Contracts

Ratcliff & Roper wins 1.25m print contract with Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS Trust

Commercial printer Ratcliff & Roper has been awarded a 250,000-a-year, five-year contract by Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust for its general printing requirements.

CitySigns extends Worcester Warriors signage supplier contract

Worcester-based display printer CitySigns is anticipating "a busy few weeks" after extending its signage supplier contract with rugby union club Worcester Warriors by two years.

BBC Worldwide sells magazine division to Exponent

The BBC has sold its consumer magazines division via a licensing and sales agreement to private equity firm Exponent.

She and Cosmopolitan Bride magazines to close

Hearst Magazines UK is to close <i>She</i> and <i>Cosmopolitan Bride</i> magazines as it shuffles its portfolio following the integration of Hachette Filipacchi UK.

Dow revealed as Olympic Stadium wrap sponsor

London 2012 Worldwide Olympic Partner Dow Chemical Company has been named as the sponsor and fabricator of the 7m fabric curtain that will encircle the Olympic Stadium during next summer's Games.

MBA in 70m print deal with Vertex

MBA Group has signed an 11 year contract to manage UK transactional and direct mail print production for the 366m-turnover BPO giant Vertex.

SPMCIL invites technical and financial bids for development of coffee table book

Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd (SPMCIL) has announced a tender to develop a coffee table book open on July 21.

Brands mix it up with multiformat promo campaigns

It wasn't until the last few years that the print industry really began to embrace cross-media services, despite the fact that capability to run a multichannel campaign has been around for some time....

Wyndeham and Haymarket agree to 'fair prices' in contract extension

Wyndeham has extended its contract with Haymarket Media Group to December 2015 in a deal that will see print prices increased from July 2011.

Chicago Tribune takes over printing of rival Sun-Times, 400 jobs at risk

The Chicago Tribune will take over printing of its main rival, the Chicago Sun-Times, the two venerable Midwestern papers announced in a joint statement.