Print buying

Cross-media event will focus on ROI

More than 100 exhibitors and a raft of high-profile speakers will address delegates at the event at London's Business Design Centre on 3-4 September.

Jump4London breaks world's longest photo record

The firm has achieved official Guinness World Record certification for its attempt to produce the world's longest photograph.

HH Global records sales growth in 2012 accounts

HH Global has recorded a 4.4% rise in turnover to just shy of 100m in its accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012.

News International pays 30m to end Johnston Press contract

News International has paid 30m to Johnston Press in an agreement to terminate its long-term printing contract.

Fretwell Print and Design boosts post-press offering with Stahlfolder investment

Fretwell Print and Design has expanded its post-press capabilities after investing in a Heidelberg Stahlfolder TH66 buckle machine.

Monthly music magazine The Word to close

The magazine, printed by the Wyndeham Group, is to cease publication after nine years.

Print industry news roundup: St Ives Direct; Pureprint; Manroland; MPG and CUP; DS Smith and SCA Packaging; tobacco packaging

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: St Ives Leeds to close, Pureprint to signs to beta HP Indigo 10000, Manroland GB sale...

Media roundup: Profero; Monkou; Facebook App Store; DM Foundation; Newnham and Talon

We bring you the buzz from the wider media sphere, across the world and across the web. This week: Profero acquires Vox Collective shares, Mankuo launches new mag, Facebook App store arrives in UK, DM...

Polestar wins renewed Monarch contract

Polestar Applied Solutions renewed its contract with Monarch Travel Group to provide its entire printing, mailing and fulfilment requirements.

UPM announces further restructuring

UPM has sold its Kajaani sawmill to wood processing company Plkky Oy in Finland.

BGP prints 1.5m River Cottage booklets for Telegraph

BGP has printed 1.5m copies of two booklets featuring 40 vegetarian recipes from celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for Telegraph Media Group, for inclusion in this weekend's newspapers.

Advertising spend in UK printed press down 10% in Q1 of 2012

The latest year-on-year figures reveal advertising in printed press showed the greatest decline compared to other mediums in the first quarter of 2012.