Magazines

Bertelsmann is to create Europe’s biggest printing group by putting all its print operations under one umbrella.

Commercial printer Pagefast Print & Publishing has bought a Horizon SPF/FC-200L bookletmaker to futureproof its business.

Polestar owner Sun Capital Partners has put a further £10m into the group by way of new equity.

Wyndeham Peterborough is capitalising on the buoyant market for children's magazines by printing a brand extension of kids’ TV show Hey Duggee, which hit the newsstands last week.

Polestar is parting company with a second main board director as the group moves to a de-centralised structure.

Polestar is proposing to close its Polestar Stones sheetfed site, after nearly two centuries in business, as the company’s chief financial officer departs for pastures new.

Bertelsmann has taken sole ownership of pan-European gravure printer Prinovis.

Former Emap group production director Andy Franks is targeting his magazine management service at UK publishers keen to have print titles on sale in Australasia in a timely fashion.

Printed electronics pioneer Novalia has noted an increasing interest in its products from magazine publishers, keen to harness their ability to attract advertising.

The upcoming sale of the assets of the late publishing magnate Felix Dennis includes Eric Gill engravings, a collection of rare books and a Rolls-Royce Silver Spur.

Venerable shipping title Lloyd’s List has returned to print with a new monthly title, The Intelligence.

Last weekend’s Sunday Telegraph Stella magazine featured its first commercial use of an innovative ‘Maltese cross’ multi-page promotional cover format.