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was no denial that the arrangement
RATHERRELYON prioritised keeping jobs open over
GADGETSTHAN survive long enough for a decision with Jessops itself, not to mention shareholders’ investments, but
FAMILY without the help, so the approval was employees of affected businesses within Adams was focussed on the
If they could afford to, people in the waived. Shares in Jessops dropped Jessops’ supply chain. company’s “long term future”.
UK would prefer to rely on gadgets to 0.5 pence each immediately David Adams maintained Jessops’ suppliers were thanked by
than to ask family and friends for following the news, although within that Jessops would the company for their hard work and
help in their old age, shows new the package, £100,000 was made continue to be a strong support.
research by Which? Almost half the available to be paid out to presence on the UK high
people asked by the consumer shareholders. street, and that “Jessops JOIN THE DEBATE! This is a hot topic
champion said that, ideally, they It is thought that these measures will Group Limited remains a on the Pixel Live forums – join in at
would rely on equipment to help prevent the loss of at least 2000 jobs fundamentally strong business”. There www.pixellive.co.uk
them. However, cost emerged as a
big issue; for over half those
C O M P E T I T I O N S P O N S O R S H I P
questioned, affordability was the
biggest potential barrier to buying
products in future. Other barriers
ROBERT WHITE BOOST BJP ENTRIES
included a lack of information about
the technology. The British Journal of Photography II or 7D digital SLR, or a Nikon D3x.
Awards entries will close today, The new prize proved extremely
having been extended following an popular and BJP were so flooded
JESSOPS’ STORE OF avalanche of entries when the new with new entries that they decided to
THE YEAR sponsor was announced. Robert extend the deadline.
Jessops has White is now the sponsor of the The single image category prize
named its best portfolio category of the prize, and is remains the Sigma DP2 compact
performing offering photographers the chance to camera, and 30 photographers in
store at its win a £5000 voucher. The retailer this category will also be included in Image © Beso Uznadze, winner of the
annual sells a wide range of professional kit, a book produced by Blurb.com.
portfolio category in the British Journal of
conference. This year, the Store of including the Fujifilm medium format Both winners’ work will be printed at
Photography’s 2008 International
the Year Award was snapped up film camera GF670, known in Spectrum Photographic, one of
Photography Award.
by the Dundee branch, recogn- Europe as the Voigtlander Bessa III. Europe’s leading fine art labs, and
ised for its exceptional overall The winner could also take a Leica exhibited in a London gallery. The Photography, the oldest photography
performance. The store manager, M9 camera, a Canon EOS 5D Mark IPA is run by the British Journal of magazine in the world.
Dave Vallis, said: “This award is a
real honour for our store. Our R O A D S H O W S
success is without doubt thanks to
the talented and dedicated staff
who work towards delivering the
PHOTO-ME TAKE PHOTOBOOKS
very best results whilst having fun-
a formula that is clearly working
ON THE ROAD
dry minilab and
Speedlab 100 instant
and that I am exceptionally proud print kiosk for a good
to be a part of.” Photo-Me are holding Photobook complete solution to create photobooks overview of Photo-Me's solutions.
roadshows throughout October. from silver-halide paper from 6x4" to The roadshows will be visiting at the
Following demonstrations at the Retail 12x18" sizes, and with the new Holiday Inn Borehamwood, M25 Jct
MINIMUM WAGE – Imaging Show, they're inviting you to Photobook Maker instant kiosk printing 23 on 14th October and at the
RESTRAINT NEEDED join them to create your own photobooks in less than 10 minutes. Radissons Manchester airport on
Today’s 1.2% increase will take the photobook on the Photobook Pro V2, They will also be showing the DKS 910 28th October.
adult minimum wage from £5.73 to
£5.80 per hour. The Low Pay S O F T WA R E
Commission (LPC) is currently
considering October 2010’s
ACDSEE’S NEW PHOTO MANAGEMENT
increase, which will not be
announced until next spring. The
British Retail Consortium supports the
SOFTWARE
capabilities in the editing and online said Cam Carmichael, product
stages. For example, the programme’s manager for ACD Systems, who noted
principle of the minimum wage, but unique process mode integrates that more than 10,000 professional
is campaigning for a rise in the ACD Systems International Inc. has nondestructive image editing and photographers worldwide participated
range of 0 to 1% and certainly no released ACDSee Pro 3, a new version precise pixel-level editing into one in the beta test programme.
higher than this year’s increase. of its digital image management seamless application. ACDSee Pro 3 is available now,
Once the economy returns to software that incorporates an “ACDSee Pro 3 is geared around distributed in the UK by Avanquest and
stability, the BRC is asking the LPC to enhanced user experience that saving time and offers photographers Computers Unlimited for an RRP of
provide a more predictable delivers professional level workflow the ability to customise their own £99. Registered owners of ACDSee
relationship with average earnings. tools. workflow and speed up the process of Pro, Pro 2 and Pro 2.5 are eligible to
Pro 3 features advanced speed preparing and sharing their photos,” upgrade for £52.
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