Magazines

Polestar confirms plans for mega web spend

Polestar has announced plans for a £50m spend on new web offset kit, including the first 96pp commercial web presses in the UK.

News International to print The Sun in-house cancelling Johnston Press contract in £10m deal

News International has agreed to pay Johnston Press £10m to prematurely terminate the last printing contract between the two publishers.

Johnston Press' contract print revenues slashed following NI pullout

Johnston Press' contract printing revenues have been slashed by a third following the termination of News International's contract, according to its 2012 financial reports.

Tower Hamlets council tenders for 20m print framework

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) is on the hunt for five to eights UK printers to tender for a contract, worth up to 20m over four years, to produce publications for councils from across the...

Digital magazine growth prompts combined ABCs

Last week's ABC figures revealed a 1.5% drop in the total print circulations of audited consumer magazines for the last six months of 2012, spurring the PPA to publish its first ever combined digital...

Goodhead creditors' deficit tops 9m

Goodhead Group's unsecured trade creditors are owed more than 9m, and are likely to receive only a tiny fraction of their money, if anything at all, back.

Taylor Brothers to print new high-end magazine, Cereal

Bristol-based printers Taylor Brothers has been selected to print new, high-quality food and travel magazine, <i>Cereal</i>.

Wyndeham Peterborough cuts 70 jobs in restructure

Wyndeham Group has announced 70 redundancies at its Peterborough facility as the result of a month-long consultation with employees at the plant.

Readers Digest UK axes 75% of staff

Readers Digest UK has cut 95 staff from its 120-strong workforce with immediate effect, citing declining book, DVD and CD sales.

Polestar Varnicoat facing closure

Polestar Varnicoat looks set to close after the company kicked off a 30 day consultation at the site on Wednesday (2 January).

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