Print buying

SBP Creative Solutions has acquired Applecroft Print Management along with design company Mind's Eye Creative for an undisclosed sum.

Royal Mail's price increase for first and second class stamps has come under fire from the direct mail sector.

Dennis Publishing has axed the print edition of men's lifestyle magazine Maxim in the wake of tumbling circulation figures.

Amazon.co.uk has refused to back down after the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) voiced concern over upcoming changes to its terms for publishers.

For the first time in its 103-year history, Kellogg's will launch a new cereal without any TV promotion, putting its faith instead in the hands of print and online.

St Ives's half-year pre-tax profits have fallen by almost two thirds even though sales increased 5% year on year, according to figures released this morning.

BBC Magazines has renewed its contract with Polestar for the production of Radio Times for a further four years, until 2013, following a review of the publisher's production options.

The march of the e-book stumbled forward last week when Japanese electronics company Fujitsu unveiled the world's first colour reader device, to mixed responses.