Print buying

NHS Trust turns to Xerox for patient record digitisation

Xerox has secured a 12.8m contract with Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust to handle both the digitisation and complete management of its health records.

Small businesses plan to increase print spend but target move in-house, survey claims

Small businesses are planning to increase their spend on marketing in the next 12 months, but many are looking at bringing the work in-house, a YouGov survey has found.

Paper price rises may be staved off for now despite tough year

Printers may have a break from the perennial autumn price increases despite declining returns across the print and paper supply chain due to reductions in volume and margins, paper merchants have...

DM printers report unseasonal upswing after dire 12 months

Direct mail printers have reported an unseasonal upturn in business that could mark the first tentative signs of the sector's emergence from the recession.

Future to close PSW

Future Publishing is to close its PlayStation 3 magazine PSW as it seeks "cost-management of the portfolio".

Blushing printers shy away from saucy women's magazine work

Women's magazine Filament is struggling to find a printer because of its racy content.

BT hands multi-million pound transpromo deal to RR Donnelley

BT has awarded a multi-million pound transpromo contract to RR Donnelley's Global Document Services arm.

SMEs to get free access to lower-value government tenders

The government is to introduce free access to thousands of public sectors tenders worth up to 100,000 on its supply2.gov.uk website, it has announced.

Royal Mail strikes could force clients to turn away from direct mail

Ongoing strikes at the Royal Mail could lead to customers moving their campaign spend away from direct mail, an industry expert has warned.

GNM first quality paper to drop bulk distributions

Guardian News and Media (GNM) has announced it is to drop the distribution of all of its bulk copies, cutting thousands from The Guardian's and The Observer's official circulation figures.