Publishing

Can Walstead succeed as a cross-continental print player?

Jo Francis is intrigued by news of Brits going shopping in Spain.

Walstead expands with Spanish buy

Wyndeham Group owner Walstead has expanded onto the continent – and into gravure printing – with the acquisition of Be Printers' £100m turnover Spanish operations from Bertelsmann.

New finance deal for Polestar

Polestar has refinanced with new credit facilities from Barclays and a £90m senior secured loan from Swedish finance house Proventus Capital Partners.

Wyndeham closes Gait in multi-site revamp

Wyndeham Group has closed its Wyndeham Gait factory in Grimsby as part of a wider restructure of its sheetfed and web facilities that will involve significant expansion at one site.

Polestar could pay dividend for first time

Polestar has changed its capital structure in a move that will allow the group to pay its first dividend since its inception in 1998.

Aylesford Newsprint asset sales announced

Assets of the collapsed UK paper mill Aylesford Newsprint will be sold via online auction next month, according to consultancy firm Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), which has been appointed to carry out...

Pureprint makes London Book Fair debut

Uckfield-based digital and litho printer Pureprint is exhibiting at the London Book Fair for the first time this week.

New structure for CPI UK

A restructure of CPI Group’s UK operations has resulted in the departure of two senior executives and two high-profile returnees to the book printer’s revamped management team.

Clays makes multimillion-pound ‘strategic’ HP investment

St Ives Clays has announced that it will purchase multiple HP Inkjet web presses in a multimillion-pound deal that marks the next major stage in its digital production print strategy for the UK book...

Northern & Shell set to close Broughton Printers

Northern & Shell is set to close its Preston print facility, Broughton Printers, with the loss of 91 jobs according to local media reports.