Publishing

Administrators take charge at YM web plants
YM Group’s plans to be a dominant player in UK web offset have collapsed into chaos, with FRP Advisory appointed as the administrator of the group's three web division businesses, and staff left...

Anxious YM workers demand clarity
Nervous workers at YM’s three up-for-sale web plants are awaiting clarity from the group’s bosses about the future for the sites, after Walstead apparently withdrew its interest in a possible rescue...

Creditor takes direct action at York Mailing
Access to YM Group’s York Mailing site has been blocked by a creditor owed a five-figure sum by the business.

YM employees 'will be paid'
YM Group has assured employees that they will be paid this month, as the deadline looms in the fast-track sale process of its web offset sites.

Reach flags newsprint price impact
Media group Reach has warned that “print driven cost inflation” will hit its 2022 profits, and it could increase cover prices or look at product changes to mitigate the impact.

StackaWraps takes 3D know-how into mass market
StackaWraps has scored a major coup for its new PopHeads pop-out posters after National Geographic included a 3D tiger in its Kids magazine.

Archant slammed over pushing Life readers to digital
Independent retailers have condemned publisher Archant’s move to persuade subscribers of its 'Life' magazine portfolio to switch from printed editions to digital.

Shops could ditch newspapers over costs row
Independent retailers have warned that spiralling costs could force some outlets to drop newspaper sales altogether.

News and leisure titles impress in latest mag ABCs
News and current affairs titles performed strongly in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) consumer magazine reports, with many sports and leisure titles also doing well.

UPM crisis deepens, manufacturer cites force majeure
UPM is citing ‘force majeure’ for its inability to fulfil customer orders due to the strike action crippling its Finnish mills, but unions have rejected this assertion, describing the situation as “a...