Print buying

Informa rebrands Northprint and eyes ambitious growth
Ipex organiser Informa has rebranded its biennial Northprint show as part of a plan to broaden the appeal of the Harrogate event.

PPA urges publishers to promote magazine wrap recycling
New Professional Publishers Association (PPA) guidance advises publishers to join a membership scheme designed to encourage better public magazine polywrap recycling.

SP Group awarded £1m Holland & Barrett contract
SP Group, the retail and POS division of St Ives, has sealed a £1m contract with Holland & Barrett's parent company NBTY Europe.
Print industry news roundup: Stationers' Company, Your Print Partner, HP, Intoprint UK, Printing.com, Pitney Bowes, Shawbrook Bank
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: IFS' Tony Hards becomes Liveryman of Stationers' Company; Your Print Partner to double...

Southernprint scores another coup with Egmont
The Wyndeham Group subsidiary has signed a deal with Egmont Publishing Group after it won the contract to produce new Disney Pixar magazine, <i>Brave</i>.

News Corp posts $1.6bn loss as NOTW costs soar
The multi-billion dollar costs of the investigation into the closure of the <i>News of the World</i> (NOTW) last July have restricted financial growth at News Corporation.

Guardian Media Group records 76m operating loss
Guardian Media Group's (GMG) accounts for the year ending 1 April 2012 reveal pre-tax losses of 75.6m, a stark contrast to the pre-tax profit of 9m recorded a year earlier.

BSS invests 200,000 following contract wins
BSS has bought an array of folding and wrapping equipment following a string of client wins, including one of Scotland's "leading broadsheet Sunday newspapers".
Quad/Graphics posts Q2 sales decline
Sussex WI-based Quad/Graphics reported a $20.8m Q2 net loss following a 4.4% year-on-year sales decline to $934m.

Stora Enso launches Medialiner
Stora Enso has launched bright white graphic liner Medialiner for point-of-sale display and packaging.