Direct mail
Royal Mail shares leap 36% as CWU blasts 'greedy' private investors
Royal Mail shares began conditional trading this morning at 450p, up more than 36% on their 330p offer price.
Canon extends Océ Variostream 7100 series
Canon group company Océ has expanded its Variostream 7100 series of entry-level monochrome, simplex, continuous feed printers with the addition of a new higher speed model, the Variostream 7170.
Communisis director Singh leaves in reshuffle
Communisis group business development director Gurdev Singh has left the company amid a reshuffle of its senior sales staff.
St Ives Direct Bradford sold to Cogent B2B
St Ives has announced the sale of its Bradford-based direct mail business, St Ives Direct Bradford, to Cogent B2B for 8m.
Royal Mail privatisation kicks off ahead of CWU strike ballot
Royal Mail kicked off its initial public offering (IPO) today just as the CWU was sending out ballot papers to postal workers for strike action opposing the privatisation.
Confidence crisis is print's opportunity
In tough times, marketing budgets are typically the first to be squeezed. And this, as any printer working with marketers will tell you, has certainly held true over the past few years.
Printers owed in latest CSDM collapse
Fundraising agency CSDM Fundraising, which fell into administration on 28 June, owed around 400,000 to printers and direct marketing firms, according to the administrator's report.
PCP adds web and bindery firepower
Precision Colour Printing is investing for growth with fresh web press capacity and additional bindery kit.
Howard Hunt installs fourth CMC9000
The Dartford-based print firm has installed a further envelope inserting line in response to an uplift in direct mail and door drop work.
Second CMC for Affinion
Affinion International Print Services has invested in its second inserter from CMC Machinery in 18 months to bring the direct mail firm's finishing capabilities in line with print output.