Print buying

Callprint admins make first report

Callprint companies owed trade creditors more than £1.2m at the time of the firm’s administration, and the complex web of related firms had intra-group loans of £10.6m.

EBB focuses on Sappi with new coated papers deal

Elliott Baxter (EBB) has moved to secure future supply of woodfree coated papers through a new partnership with Sappi.

Print farmer back with another new guise

Controversial print farmer Neill John is back in action with yet another variant of his book printing service.

Cimpress Q1 results disappoint

Cimpress has described first-quarter sales growth as “disappointing” after revenues came in below expectations.

Zanders announces 2019 paper price increases

Zanders has announced paper price increases for 2019.

New owners start afresh at WirralCo

The new owners of WirralCo have pledged to do their utmost to get the business back on an even keel and have urged the industry to “give us a chance”.

US group mega-merger announced

US group Quad/Graphics is taking over rival LSC Communications in a merger that will create a new $8bn (£6.3bn) turnover industry giant.

Print farming companies struck off

Two companies connected to a controversial print farmer specialising in books have been wound up by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.

US group plans Communisis takeover

Acquisitive US billing services group OSG aims to expand into Europe and will more than double in size through an all-cash recommended offer for Communisis that values the PLC at nearly £154m.

GD Web Offset boss speaks out

The former co-owners of GD Web Offset have split, but director Paul Mursell has insisted the business is in good shape and will benefit from a new joint-venture involving waste paper recycling at its...

Bumper Man Booker winner reprint for CPI

CPI is facilitating an immediate 45,000-copy reprint of Anna Burns' novel Milkman, which won the Man Booker prize on Tuesday (16 October).

Williams Lea Tag boosts omni-channel proposition with THP buy

Williams Lea Tag (WLT) has acquired on-demand digital content and social media agency THP.