Print buying

Deliveries to suffer with 12,000 Royal Mail workers set to strike

Direct mail deliveries are set to be disrupted this Friday (17 July) after it was announced that more than 12,000 Royal Mail employees are set to strike.

The Glasshouse seals 3.5m worth of contracts in six months

Print and project management company The Glasshouse has said its prospects for 2009 are "very strong" after securing more than 3.5m in contracts in the past six months.

Direct marketing more effective at driving online traffic, new research claims

Direct marketing applications such as direct mail are more than twice as likely to drive UK customer traffic to company websites as digital marketing, according to new research.

Live Event Branding prints giant replica British Lions shirts

Live Event Branding has completed the production of two giant replica shirts to promote the rugby British Lions Tour of South Africa.

Free access to view top tenders on supply2.gov

The government has said access to view tenders worth more than 20,000 will be free by 2010, in response to a petition from PrintWeek to end registration charges on tender website supply2.gov, in order...

Borders UK print and PoS contract awarded to Simpson Group

Simpson Group has won the contract to manage all print and point-of-sale (PoS) work for high-street bookseller Borders UK.

Brno premiere features unique printed carpet

Premier PR has tasked Rutters UK with printing the carpet for the premiere of Sacha Baron Cohen's new film Brno.

Crisis finds simple DM campaign outperforms expectations

A DM campaign by a homelessness charity has raised 50,000 more than its initial targets.

Recession highlights need for strong transpromo

The recession has created a timely opportunity for companies to capitalise on transpromotional advertising and design opportunities within billing and statement documents, DST Output has said.

New Dan Brown novel The Lost Symbol set for record print run

Publisher Random House's sister company Transworld has commissioned its largest ever first print run for Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol.