Print buying

Park Communications acquires Geoff Neal
Park Communications has acquired fellow London print firm Geoff Neal Group – expanding continental owner Graphius Group’s presence in the UK market.

Royal Mail in IoT first for real-time tracking
Royal Mail has partnered with an internet of things (IoT) tech firm to track the real-time whereabouts of nearly one million containers used to transport letters and parcels around the country.

Northside hosts celebrity canine client
Northside Graphics has experienced quite possibly the cutest press pass ever with a visit from therapy dog Henry Wee Wheels, who gave the firm a paw of approval for his annual charity calendar.

New CEO in wings at James Cropper
James Cropper has lined up a new CEO to replace Steve Adams, who will step down next year.

Data director disqualified
The director of a data science and marketing business that hoped to capitalise on know-how originally gained at Dunn Humby has been disqualified after applying for a Bounce Back Loan, even though the...

Linney boosts fulfilment offering with automated warehouse
Linney has “revolutionised” its fulfilment offering with a major investment in robotic AutoStore warehouse automation technology and a CMC Genesys box-on-demand system.

Northwolds Richardson Group shortfall revealed as admin details laid out
Northwolds Richardson Group, which went into administration in August, had an estimated deficiency of just over £560,000 according to filings at Companies House.

Waitrose trials new scannable print with Christmas brochure
Waitrose has printed its latest Christmas food brochure with cutting edge scan-to-buy technology, where customers can point their phone camera at any product in the brochure to find it online.

Quad/Graphics sells European print wing
Quad/Graphics is exiting European print production with a deal to sell its continental operations to a private equity group that has ambitions to become the regional leader in print and integrated...

Your October and November issue covers the usual smorgasbord of business topics, with the cover feature looking at best practice for bringing in a new leader and the risks of getting it wrong…
As usual the magazine opens with our news briefings which this time look back at Printing United and look forward to Power of Print, before analysing the worrying spike in industry insolvencies –...