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Baker Goodchild expands website with direct mail advice for printers and SMEs

Direct mail fulfilment and print management services provider Baker Goodchild has expanded its website to add new pages that have particular emphasis on guidance and tips for printers, charities,...

Timsons to stop manufacturing litho presses and focus on digital

UK press manufacturer Timsons has laid off “between 30 and 40” of its staff after restructuring its business to concentrate on the manufacture of digital book presses.

In2Print celebrates Cheltenham Town FC contract renewal

In2Print has renewed its contract with Cheltenham Town FC, which will see the Cheltenham-based printer produce the football club’s match day programme for a fifteenth consecutive year.

Stanford Marsh Group Graphics targets consumables boost with new hire

Stanford Marsh Group Graphics (SMGG), the commercial graphics division of Stanford Marsh Group, has appointed Bob Stevenson as graphic consumable specialist.

MWL Print Group ceases trading with 113 jobs lost

Welsh commercial printer MWL Print Group has ceased trading, resulting in the loss of 113 jobs.

Killer app: Printers pool resources to rebrand News UK agents

Popping to the shop to grab a paper? You might end up coming away with more. According to Him! CTP 2013 research 69% of shoppers buy other items as well as a newspaper, with those buyers tending to be...

Overmatter: pop proposal

Ah, the romance of print. We’ve had proposals writ large on billboards, and writ small in newspaper classified ads.

FSC Online Claims Platform now 'voluntary'

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has pulled back on plans to make its proposed Online Claims Platform (OCP) mandatory to all certificate holders and has delayed its launch until early 2015.

Banks joins Xeikon to continue drive into commercial print

Former Presstek UK sales director Peter Banks has joined Xeikon to head up the digital press manufacturer’s UK commercial sales.

New figures highlight SME growth and lending issues

The growth plans of SMEs are being affected by a decrease in net lending to them and distrust of the banking sector, according to new data.

De La Rue finally finds new chief

De La Rue has ended its six-month search for a new chief executive and appointed a BAE Systems cyber security chief.

Andesign secures government grant of over £120,000 to help grow business

Wide-format printer Andesign plans to recruit new staff, move to bigger premises and invest in new machinery after securing a government grant of over £120,000.

IPC teams with Boku to offer mobile payment for mag subscriptions

IPC Media has partnered with mobile payment platform Boku to allow readers to subscribe to its print titles via text, in a bid to revitalise interest in magazines amongst the young "mobile-first"...

Tullis Russell Markinch appoints new managing director

Tullis Russell has appointed Niall MacDonald as the new managing director of its premium paper and board business based in Markinch, Scotland.

News UK rebrands 8,300-plus newsagents in printed newspaper push

Over 8,300 independent newsagents across the UK and Ireland have been rebranded in a push to sell more printed copies of The Sun and The Times.