Print buying

Smurfit Kappa completes Russian exit
Smurfit Kappa has completed the disposal of its Russian operations after a process that has taken just under a year.

Seven figure mail tender and bumper signage contract up for grabs
A mailing tender worth £1.3m is the biggest industry tender currently live, with a major signage manufacture framework also active.

JICMail launches new Response Rate Tracker
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released results from its inaugural Response Rate Tracker research.

Good for your business, good for the planet
As the much-maligned fashion industry looks to clean up its act, on-demand direct-to-fabric printing might just represent its, and your, biggest opportunity.

Crunch week to resolve Royal Mail dispute
The CWU has described the week ahead as “critical to the outcome” of its long-running dispute with Royal Mail, with a series of pay for change proposals aimed at stabilising the business now on the...

MacroArt closes in on net zero
MacroArt’s sustainability strategy is on track to halve the wide-format printer’s carbon footprint, according to its latest independently produced report.

Snows Business Forms in administration
Long-established Southampton forms and custom stationery supplier Snows Business Forms has gone into administration.

Royal Mail referred to Ofcom
Under-fire bosses at Royal Mail now have another problem on their plates, after MPs referred the business to Ofcom over its "systematic failure" to meet parts of the Universal Service Obligation...

National World to transition to ‘digital-only’ model
National World has revealed, alongside its 2022 results, that it has accelerated the implementation of its new ‘digital-only’ operating model to restore sustainable growth, but said printed newspapers...

Industry reacts: Spring Budget 2023 and full expensing scheme
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first full budget has been welcomed by British print associations as a positive step toward revitalising the UK economy, but not everyone in the industry is impressed.