Publishing

Fringe benefits

The year is 1947 and eight plucky theatre groups have turned up uninvited to the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival, established to “provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit”...

Business inspection: Printer turns publisher to boost service

Becoming a magazine publisher enabled KPM to offer clients a broader marketing approach.

Printers await progress on sale of Rosemary Conley firms

Artisan Press is the single-biggest creditor of Quorn House Publishing, which remains up for sale.

Plant management changes at Polestar

Polestar has parted company with the managing director of its Bicester web offset site.

Kodak and Manroland Web Systems seal inkjet deal

Manroland Web Systems has become the first worldwide authorised reseller of Kodak’s Prosper inkjet heads to the newspaper industry.

Steels hoisted at Polestar Sheffield

Polestar is making headway on the extension to its Sheffield site that will house the first of its new web offset presses later this year.

Star product: Delphax elan

A high-output SRA2 sheetfed printer that undercuts B2 rivals.

Me & my: Fastbind Casematic H46Pro

In early 2011, Midlands-based digital print outfit John E Wright detected a growing trend. The company, which is headquartered in Nottingham and operates seven offices in nearby locations, noticed...

B&B Press orders UK's first LED UV presses

Rotherham-based B&B Press has become the first UK printer to order LED-UV offset presses, investing over £1m in a Sakurai Oliver 480SD LED UV four-colour and 580SD LED UV five-colour press.

Artisan proposes large-scale redundancies

Artisan Press has entered into a consultation with Unite and workers at its factory over proposed job cuts that could affect almost a third of its workforce.