Contracts

Ice loyalty scheme chooses PCS for first UK project

Sustainable loyalty card scheme Ice has chosen Plastic Card Services (PCS) to produce cards for its inaugural UK project.

PM promises SMEs access to government contracts worth bns

A raft of measures aimed at making sure small firms are in "the best possible position to compete for billions of pounds' of [public sector] contracts" has been announced by the Cabinet Office.

Tenders revamp is welcome, but the devil is in the detail

Great news for many of you reading this: the government has listened to SMEs and is shaking up the way public sector tenders are managed.

Stephens & George secures 4m Haymarket print deal

Stephens & George (S&G) has won a three-year contract with Haymarket Media Group to print the publisher's weekly and monthly sheetfed B2B titles in a deal worth up to 4m.

Printer involved in political tiff

Portsmouth-based Bishops Printers has been at the centre of a political tiff after it printed products for a Scottish MP who is a self-proclaimed champion of local businesses.

Transactis staff still at risk following RR Donnelley contract award

More than 250 jobs are at risk at Transactis's Liverpool-based reprographics, print and mailing site following last week's 'sale' of the business to RR Donnelley.

De La Rue still in talks over Reserve Bank of India contract

De La Rue's contract with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) remains in limbo, according to the printer's interim statement, which confirmed that banknote paper production for the RBI was still suspended...

Home Retail Group hands transactional work to Adare

Home Retail Group (HRG), owner of the Argos and Homebase brands, has rehoused its transactional mail contract with Adare after the failure of its predecessor BemroseBooth.

Majority of Transactis Liverpool staff face redundancy

The jobs of Transactis' 254 Liverpool-based staff are at risk after Unite revealed that RR Donnelley's acquisition of the company's production businesses would lead to "wide-scale redundancies".

Etrinsic secures 3m annual National Grid contract

Print management firm Etrinsic has secured a multi-year contract with international energy company National Grid worth more than 3m per annum.