Publishing
Former Polestar book site calls in administrators
Wheatons Exeter, the former Polestar book printing facility, has fallen into administration just under a year after it was bought in an MBO following the collapse of Polestar.
KMS Litho brings book finishing in-house with Fastbind
Oxfordshire commercial printer KMS Litho has added a Fastbind perfect binder and casemaker to its factory in order to boost its in-house finishing capability and offer outsourced bindery to local...
Digital Book Printing Forum returns to London
US-based Interquest has announced details of its seventh annual London Digital Book Printing Forum.
Q&A: Christine Steele Sales director, UK Bookbinders
Christine has worked in the print industry since 2015, and describes the trade as “keeping me very busy”. She enjoys socialising with friends and family at weekends, and is now also a doting grandma...
‘We focus on areas that we excel in’
Kirk Galloway describes himself as ‘the hirer, firer, tea boy and the cleaner’ of the family-run Derbyshire magazine printer he leads.
Ad spend is up but print lags behind
Spending in the UK printed advertising market suffered in the year the nation voted to leave the EU, according to the latest independent data, but it also suggests a recovery in the rate of decline is...
Litho remains resilient in the face of ongoing digital growth
When Benny Landa presented the first Indigo press at Ipex 1993, commercial colour digital printing as we know it was born and all sorts of predictions were quickly made about the impact digital would...
Wyndeham Bicester cuts 58 roles
Wyndeham Group has completed the consultation at its Bicester site, with 58 redundancies made as a result.
Record year for UK publishing
2016 was a record-breaking year for the UK publishing industry, according to the latest figures from the Publishers Association.
Iliffe Media acquires Kent publisher
Iliffe Media has acquired the entire shareholding of Kent’s independent publisher KM Media Group, for an undisclosed sum.