Print buying

Brilliant Media in automated cutting spend

Brilliant Media has added automated cutting to its facilities after buying an Esko Kongsberg cutting table at Duplo’s London Calling event this week.

No retrospective VAT bill for DM single sourcing

Printers who have incorrectly treated the postal element of ad mailings as VAT zero-rated are unlikely to be hit with a retrospective bill but could face charges from 1 October, according to the...

60 seconds with Brio Design & Print Management

Managing director Tim Vernon began Brio after winning a contract to design, print and distribute a trade magazine for the direct selling Industry, which resulted in something of a specialism in the...

ERA accolade for Prinovis UK

Prinovis UK was among the winners at the recent European Rotogravure Association (ERA) awards.

Creditsafe's new ratings model slashes print credit scores

The launch of a new ratings model by credit information supplier Creditsafe has resulted in a widespread downgrade of UK printers' credit scores.

Grafenia signs up third master licence

Grafenia’s new initiatives, including cross-media studio Nettl, are “making progress” according to an update from the PLC.

St Ives hails successful acquisitions strategy

Marketing services is now a near-£100m business for St Ives, while like-for-like print sales have nudged up after the group’s exit from commodity print markets.

Wyndeham signals end of the line for Heron

Wyndeham Group has begun a 45-day consultation at its loss-making Heron site that could mean the end of print production at the factory.

Color-Logic highlights VDP capability

Color-Logic has flagged up an apparently little-known feature of its metallic effects software: the ability to handle variable data.

Wyndeham owner 'confident' about prospects

Walstead Investments has released its first results since the loss of the IPC Media contract, and has revealed that it has secured new work from e-tailers to help mitigate the lost volume.