June’s listicle

Monthly round-up of the biggest stories in print

02 July 2024

Business

Printweek's top 10 stories alone generated 25,000 clicks

Sad news from the south coast led June’s ranking of most read stories, which also featured the industry’s election ‘printing error’ trope, the exit of an industry stalwart and details of one group’s new supersite.

1 Gemini Print to enter administration 7,085 clicks
Commercial printer Gemini has ceased trading and said it intends to enter administration later this week.

2 Administrators appointed at Gemini Print 3,188 clicks
Administrators have now been appointed at commercial printer Gemini Print, which ceased trading earlier this month.

3 Polling card ‘printing error’ hits 100,000 in Stockton 2,089 clicks
Voters in Teesside have been sent polling cards without the official names of polling stations, in a "printing error" that affects around 100,000 residents.

4 Duo acquire The Mailshop's assets 2,082 clicks
Web printer Vanacomm and catalogue retailer Direct Response Marketing Group have teamed up to acquire The Mailshop’s assets, which will be relocated to Vanacomm’s Rotherham facility.

5 Barbeary calls time on stellar career 1,897 clicks
Paragon client development director Nick Barbeary will retire at the end of this month after nearly 35 years in the industry.

6 Huge banners produced in tribute to Rob Burrow 1,883 clicks
FaberExposize UK pulled out all the stops to produce two huge banners to commemorate the life of rugby league legend Rob Burrow CBE.

7 TJ Books and Charlesworth Press reveal merger 1,847 clicks
TJ Books and Charlesworth Press are to join forces and form Fortis Print Group, “a future-focused, customer-led, print business”.

8 Delta Group orders third single-pass Nozomi in new site megaspend 1,665 clicks
The Delta Group’s new Bishop's Stortford ‘supersite’, fitted entirely with digital printing equipment, will be operational in Q3 2024.

9 Second director barred over HMRC non-compliance 1,633 clicks
A second company director has been disqualified after a paper and board supplier left HMRC with a six-figure shortfall despite paying more than £2m to other parties.

10 Mailbox DM admin report released 1,580 clicks
The statement of administrator’s proposal for Mailbox DM Ltd has been released and showed that the company – whose business and assets were bought by DMC Encore in a pre-pack sale – had an estimated deficiency of over £650,000 when it went into administration last month.