Print buying

Direct mail spend down 17.1% since 2009, says Ofcom

Advertising spend on addressed direct mail has fallen 17.1% in the past five years, according to the latest Communications Market Report from Ofcom.

Menu Printers awarded injunction against Basildon-based printer

An Essex-based print farmer has taken out an injunction against the owners and employees of the print business where she rented an office after they allegedly stole client information and files...

Interview: We laud failure, because you learn new things by failing

In 1993, Webmart chief executive Simon Biltcliffe, working at the time as a regional sales director for web offset print at BPC, was sent to Japan on a supplier visit.

Prinovis becomes first UK gravure printer to be Ecolabel accredited

Prinovis UK has successfully met the criteria required to achieve EU Ecolabel accreditation for gravure print production across a range of its papers and products, the UK Ecolabelling competent body...

HH Global sales top £110m

Sales at HH Global have broken through the £100m barrier for the first time on the back of a huge increase in overseas work.

Singh returns to print with buyout deal

Former Communisis director Gurdev Singh is back in the industry after acquiring a Yorkshire-based printing business.

ISL launches 'My Fish Food' templates for Catfish

Infigo Software (ISL) has launched My Fish Food, a centralised resource of templates and SEO services for users of its Catfish web-to-print platform.

Potts hits M&A trail with Bakershaw buy

Potts Print (UK) has bought Bakershaw Print, a smaller local rival, in a deal that the Northumberland-based commercial print, direct mail and packaging specialist hopes will be the first of several...

Calderprint deal signals UK return for Shinohara

Trade printer Calderprint has rounded off a circa £1m spend this year with the UK’s first Shinohara since the Japanese litho press manufacturer was bought by Hans Gronhi two years ago.

Communisis 'intent on continuing to deliver'

First-half sales at Communisis have jumped 40% as major contract wins at the group start to bear fruit.