The three membership magazines, which include Recruitment & Employment Confederation's title Recruitment Matters, have a combined annual print run of nearly 500,000.

The 52pp quarterly Recruitment Matters, printed at Merthyr Tydfil-based Stephens & George, is mailed to 20,000 REC members and stakeholders.

The title will be printed on an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster 102 with 150gsm stock for the covers and 80gsm for text. Finishing will be catered for with Heidelberg Stahl kit and saddlestitched on a Muller Martini Prima line.

St Ives Web in Peterborough will manage print and finishing duties for The Royal College of Midwives' title Midwives Journal, which is published on a bi-monthly basis with a circulation of 37,000.

The publication is to be printed on four-colour MAN Roland Lithoman presses using 150gsm gloss covers and gloss 90gsm stock for the text

The web-offset printing arm of St Ives is also producing Connections for the NICEIC Group (the trading subsidiary of charity The Electrical Safety Council).

The 60pp quarterly, which enjoys a 40,000 circulation, is printed on the Lithoman presses using 150gsm silk cover and 80gsm silk text paper. Both titles are finished using a Ferag stitching line.

Redactive Media Group procurement and operations manager Gary Smith told printweek.com that the group had worked with both St Ives and Stephens & George in the past, with both firms "providing the quality and efficiency we demand".

Other titles in Redactive's portfolio include People Today, Arthritis Today and The Marketer.