Magazines

Speculation is mounting over the future ownership of Polestar’s up-for-sale operations, with a new name now in the frame as a potential buyer.

News UK commercial wing Newssolutions is targeting its enhanced coldset offering at publishers looking for alternative production options due to events at Polestar.

The future ownership of Polestar’s factories and assets remains up in the air as administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) assess a number of bids for the business.

Polestar employees fear some factories ‘could shut down tomorrow’ if a buyer or buyers cannot be found for the businesses, as more redundancies are made at the group and a major publisher shifts...

Time Inc’s Guy Gleysteen has jetted into the UK to address the crisis in the publisher’s supply chain due to the situation at Polestar.

Both Wyndeham owner Walstead Group and Prinovis have confirmed their potential interest in parts of stricken print group Polestar.

Polestar’s unsecured creditors from the period prior to the pre-pack sale of the business in March were owed more than £235m by the group.

Denmaur Independent Papers has re-launched the Revive carbon balanced recycled papers brand and sought to position it as a key tool in what was called the "new economics of a climate change world".

Unite the Union has expressed its fears for UK print jobs if DMG Media moves its supplements to the continent in the wake of the Polestar pre-pack sale and administration.

Speculation is mounting over the future for Polestar’s single-biggest contract.

Polestar UK Print and Polestar Stones-Wheatons have gone into administration, a month after the pre-pack sale of the group to Proventus.

Polestar claims to have secured more than 90% of its key customer contracts, while a former senior director is back at the business on an interim basis.