Print buying

Paper tub trialled for Quality Street

Nestlé is trialling a new paper tub for iconic Christmas staple Quality Street.

Bumper Kew magazine tender goes live

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has opened a seven-figure tender to procure a supplier to manage the design and production of Kew magazine.

Mondi returns to M&A fray with £500m-plus Schumacher buy

After losing out on its bid to buy DS Smith, Mondi has returned to the acquisition trail with a deal to acquire Schumacher Packaging’s businesses in Western Europe.

Astrid Stavro will complete the term on 29 November

Type workshop series to be held at St Bride

A workshop series curated for type enthusiasts aims to unlock the secrets of centuries of typographic mastery at St Bride Foundation.

IC Printing Services' five-colour Heidelberg Printmaster was operational within days

TheMPC rounds out service offering with litho firm acquisition

Digital print, promotion and wide-format firm TheMPC has acquired local litho printer IC Printing Services, adding B3 litho to its service list.

Drawings from Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park are part of the auction

Adare SEC charity auction backed by major names

More than 40 stars of stage, screen, music, literature, sport and the art world have been getting creative in support of Adare SEC’s charity envelope auction.

York Media celebrates inaugural print job

Start-up York Media has printed the first commercial work on its huge new web press – and is already planning to add a 16pp cover web and perfect binding to its offering.

Anti-competitive activities; UK exits, and insolvency shortfalls – but not all bad news

Our roundup of September’s biggest stories makes for a tough read in parts, but rest assured there was a smattering of good news to lighten the industry’s mood.

Deliveroo expands with personalised gifting partnership

Deliveroo has expanded into personalised gifting through a new partnership with Not On The High Street.

Approach Print liquidated

Approach Print has gone into voluntary liquidation after a drop-off in print work put paid to the firm’s plans to roll out a new software platform.