Contracts

Kall Kwik franchisees to continue legal action against ODC

Kall Kwik and Prontaprint franchisees plan to continue with legal action against franchise owner On Demand Communications (ODC) over an alleged lack of support.

Prudential UK hands 10-year deal to RR Donnelley

Prudential UK has awarded a 10-year contract from 2011 to manage its print needs to RR Donnelley Global Document Solutions (GDS).

Specle announces major classified deal with Associated Newspapers

Specle has continued to expand its strategic pre-press partnership with Loveurope after signing its first major classified ad deal with Associated Newspapers.

John E Wright produces large-scale prints for Brighton Photo Biennial

John E Wright has used its HP Designjet Z6200 photo printer to produce large-scale prints for the latest Brighton Photo Biennial.

Leading buyers to discuss DM and transpromo opportunities at free event

PrintWeek is launching its third season of Breakfast Briefings and this time we're focusing on the digital opportunity in direct mail and transpromo.

Bauer suppliers all retained in latest tender

Bauer Media is remaining tight-lipped about the result of its annual print tender and has declined to reveal the details of any major title moves between its suppliers.

BGP picks up relaunched Dandy contract

Web offset printer BGP has picked up the contract to print the newly relaunched Dandy magazine.

Avoiding the tender trap

Some say the process demands a lot. Your time, mostly, but also kamikaze pricing and sadistic amounts of paperwork. Those writing them, it is said, lack knowledge about print and so the wrong person...

Polestar to cherrypick work as it ditches uneconomic capacity

Polestar plans to shut down a large chunk of "uneconomical" capacity across its gravure and web-offset footprint in the UK, and has begun consulting its workforce about the proposals.

Polestar loses contracts in N&S rejig

Polestar has lost a number of Northern & Shell (N&S) publications after a rejig of the publisher's contracts.