Print buying

A campaign described as 'the biggest ever campaign for bookshops' has been launched to celebrate and encourage engagement with bookshops and books.

Fundraising agency CSDM Fundraising, which fell into administration on 28 June, owed around 400,000 to printers and direct marketing firms, according to the administrator's report.

Titan Publishing Group has extended its print contract with Polestar for a further two years in a deal worth more than 1m.

Slough-based All Print Supplies (APS) has appointed Peter Miles as head of its newly created digital textile division.

Precision Colour Printing is investing for growth with fresh web press capacity and additional bindery kit.

Commercial printers NB Colour Print has invested over half a million in a Heidelberg five-colour Speedmaster SM 74 B2 press with perfector and coater, to replace three aging Komori presses.

Belgian pre-press and brand management company DSN Group has bought multinational packaging design consultant Design Board International for an undisclosed sum.

The major overhaul at Johnston Press has resulted in the group's first increase in like-for-like operating profits in seven years.

Platinum Print is looking to spend up to 1m on equipment to keep ahead of competition following a 27,000 investment in new GMG software.

Kate Russell, global business development and partnerships manager for augmented reality platform Layar, will join key speakers at this autumn's Two Sides and Print Power seminar.