Print buying

Modus Creative has bought local web design agency Blue Tesla Marketing as part of a strategy to immerse itself in cross-media and more than double its turnover to £3m over the next three years.

Big-name speakers in print and marketing have confirmed they will talk at Cross Media 2013, which features more than 50 seminars in five theatres for the two-day event.

Motique Plastics has brought a new Japanese method of producing domed badges and emblems to the UK market.

Oxford commercial printer Holywell Press is targeting growth after adding on-demand book production to its portfolio with a Horizon BQ270V perfect binder.

York Mailing has secured a major vote of confidence in print, becoming the first printing company to receive a multi-milllion pound investment via the Business Growth Fund (BGF).

Guardian News & Media (GNM) has posted pre-tax losses of 30.9m for the 12 months to 31 March 2013, reduced from 44.2m last year.

Pre-media business Rhapsody has appointed digital marketing and media consultant John Rahim into a newly created role of head of digital.

Paperlinx has opened an office in Shanghai, China to serve as its Asia sales office and also offer a route to expand its European portfolio of products manufactured in Asia.

The UK security print specialist was awarded the 2013 Management Supplier Award by Santander.

Inc Direct has upgraded its digital print production facilities as a result of the company's successful embrace of cross-media, which it said was now "pulling like a train".