Print buying

De La Rue has appointed a new chairman designate following months of activist pressure.

Workers made redundant from the Bradley Group more than two weeks ago and left unpaid have now been told they will receive further information from the business tomorrow.

Rosehill Press has secured fresh investment from new owners and will now become part of a Hertfordshire based creative agency.

RR Donnelley has instigated a Rights Plan – or so-called poison pill – aimed at preventing anyone acquiring “undue influence or control” of the company without board approval.

DMGT looks set to throw its hat into the ring as the number of potential bidders for the assets of JPI Media continues to grow.

Sales at Moo have powered past £100m, in a year when the group also opted to switch to reporting in US dollars – with more than 70% of turnover now originating in the States.

A restructure at Northern Ireland’s Bradley Group has involved workers at Quinnstheprinters and Nicholson Bass being made redundant and then reapplying for a reduced number of jobs.

Up to eight companies are said to be mulling bids for JPI Media’s assets, which include the i newspaper and more than 100 regional titles.

The Department for Work & Pensions has begun the process of launching a huge print tender that could be worth a whopping £100m.

This year’s Great British Bake Off has a print connection with contestant Michelle Evans-Fecci swapping the printroom for the famous tent in the new series.

Print “still has an important role to play” in the promotion of the Edinburgh Fringe according to the festival’s Fringe Society, despite its ongoing drive to reduce the volume of printed material...

The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has released the latest consumer magazine reports, highlighting a downward trend in circulation across the industry but with a number of bright spots.