Print buying

DC Thomson adds inline inkjet capability at printing arm

DC Thomson has become the third newspaper publisher in the UK to invest in Kodak's Prosper S-Series Imprinting System, giving it the ability to produce bespoke newspapers with unique advertising and...

GF Smith launches Paper Smith webshop

GF Smith has launched an online shop that will enable consumers to order any product from its range of premium papers with no minimum order volume.

CPI to cut back after contract loss

CPI plans to shut one factory and cut around 10% of its UK workforce following the loss of its Penguin Random House contract.

Clays in major contract win

St Ives Clays is to become the sole UK supplier of monochrome books to publishing giant Penguin Random House and is poised to double its digital book production capability, in a move that has major...

Overmatter: Wehrle’s whirl

Immediate Media paper buying supremo Steve Wehrle recently celebrated 50 years at the business (and at the BBC before that) with a ‘dress through the decades’ themed party.

Donnelley boss on customer care and cock-ups

RR Donnelley chief executive Tom Quinlan said the firm was able to survive the 2012 error when it released Google's quarterly earnings early - wiping $20bn off the value of the search giant - because...

Company bosses jailed in £750,000 fraud trial

The owners of failed south Wales business services company MJL Group were jailed last Friday along with two other people involved in a £750,000 fraud.

ECB’s €1.1tr QE programme could cut paper costs for UK printers

A €1.1tr (£834bn) asset purchase scheme announced by European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi this morning could cut the cost of key imports such as paper and ink for UK printers.

Government brings forward plain cigarette packaging vote

A parliamentary vote on the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products has been bumped up and will now take place before the general election.

Webmart boss offers free mentoring to budding print entrepreneurs

Webmart chief executive Simon Biltcliffe is offering free mentoring and advice to print start-ups in the form of 10-minute sessions via Skype.