Print buying
Black Horse and Standard Life sign up to Royal Mail's Sustainable Mail scheme
Sustainable Mail, the new discount scheme for direct mailers from Royal Mail, has started to gather pace with the announcement that Black Horse Personal Finance and Standard Life have signed up.

NatMags renews 10-title print contract with Polestar
National Magazine Company (NatMags) has extended its contract with print giant Polestar covering 10 monthly titles, up to 2012.

Webmart's free PM portal 'goes trade-only'
Webmart has relaunched its free self-service print management portal, freeprintmanagement.com, as a 'trade-only' site in a move that it claims will help give printers "the print management profits of...
BBC to cut print spending
The BBC is to cut its print advertising spend as reports suggest it is set to reduce its marketing and communications budget by up to 25%.
GTMS launches 100% recyclable PVC substitute
Hampshire-based design and print business GTMS has launched a new PVC substitute, which it claims is 100% recyclable.

Declining ad revenues top list of mag publishers' worries, poll finds
Declining ad revenues have topped a list of challenges facing magazine publishers in 2009, according to a poll carried out by online magazine subscriptions site isubscribe.co.uk.

Park chief Mason highlights print role in corporate literature
Park Communications chief executive Heath Mason has championed the role print plays in corporate literature distribution at the recent Corporate Responsibility (CR) Reporting Debate day.

Google and Royal Mail back marketing website for small businesses
Google and the Royal Mail have backed a website launched to help educate small businesses on how to effectively use marketing.
John Smith & Son boosts sales with digital and print offering
Academic and professional bookselling chain John Smith & Son has increased its overall sales average by 25% as a result of offering digital and printed textbooks.

Blackwell unveils UK's first instore Espresso Book Machine
Academic book specialist Blackwell has unveiled the Espresso Book Machine (EBM) at its Charing Cross store in London, which is claimed to be the first bookshop installation in the UK.