Contracts

Ordnance Survey goes live with tender worth up to £25m

A tender with a value that could reach around £25m to produce Ordnance Survey (OS) paper maps has gone live.

Bumper Kew magazine tender goes live

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has opened a seven-figure tender to procure a supplier to manage the design and production of Kew magazine.

Anti-competitive activities; UK exits, and insolvency shortfalls – but not all bad news

Our roundup of September’s biggest stories makes for a tough read in parts, but rest assured there was a smattering of good news to lighten the industry’s mood.

Your latest issue of Printweek opens by garnering opinion on the thorny and, sadly, perennial problem of how the sector can attract fresh blood and ensure it retains a bright future...

The Knowledge Bank section of our ‘reassuringly confident’ issue then takes a peek at the complementary topic of industry confidence, where we ask a range of readers to share their thoughts on the...

Arbour Hill prison is expected to be one of the first sites to be fitted with finishing equipment

Irish Prison Service invites tenders for finishing equipment

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has invited print suppliers to tender to supply €200,000 (£168,000) worth of finishing equipment to support inmate training.

Framework is UK-wide and available to all public sector organisations

APS awarded new CCS Print Marketplace contract

APS Group has retained the contract for the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework, Print Marketplace, meaning it will remain the sole supplier until at least December 2028.

Northern Trains £2.1m contract heads up new print tenders

A Northern Trains print contract with an estimated total value of £2.1m has been listed among several other new tenders on the government’s Find a Tender service.

Roche: "It’s not just about the kudos of having the box ticked"

Haybrooke expands partnerships and reveals new quoting interface

Print procurement specialist Haybrooke has secured strategic partnerships with two new office sector buying groups and revealed that it will be launching a new quoting interface for its PDQ Print Hub...

The Smyth FX-70 is one of the machines IFS will now offer

IFS becomes Smyth distributor

Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) is set to become the exclusive distributor for book sewing machines manufacturer Smyth in the UK and Ireland.

L-R: GSE's Anne Lourens and Loek Prang with Richard Mawson from CyanX and GSE's Maarten Hummelen

CyanX appointed GSE agent in UK and Ireland

Ink dispensing systems and ink-handling software provider GSE has appointed CyanX as its agent for the UK and Ireland.