Print buying

Paperhat chief returns with new outsourcing firm

The former chief executive of the collapsed Paperhat Group has launched a new outsourcing company specialising in marketing collateral.

RHS turns to YM for paper wrap solution

The Royal Horticultural Society will become the first large publisher to do away with polywrap entirely when it switches to paper wrapping with the March issue of its flagship magazine.

Bradley Group restructures, shuts Speke site

Bradley Group has shuttered its Liverpool site in response to rising costs and tough trading conditions, and is restructuring by consolidating production at its Northern Ireland and Isle of Man...

French court orders opening of receivership proceedings at some Arjo sites

The Commercial Court of Nanterre has ordered the opening of safeguard and receivership proceedings for some of Arjowiggins’ French subsidiaries.

Printco director disqualified

A company director associated with multiple failed printing businesses has been struck off for five years after being convicted of fraud.

Wyndeham becomes Walstead

Walstead Group is aligning all of its operations under a single brand, which will mean the Wyndeham name will disappear from its UK businesses.

Arjo to open receivership proceedings for some French subsidiaries

Arjowiggins is planning to file petitions to open safeguard and receivership proceedings for some of its French subsidiaries.

£50m polymer tender underway

The Bank of England has launched a £50m tender for the supply of banknote polymer over an eight-year period.

Arjowiggins sale terminated

Sequana's sale of Arjowiggins’ Graphic and Creative Papers businesses has been canned after the buyer got cold feet as a result of deteriorating market conditions.

New year predictions: Martin Woolley, The Specialist Works

Chief executive Martin Woolley, who led a management buyout of independent media agency The Specialist Works this summer, believes printers and print managers need to form a closer bond with their...