Print buying

An exhibition of contemporary book binding is underway at London’s St Bride Foundation, featuring the craft of UK and USA-based fine binding specialists.

GF Smith has gone live with its new bespoke photobook service ‘Make Book’.

UKIP and the Labour Party have scored something of a political own-goal by having election materials printed in Germany.

The book printing operation of Butler Tanner & Dennis in Frome is being put into administration with co-owner Felix Dennis describing it as “a sad day for British book printing”.

CDS has won a four-year, £7m-plus deal to manage the marcomms print spend for one of the UK’s largest local authorities.

Marstan Press celebrated 60 years in business yesterday with an open day for customers and staff at which it unveiled its latest investment.

GF Smith is set to become the exclusive UK stockist for Arctic Paper’s Munken Design grade.

Potts Print (UK) has won a three-year contract, which will be worth in excess of £300,000, for all the print and mailing for a prestigious theatre company.

Security printer Checkprint has secured a five-year contract extension to provide building society Nationwide Group branches with chequebooks and credit books.

The Color Company has set up a new distribution business, the Distribution Team, on the back of a major contract win with a household name.

Communisis has hit the M&A trail again and bolstered its creative services offering with two acquisitions.

Fluid Print has taken delivery of its first digital press, with installation of a new Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1070 underway at the company.