07/10/2009: STANDARD GOES FREE
The London Evening Standard is to be distributed for free from 12 October

07/10/2009: NEW FREE MAGAZINE TO LAUNCH
Stylist, the new free women's title, launches on 7 October

07/10/2009: FT TAKES HOW TO SPEND IT ONLINE
The Financial Times is launching an online version of its upmarket monthly magazine, How To Spend It.

07/10/2009: MYVOUCHERCODES TO PRODUCE PRINTED BOOK
Online success has persuaded discount voucher website Myvouchercodes to launch its first printed voucher book in time for Christmas.

06/10/2009: POLESTAR IN TALKS WITH STAFF OVER REDUNDANCIES
Polestar Group is in talks with staff concerning redundancies and possible changes to terms and conditions at its Chromoworks, Colchester and Varnicoat sites

05/10/2009: BOOKSELLER REPORTS KINDLE TO LAUNCH SOON
The Bookseller says it has heard from authoritative sources that Amazon.com will finally announce the arrival of its e-book device the Kindle in the UK in the early part of October

01/10/2009: KYOCERA DEVELOPS FASTEST INKJET PRINTHEAD
Kyocera has developed what it claims is the world's fastest inkjet printhead with print speeds of up to 150m per minute at 1,200x1,200dpi resolution.

30/09/2009: ENSO TO RESTART PULP MILL
Stora Enso has said that it plans to restart production at its Enocell pulp mill in eastern Finland at the beginning of November

30/09/2009: SONY ANNOUNCES WIRELESS E-READER
Sony US has unveiled a wireless version of its e-book reader, which will sell for $399 and be available in time for Christmas

30/09/2009: PULP MARKET RALLYS
Major pulp producers have announced a £25 per tonne price increase on both softwood and hardwood grades for September in key markets, said Mark Wilde, senior analyst at Deutsche Bank covering the Paper & Forest Products sector

30/09/2009: SHORE TO SHORE HEADS FOR LIQUIDATION
All 60 employees at the UK arm of global packaging giant Shore to Shore have been made redundant as the company moves into liquidation

28/09/2009: ASSOCIATIONS GIVE SUPPORT TO PRINTIT!
The BAPC, BPIF and IPIA join forces to encourage members to become Industry Ambassadors for PrintIT!

25/09/2009: HOLMEN TO CLOSE CUMBRIA BOARD MACHINE
Holmen has said it will be closing down one of its two board machines at the Workington Mill in Cumbria at the end of 2009

15/09/2009: M-REAL HELPS BIRDS EYE REDUCE PACKAGING
M-real Consumer Packaging has helped Birds Eye achieve significant savings in packaging weight for its frozen food product range, following completion of a project initiated in partnership with WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme)

01/09/2009: SAMSUNG TO CHALLENGE KINDLE AND SONY E-READER
Samsung has said it aims to overtake the Kindle and the Sony e-Reader with sales of its newly-revealed device

01/09/2009: BETTER ACCESS TO TRAINING
Proskills has joined forces with four other related Sector Skills Councils (SSCs), Cogent, Improve, Semta and Skillsfast-UK, to form the Manufacturing Skills Alliance (MSA)

01/09/2009: NEWSPRINT DEMAND DOWN
Cepiprint's July report on European mechanical paper sectors shows that European demand in the newsprint sector fell by 11.1% in July compared to July 2008

05/05/2009: WATERSTONE'S CUTS THREATEN 650 JOBS
Waterstone's could lose as many as 650 positions, following its move to a new distribution centre at Burton on Trent and a decision to use more part-time staff throughout the chain

30/04/2009: VISITOR NUMBERS DOWN AT NORTHPRINT
Visitor numbers to the biennial Northprint show in Harrogate were well down on the previous shows

30/04/2009: LITHO SUPPLIES POSTS FIRST LOSS
Litho Supplies has posted its first loss in 42 years of trading

30/04/2009: BBC TO CLOSE GOOD HOMES MAGAZINE
BBC Magazines is poised to close its 11-year-old monthly title Good Homes magazine due to a slump in circulation and ad revenues

30/04/2009: SCREENPRINT PLUS GOES INTO ADMINISTRATION
Screenprint Plus, a division of the SPP Group, has gone into administration threatening 170 jobs

30/04/2009: CERTIFIED PAPERS GAIN STRENGTH
UPM is seeing a gradual shift in purchasing towards eco-friendly papers, highlighting the importance of chain-of-custody certification programs for manufacturers

30/04/2009: SCA TO CUT JOBS
SCA is to cut 2,200 job, about 14% of its workforce, in an effort to stem losses

29/04/2009: PA REPORT SHOWS TOUGH YEAR IN 2008
UK trade publishers "took a beating" last year, with 20 of the last 26 weeks of 2008 down on the previous year, according to Pan Macmillan m.d Anthony Forbes Watson

29/04/2009: SALES SLOW AT AMAZON
International sales at Amazon.com slowed in the first quarter, according to recent results. Partly due to the impact of exchange rates and a slowing down of sales growth of its core media products

27/04/2009: STORA TO CUT 2,000 JOBS
Stora Enso is planning to reorganise its operations with a focus on reducing annual costs by EUR 250 million. Up to 2,000 employees will be affected, mainly as a result of the leaner management structures

24/04/2009: EPSON WINS THREE TIPA AWARDS
Epson has been presented with three of Europe's most distinguished photo and imaging accolades at the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) Awards 2009, including 'Best Large Format Printer' for the Epson Stylus Pro GS6000

24/04/2009: SMITHS NEWS PROFITS DROP
Smiths News, the UK's second-largest newspaper and magazine distributor, has seen its pre-tax profits drop by a third

24/04/2009: E-BOOK FACES FORMAT WAR
The publishing industry is facing a “format war” over e-books, according to Simon Juden.