Print buying

Polestar dominated the supplier categories at last night's PPA Production and Environment Awards, taking home three gongs and two highly commendeds.

Trinity Mirror recorded a 1.7% increase in print revenues in 2012 to 66.3m (2011: 65.2m) on the back of a 2.6m increase in contract print revenues to 36.7m.

London's 1st Byte is pushing the possibilities of digital print with a new sample book to showcase its array of creative print and finishing techniques.

Royal Mail postal workers could begin boycotting mail from rival downstream access (DSA) providers such as TNT and UK Mail "in the next few months" following a Communication Workers Union (CWU)...

Fedex Office recently completed the facelift of Eartha, the world's largest rotating globe, located at the headquarters of digital mapping company DeLorme in Yarmouth, Maine.

Shares in St Ives hit a 52-week high as the group posted double-digit profit growth in its interim results this morning.

John Lewis and Debenhams have emerged as further high street vendors demanding discounts from suppliers following the exposure of Monsoon Accessorize's mandatory supplier rebate.

Printed.com has partnered with Avios, the successor to Airmiles, and British Airways Executive Club to allow its customers to convert Printed.com reward points into Avios points.

Bookings for the Independent Print Industries Association's annual Spring Networking Lunch, on 22 March, are on target to match last year's event.

GF Smith has revealed ambitious plans to take its British-made Colorplan paper and board range global, with a new swatch book and website forming an integral part of the push.