Print buying

Steve Cheek leaves Hobs

Hobs Group has parted company with former Callprint managing director Steve Cheek.

Guardian breaks even after turnaround

Guardian News & Media’s decision to switch to tabloid format and outsource printing has helped the group achieve a small operating profit after years of huge losses.

Unions meet over Circle Media

Union chiefs on the continent are holding a crisis meeting today following recent events at stricken web and gravure printer Circle Media Group. While former Roto Smeets CEO John Caris has told...

Print My Way established in memory of Martyn Young

The former operations director of First2Print has returned to the print sector following her husband’s passing in 2017 with the launch of her new print management company Print My Way.

New co-investor for Zanders Paper

A Swedish company has become a co-investor of German papermaker Zanders Paper.

Circle Media Group: what a sorry tale

Jo Francis ponders the dramatic – and rapid – fall of Circle Media Group.

UK ops hold steady in Antalis Q1 results

Operating profits at Antalis were down by almost a third in Q1, but the merchanting group said that its business in the UK had “held up well”.

Circle Media: all print plants now failed or for sale

Circle Media Group has hit the buffers and appears likely to disappear from print altogether – its Austrian web offset business is the latest subsidiary to file for bankruptcy, while the rest of the...

Queen's Award winners gain enterprise accolades

Nine industry firms have achieved success in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise 2019, with the range of companies including printers and suppliers.

CMYKhub exits UK market, WTTB steps in

Trade printer CMYKhub is closing its UK production facility at the end of this week, and has reached an agreement with Precision Printing’s Where The Trade Buys division to continue supporting its...