White Horse Machinery (WHM) has completed a financial turnaround in three months, following the appointment...

Reelform: Derby site

Reelform sold to McCorquodale MD Bullwright

Reelform, the former subsidiary of The Print Factory (London) 1991, has been bought out of administration...

Product Reviews

Kocher + Beck Inline Offset Cutting

Die-cutting, creasing and adding value has never been this quick to makeready or as affordable and precise,...

Web-to-print: 'Fantastic for high-volume short runs'

Web-to-print software

The increase in printers adopting digital print has given a boost to W2P sales as clients become more...

Domino A400

Jamie Bath, bindery manager at Bishops Printers, informs Philip Chadwick that this digital printer's...

In Depth

Fabrics à la mode

Digital printing on fabrics has yet to outstrip screen printing, but it is catching up fast with a raft...

Landing a big one

Raising the finance for a big investment isn't as easy as it used to be. However, lenders can be persuaded,...

Digital

Xeikon 8000: faster model to launch at Ipex

Xeikon targets transpromo and launches new toners

Xeikon will launch a faster version of its flagship duplex digital colour press at Ipex, alongside a...

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Paper

Profits soar at Arctic Paper as Grycksbo purchase completes

Net profit at Arctic Paper soared by nearly 400%, according to the group's fourth-quarter results.

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Business

Dinnington: praised for its flexibility

Johnston Press in 'stronger position' despite 56% fall in profits

Johnston Press has entered 2010 in a "much stronger position" than a year ago, despite pre-tax profits...

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Print Buying

Thompson: focus to shift to digital

BBC director general warns of 'move away from magazines'

The BBC has unveiled its strategy review that casts a shadow over the future of its magazines business.

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Pre-media

Trillian SP: Kodak's latest 'breakthrough' plate technology

Kodak's Ipex pre-press products led by Trillian processed plate

Kodak will launch a processed thermal plate that reduces chemistry consumption for high-volume applications...

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Presses

Kodak Prosper: 5000XL

Kodak to show Prosper 5000XL at Ipex

Kodak will launch its Prosper 5000XL, the first colour press based on its Stream technology, at Ipex...

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Post-press

Bunter: impressed with Japanese machinery

Remous buys Komori Lithrone to boost automation

Somerset-based printer Remous has bought its first Komori press in an £800,000 overhaul that has updated...

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Consumables

Seal Graphics launches low-cost anti-graffiti film

Seal Graphics UK has released a new low-cost anti-graffiti film in order to help printers and print...

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Environment

Unified approach 'key to cutting carbon'

The global print industry must adopt a single, international and integrated approach to carbon footprinting,...

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Design

Live Event Branding creates Six Nations opener banners

Live Event Branding, the specialist fabric branding company, produced more than 2,000sqm of banners...

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World News

Royal Mail: pay deal agreed with CWU

Royal Mail and CWU finally seal pay agreement

Royal Mail workers will receive a 6.9% pay increase following the agreement of a deal between the postal...

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Exhibitions

Optimus MIS: KPI dashboard

Optimus lean printing guide gets Ipex launch

Optimus will be demonstrating its focus on lean manufacturing at this year's Ipex, where it will launch...

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