Publishing

Timsons digital wing enters voluntary liquidation
UK press manufacturer Timsons has been placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation, resulting in the loss of 25 jobs, after the firm was unable to attract orders for its digital presses.

Charlie Hebdo suspects die as police storm French printco building
French authorities appear to have ended the siege and freed the hostage at French printco Création Tendance Découverte (CTD), where terrorist suspects accused of the shooting at French satirical...
Saluting the brave printer of Charlie Hebdo
Jo Francis ponders events in France.

Williams Press (Berks) closes its doors
Commercial printer Williams Press (Berks) has fallen into administration, resulting in the loss of 62 jobs.

Facebook founder's book club delivers novel sales boost
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has launched a book club in response to suggestions from some of his 31m followers as to what his personal improvement goal for 2015 should be.

River increases Healthy magazine run length for newsstand launch
Content marketing agency The River Group has upped the run length of Holland & Barrett's customer magazine by 30% as it prepares to roll the title out to newsstands nationwide next month.

Solid start to financial year for St Ives
St Ives has described its print operations as “performing well” in its latest trading update.

Polestar lauds power of print with TV listings task
Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert has hailed print as being “on the up” after the production of this year’s Christmas TV listings guides.

What did print do in the Great War?
It’s unlikely to have escaped many people’s attention that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, and across the country many events are taking place to...

Killer app: Screen printers use F&B paints in wintery artworks
Farrow & Ball commissioned three Print Club London artists to produce a limited edition print with a wintery theme to be printed with Farrow & Ball paints and used in the Christmas point of sale...