Print buying

SMP offers free training to upskill DM workers
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has teamed up with Royal Mail and the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing (IDM) to offer a series of free and heavily discounted training courses to...

McGowans adds Landa to digital setup
McGowans expects to transform its small-format digital production setup with the installation of a Landa S10 B1 inkjet press later this year.

Current affairs and home titles prosper in Covid hit mag ABCs
A number of titles covering the news and current affairs and home and garden sectors bucked a general downward trend in a Covid-19 hit market according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)...

Immediate Media celebrates subs landmark
Immediate Media’s subscriber base has passed the 1m landmark after readers turned to its trusted and special interest magazine brands during the pandemic.

Packaging and delivery firms advise on cardboard shortage
Packaging and delivery specialists have urged businesses to plan their needs in advance and seek alternatives as cardboard box supply continues to be impacted.

Say goodbye to complexity. Say hello to profitability
Discover how unleashing multi-vendor partnerships can put workflow automation at your fingertips and prepare and futureproof your operation for the post-covid business landscape.

Walstead diversifies with short-grain web
Walstead Group is investing in a short-grain web press for its Spanish gravure facility as part of a strategic plan to diversify the site’s offering.

Arrow Film readying switch to innovative water-based process
Flexible packaging printer Arrow Film Converters has revealed that it had not applied for an Environmental Permit from its local council and invested in the associated equipment because it had been...

Veteran investor buys Barnard & Westwood
Historic printer Barnard & Westwood is beginning its centenary year under fresh ownership after veteran retail entrepreneur Maurice Bennett CBE acquired the business.

Zeus rounds off €40m spend
Acquisitive Irish packaging group Zeus Packaging has expanded its European footprint with its largest deal to date as it completes a €40m (£35m), three-year strategic shopping spree to fuel growth.