Print buying

Tesco has replaced its bi-monthly Tesco Real Food and A5 format Tesco magazine with a new-look A4 title that will have one of the highest circulations in the UK.

French security printer Oberthur Technologies will launch a joint bid with the UK-based private security firm G4S for the Bank of England's 1bn next generation banknote contract, according to Reuters.

Royal Mail kicked off its initial public offering (IPO) today just as the CWU was sending out ballot papers to postal workers for strike action opposing the privatisation.

York Mailing has become the first UK printer to be awarded an EU Ecolabel license for printed paper products.

John Watson & Co has been bought by Cincinnati, Ohio-based Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) less than a year after the collapse of its proposed sale to Canadian labels group CCL Industries.

The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) has served formal legal notice to Royal Mail of its intention to ballot members for industrial action.

Former Cromwell Press director Andrew Hemmings was fined 1,000 at Swindon Crown Court last week (19 September) after admitting fraud.

Norwich-based printer 2M Print has invested in an MGI Meteor DP8700XL to meet growing demand for regular and out-of-format photobook printing.

A 'transformational' mega-merger between UPM and Stora Enso has been described as almost inevitable by analysts at Swedish bank Handelsbanken.

Paperlinx has a new chief executive and managing director.