Publishing

YM Group: bosses slammed for "disgraceful behaviour"

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...

YM Chantry: agency staff were sent home last night

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...

Nick Germani (left) of Showcase Pallets with driver Walter Runciman. Image: The York Press

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: asking employees to take a 'business as usual' approach

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: newsprint is a significant cost line for us

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.

PopHeads 3D tiger: sustainable craft for kids

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 publishes 20 county Life magazines

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.

Newspapers: could some retailers set their own cover prices?

Shops could ditch newspapers over costs row

Independent retailers have warned that spiralling costs could force some outlets to drop newspaper sales altogether.

Various news and leisure titles have performed well

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: orders postponed, and new orders can't be confirmed during the strike

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...