Print buying

Baker Goodchild partners with GB Training for NVQ programme
Direct mail fulfilment and print management services provider Baker Goodchild has started working in partnership with GB Training to provide an NVQ qualification programme for eight of its employees.

York makes marketing move
York Mailing Group has made its first non-print acquisition as it looks to build a data analytics division.

Web offset firms' 2013 accounts reveal ongoing challenges
Recently filed accounts from two major UK web printers point to ongoing tough trading conditions in the web offset sector, with both reporting falling sales and mounting losses.

Grafenia opens first Nettl store ahead of October launch
Grafenia has opened the doors of its first Nettl cross-media design studio in Birmingham ahead of the official launch of the new franchise business at next month's National Franchise Exhibition.

Wyndeham makes short-grain move
Wyndeham Group is entering a new area of the web offset market after deciding on the location for the ‘prize asset’ short-grain web press from Global MP.

Editor’s comment: Collaboration means everybody wins
The subject of sales negotiation tactics in an industry blighted by downward price pressure for what seems like a lifetime, is bound to pique the interest of both buyers and sellers of print. Albeit...

Print insight from the buyer’s perspective
It’s not often that you get a group of leading print buyers together in one room, but that’s exactly what happened last month at one of the three judging days for the PrintWeek Awards. So rather than...

Polestar poised to fire up first of its new webs
Polestar is set to begin printing on the first of its two new 96pp web presses at the end of this month.

Global MP failure leaves huge shortfall
Global MP has left a total shortfall of more than £13m, with trade suppliers among some of the hardest hit by the firm’s collapse.

De La Rue ties up crucial Bank of England contract
De La Rue has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Bank of England's new 10-year banknote printing contract, which is due to begin in April 2015.