Print buying

The BBD&PA winners will be revealed on 7 November

BPIF reveals BBD&PA shortlist

The shortlist for 2022’s British Book Design and Production Awards (BBD&PA) has been unveiled.

Truss: frontrunner to become PM next week

Bodies react to Truss PM appointment

Several industry and business bodies have reacted to yesterday’s announcement that Liz Truss has won the Conservative Party leadership contest and will be appointed later today as Prime Minister.

Roberts: “We have started the financial year very strongly"

DS Smith shares climb following trading update; FD to leave

DS Smith’s shares have risen by over 3% in early trading after it reported that overall trading since 1 May 2022 is in line with its expectations, driven by pricing momentum and good cost control.

Dectek MD Mike Beese has seen massive demand for digitally printed packaging

Strong growth predicted for digital packaging

The packaging and label printing sector is set for steady growth through to 2027, with digital packaging printing likely to perform especially well.

Hoggarth: this is also good news for Communisis as it will allow OSG to continue to support our strategy and transformation

OSG Group exits Chapter 11

OSG Group has emerged from Chapter 11 after completing its fast-track restructure.

CWT's network covers more than 21 million UK households

Through the letterbox – condense your door-drop costs with CWT

For any business regularly using door drops, finding the most cost-effective route to market is both critical, and challenging. CWT highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the two main options.

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Dines: "once met never forgotten"

David Dines RIP

Industry friends and colleagues are mourning former St Ives sales manager David Dines.

Cooper: "Our customers expect the highest levels of environmental protection"

The Encore Group joins Science Based Targets initiative

The Encore Group has become one of a small pool of UK printers to have its emissions targets validated with the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi).

A supplier expo ran in between the conference sessions

IPIA Conference impresses with wellbeing and sustainability focus

The Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) held its Autumn Conference yesterday (1 September), with its twin focus on wellbeing and mental health, and sustainability, as well as its supplier...

As well as the usual mix of news roundups and thought-provoking features, the August & September ‘Taking ownership’ issue looks at two exit strategies that enable business owners to hand the reins to the people they trust most, their staff…

Keeping up the M&A theme, this issue’s briefing section kicks off with a look at the spike in company acquisitions (a dozen are featured in the issue's news digest alone) and asks if turbulent times...