Print buying

Communisis is to transfer its Trafford Wharf cheque printing division to the company's Leeds facility, as part of an ongoing cost reduction strategy.

Bell & Bain has made a landmark order for the world's first Fujifilm Jet Press 540W.

Printing.com pre-tax profits fell 28.8% to 890,000 (2012: 1.25m) on turnover of 20.66m in the 12 months to 31 March 2013, down 5.1%.

Graphic Packaging International (GPI) is to close its GPI Gillingham site six months after buying it from Contego Packaging, putting 170 jobs at risk.

Creative production service provider Express KCS has created a global business development role as it looks to offer brand and creative marketing services to a broader client base.

Here's a riddle for you: what can look like molten metal, be applied to floors, and be written on and have magnets stuck to it? We'll give you a clue: not a digital billboard.

Bullish Polestar boss Barry Hibbert has urged the group's customers to continue to invest in "the golden nugget of printing".

Plymouth-based ColourXpress is looking to double its staff in the next six months off the back of a £500,000 investment, partly supported by RDA funding and a three-year NHS contact win.

1st Signs & Graphics has installed a Canon Oc Arizona 460XT after it secured a 100% loan from its Regional Development Agency (RDA).

Fire crews have been on site at Polestar Bicester for more than 36-hours after a fire broke out at around 1am yesterday morning.