First News has become the first children’s magazine to move from polywrap to fully compostable wrappers for its subscription copies.

The advertising community has welcomed News Internationals (NI) decision to drop gatekeeper repro charges from next April.

Sachin Shardul says never under-estimate the appeal of a workhorse whose flexibility, fast set-ups, upgradability and productivity are of the highlights of Welbound's 12-clamp perfect binding kit.

News International is to continue its move to paid for internet content, with the News of The World's website the latest to be charged for.

News UK has renewed major contracts to print both the London Evening Standard and Financial Times newspapers.

Walstead Group has confirmed it has won the contract to produce the News UK supplements currently printed at Prinovis in Liverpool.

Specialist substrate manufacturer Arjobex has rebranded as Polyart.

The 5 Core Group has produced 1.4m unusual magazine inserts to support car manufacturer Hondas More Forwards Please campaign.

London's Evening Standard has begun trialling paid-for newspapers in certain areas of the capital, giving vendors free rein to name their price for the title.

Fujifilm is mounting an assault on the commercial inkjet sector as it aims to grow turnover for its global graphic arts business to 19.7bn (300bn) by April 2008.