Contracts

Magners launches Specials campaign for new range
Magners has launched a print and poster campaign around its new Specials range of premium ciders.

Public sector tender reform may take years
The government's SME tsar has warned that it may take years to change the culture of wasteful and inefficient public sector tenders.

Paramount Printers wins Scottish parliament contract
Paramount Printers has won a six-year 500,000 print contract with the Scottish parliament.

Ratcliff & Roper wins 1.25m print contract with Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS Trust
Commercial printer Ratcliff & Roper has been awarded a 250,000-a-year, five-year contract by Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust for its general printing requirements.

CitySigns extends Worcester Warriors signage supplier contract
Worcester-based display printer CitySigns is anticipating "a busy few weeks" after extending its signage supplier contract with rugby union club Worcester Warriors by two years.

BBC Worldwide sells magazine division to Exponent
The BBC has sold its consumer magazines division via a licensing and sales agreement to private equity firm Exponent.

She and Cosmopolitan Bride magazines to close
Hearst Magazines UK is to close <i>She</i> and <i>Cosmopolitan Bride</i> magazines as it shuffles its portfolio following the integration of Hachette Filipacchi UK.

Dow revealed as Olympic Stadium wrap sponsor
London 2012 Worldwide Olympic Partner Dow Chemical Company has been named as the sponsor and fabricator of the 7m fabric curtain that will encircle the Olympic Stadium during next summer's Games.

MBA in 70m print deal with Vertex
MBA Group has signed an 11 year contract to manage UK transactional and direct mail print production for the 366m-turnover BPO giant Vertex.
SPMCIL invites technical and financial bids for development of coffee table book
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd (SPMCIL) has announced a tender to develop a coffee table book open on July 21.