Business
Closure planned for St Ives Direct Leeds
St Ives Direct Leeds is set to be closed after St Ives announced plans to consolidate its direct mail offering at its Bradford facility.
Autobond to donate postcards at Olympics
Autobond has revealed that some of the 7m religious postcards it finished on its stand at Drupa will be handed out during the Olympics by Christian organisations including the Salvation Army.
BCQ Print installs Fujifilm XMF 4 workflow
Buckingham-based print business BCQ Print has invested in Fujifilm's XMF cross-media workflow to help "increase the efficiency, quality and consistency of its output".
Luscher and Polytype SA sign distribution deal
CTP manufacturer Luscher has signed a "global distribution partnership" with Polytype SA, the South American arm of packaging print systems manufacturer Wifag Polytype.
UPM announces further restructuring
UPM has sold its Kajaani sawmill to wood processing company Plkky Oy in Finland.
APS Group appoints new HR director
Marketing services provider APS Group has appointed ex-RR Donnelley partner Alastair Swindlehurst to the role of HR director.
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.
Pureprint Group signs up to beta B2 HP Indigo 10000
Pureprint Group has become the second UK business to sign up to beta HP's new Indigo 10000 Digital Press.
BPIF and BOSS renew partnership
The BPIF has extended its management contract with the British Office Supplies and Services Federation (BOSS) for an additional three years.
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.