Print buying

De La Rue confirms plans to cut banknote production

De La Rue has announced plans to reduce its banknote production and invest more in passport work, after completing its manufacturing footprint review.

Polestar poised to restructure finances

Polestar has brought in Deloitte to advise on a new financial structure for the group in the face of downgraded forecasts for the performance of the business.

GI Solutions launches creative and artworking agency

Direct marketing and communications company GI Solutions has further diversified its offering by launching a creative and artworking agency to target multiple sectors.

Unitedprint gives its USS ordering software away in bid to partner with UK companies

Unitedprint has started giving away its white label “W2P 3.0” software for free in a bid to become a “sales partner” to UK print companies.

Press and post-press spend for Bell & Bain

Bell & Bain has embarked upon a multimillion-pound investment programme, including the first Horizon Smart Binding System in Europe and a new KBA Rapida 145 large-format litho press.

KBA accolade for Blackmore

Blackmore Group has won KBA’s annual 1814 Production Excellence Award.

De La Rue looks for further savings in print wing

De La Rue is to implement a major restructure of its print manufacturing footprint in a bid to save £13m a year and reduce excess capacity.

More woes for Tangent

Operating profits at Tangent’s print business have crashed by 95% from £1m to just £50,000.

Hot hands uncover Computer Arts’ undercover cover

Heat-reactive ink, which reveals hidden images when warmed, has been used to enhance the front cover of the latest issue of Future Publishing’s graphic design magazine Computer Arts.

Make sure good customers want to keep coming back

On the high street – be it the virtual or physical version – customer loyalty is hard won. The big retailers pump great piles of cash into customer retention strategies because they know that the...