Publishing

Littlewoods catalogue dropped
Shop Direct has stopped printing the Littlewoods catalogue - after more than 80 years.

Pureprint makes London Book Fair debut
Uckfield-based digital and litho printer Pureprint is exhibiting at the London Book Fair for the first time this week.

Northern & Shell set to close Broughton Printers
Northern & Shell is set to close its Preston print facility, Broughton Printers, with the loss of 91 jobs according to local media reports.

Johnston Press reveals Express contract alongside 2014 accounts
Johnston Press has won a “multi-million pound” five-year contract to print Express Newspapers’ four major print titles at its Dinnington site in Sheffield.

Killer app: Apprentices step up to create print industry promo
To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week earlier this month, the BPIF recently gathered together 11 print apprentices from member companies at its London office to work together with a designer to...

Magazine Printing Company in pre-pack three months after ill-fated sale
Enfield-based The Magazine Printing Company (MPC) has been sold in a pre-pack administration to former owner Anthony Stokes.

Deanprint boosts efficiency with bespoke Smyth purchase
Printer and bookbinder Deanprint has invested in a bespoke Smyth Magnum 75 large-format book sewing machine to increase production capacity.

Former Emap chief to speak at Stationers' lecture
Former Emap managing director Sir David Arculus will speak about the company’s rise and fall at the annual Stationers’ Company lecture next month.

Women’s weeklies and lifestyle titles continue decline in latest ABCs
Women’s weeklies and lifestyle titles have continued to experience a year-on-year circulation decline in the six months to December 2014, according to the latest report from the Audit Bureau of...

Fresh publishing challenge for Dunstall
Kevin Dunstall’s newest venture involves a publishing company that prints tens of thousands of magazines a month.