Web offset

Artisan Press is the single-biggest creditor of Quorn House Publishing, which remains up for sale.

Polestar has parted company with the managing director of its Bicester web offset site.

Manroland Web Systems has become the first worldwide authorised reseller of Kodak’s Prosper inkjet heads to the newspaper industry.

Polestar is making headway on the extension to its Sheffield site that will house the first of its new web offset presses later this year.

Artisan Press has entered into a consultation with Unite and workers at its factory over proposed job cuts that could affect almost a third of its workforce.

IPC Media has handed its multi-million pound print contract to a single supplier, in a move that has far-reaching ramifications for the UK magazine printing supply chain.

Global MP has secured a fresh £7.5m working capital facility from Centric Commercial Finance.

Polestar has boosted its contractual business in France with a new contract win from Groupe Marie Claire.

York Mailing has appointed a new group finance director.

Chris Cowley has joined York Mailing as sales director at the group’s York site.

Polestar chief operating officer Peter Andreou has been in the States this week to review progress on the construction of the first tranche of its new web presses from Goss International.

Polestar has filed its first set of results since acquiring BGP and Stones, and chief executive Barry Hibbert has further joint ventures and acquisitions in his sights for this year.