PrintWeek’s rundown of stories that defined the past 12 months

2018 proved to be another bumper year of news for print, so as the industry eases itself into 2019, we take a look at the stories that dominated last year's headlines.

While Brexit uncertainty hogged the headlines in the mainstream media, business failures and fears over straitened paper supply and price rises were the hottest print topics of 2018.


Most read news stories of 2018

  1. SP Group goes into administration 20,637 clicks
  2. Historic printer Stones in administration after cash crisis 16,473 clicks
  3. Forecast worsening for paper supply 12,448 clicks
  4. Manchester's G&H seeks buyer 12,018 clicks
  5. Paper prices to rise again in October 11,628 clicks

 

However, while it’s safe to say that ‘bad news’ dominated the ranking of the most read stories last year, the industry had more than its fair share of reasons to be cheerful too with 2018 proving to be a vintage year for M&A activity and capex and not just for the industry’s biggest players.

Month-by-month review of 2018