Print buying

Print sales are up at Tangent Communications but the group has issued a profit warning on the back of a poor performance at its agency operation, causing a near-20% drop in its share price.

Average net magazine circulation in the UK increased by 1.2% to 33.4m in the first six months of 2014, despite a mixed performance by some of publishing's biggest brands.

A major consolidation play is underway in the business supplies sector, which will affect the ownership of one of the UK’s biggest print managers.

Brunel Promotions will install a Motioncutter laser finishing system later this year.

Advertising spend on addressed direct mail has fallen 17.1% in the past five years, according to the latest Communications Market Report from Ofcom.

Prinovis UK has successfully met the criteria required to achieve EU Ecolabel accreditation for gravure print production across a range of its papers and products, the UK Ecolabelling competent body...

Sales at HH Global have broken through the £100m barrier for the first time on the back of a huge increase in overseas work.

Former Communisis director Gurdev Singh is back in the industry after acquiring a Yorkshire-based printing business.

Infigo Software (ISL) has launched My Fish Food, a centralised resource of templates and SEO services for users of its Catfish web-to-print platform.

Trade printer Calderprint has rounded off a circa £1m spend this year with the UK’s first Shinohara since the Japanese litho press manufacturer was bought by Hans Gronhi two years ago.

First-half sales at Communisis have jumped 40% as major contract wins at the group start to bear fruit.

Comic Relief has appointed HighCo MRM to provide data management, print and fulfillment services.