Companies & suppliers

PBL Print on course to double turnover following lender backing
The North East-based commercial printer initially forecast a 1.8m sales boost after securing funds from Yorkshire Bank, but PBL now expects an uplift in excess of 3m.

Dscoop details inaugural EMEA conference
The community of HP graphic arts customers has detailed its inaugural EMEA conference, which will take place this November.

Mastercolour installs UK's first six-colour KBA Rapida 75E
Mastercolour has installed the UK's first six-colour KBA Rapida 75E after it ordered the press at Drupa as a replacement for two five-colour KBA Rapida presses.

Printing.com gears up for W3P roll-out as Scheffer departs
Printing.com has announced the departure of board member and head of its Dutch-subsidiary Media Facility Group (MFG), Hans Scheffer, as it gears up for the roll-out of its "third generation"...

Seneca Investments backs third Yorkshire printer
Intoprint UK is the latest North East printer to attract funding from a turnaround fund that invests in SMEs to boost their profit and capacity.

James Cropper in Q1 speciality papers sales fall
At the paper company's AGM on 1 August chairman Mark Cropper voiced concern that the market conditions causing the decline were showing no sign of abating.

HP takes $8bn goodwill charge
HP is to take an $8bn (5.1bn) goodwill charge this quarter after writing down the value of a division that sells computer services to businesses.

Southernprint scores another coup with Egmont
The Wyndeham Group subsidiary has signed a deal with Egmont Publishing Group after it won the contract to produce new Disney Pixar magazine, <i>Brave</i>.

News Corp posts $1.6bn loss as NOTW costs soar
The multi-billion dollar costs of the investigation into the closure of the <i>News of the World</i> (NOTW) last July have restricted financial growth at News Corporation.

Guardian Media Group records 76m operating loss
Guardian Media Group's (GMG) accounts for the year ending 1 April 2012 reveal pre-tax losses of 75.6m, a stark contrast to the pre-tax profit of 9m recorded a year earlier.