Print buying

Smurfit Kappa acquires CRP Print and Packaging

Smurfit Kappa UK has agreed to acquire independent Corby-based litho-laminated packaging specialist CRP Print and Packaging Holdings for an undisclosed sum.

Frankfurt Book Fair: 'Print will always be important'

The chief executive of the world's largest trade book publisher has stressed the ongoing importance of print whilst taking part in a panel discussion at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week (9-13...

Royal Mail shares leap 36% as CWU blasts 'greedy' private investors

Royal Mail shares began conditional trading this morning at 450p, up more than 36% on their 330p offer price.

Clays feeling v red faced and like a right Rodney over Bridget Jones mix-up

A production error at St Ives Clays resulted in yesterday's most-read story on the BBC website.

Jamie Cullum indulges his passion for typography with The Eighty-Eight

Popular jazz singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum has launched his own "occasional" magazine, <i>The Eighty-Eight</i>, with the help of Shropshire-based printer Precision Colour Printing (PCP).

Haymarket contract renewal seals 50-year partnership with Wyndeham

Wyndeham Group has renewed a printing contract with its longest standing client, Haymarket Media Group, until December 2017, taking the relationship between printer and publisher to 50 years.

Printers speed date buyers at IPIA event

Print was hailed as a "crucial part of the mix" again and no longer the "poor relation" of e-comms at last week's conference of the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA).

Communisis director Singh leaves in reshuffle

Communisis group business development director Gurdev Singh has left the company amid a reshuffle of its senior sales staff.

Aspenlink hit with prohibition notices following accident

Essex-based paper converter and flexographic printer Aspenlink has been ordered to stop work on three of its machines by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).