Print buying
Paper supply squeeze in face of 'perfect storm'
A “perfect storm” of global events has resulted in long lead times for some paper grades – with mills resorting to allocation for the first time in over a decade – and printers and paper buyers have...
Print needs positive owners
Jo Francis reflects on the end of an era as St Ives exits print.
Buyers have been slow to pick up on digital’s image problem
While printers have had to face up to many challenges over the past few years, consumer trust hasn’t been one of them.
'It’s a transformation not a turnaround’
At PrintWeekLive! in March, we were fortunate enough to welcome the newly appointed Williams Lea Tag (WLT) global chief executive David Kassler as our opening keynote speaker.
Trinity shareholders approve name change as revenues fall
Trinity Mirror will change its name to Reach next week after shareholders overwhelmingly backed the rebrand at the group’s Annual General Meeting, but sales at the publishing company have continued to...
End of printing era for St Ives as Clays is sold
St Ives has sold its last remaining printing site – Clays, the UK’s biggest book printer, has been sold to Italian firm Elcograf for £23.8m.
EFL to vote on football programmes
A vote on the future of matchday programmes has resulted in a heated debate on whether they remain relevant in the digital age.
F1 Colour appoints Les Pipe as director
Pre-media company F1 Colour has appointed industry stalwart Les Pipe as a director of the business.
Culture secretary could intervene on Trinity Mirror's N&S deal
Culture secretary Matt Hancock has said he may be “minded to” intervene on Trinity Mirror’s acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets over various “public interest considerations”.
Cruise to leave Sky
Mark Cruise, head of print management at Sky, is leaving the business at the end of this week as part of a reshuffle of the broadcaster's print buying and creative production operations.