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Robust signage requirement at TFL

Exiting Oxford Circus tube station yesterday I attempted to locate the most appropriate way out in order to emerge in the correct location at street level. Upon consulting one of those [supposedly] handy station maps that explains these things, I discovered the crucial area had been defaced, no doubt...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 06-14-2012
Who'll be buying big at Drupa?

Given the amount of excitement that's already emerged in the run-up to Drupa, with the latest announcements from Landa being a case in point, I wonder what else the show will have in store for us in the way of mega-news? Apart from all the new kit and new technology news from the manufacturers, an...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 04-30-2012
More Olympics thoughts

Well, well well what an intriguing time it is in the world of acquisitions. Ten days ago St Ives announced a deal worth up to £17.5m as it bought yet another marketing services business, taking the potential total bill for its expansion into non-print services up to an eye-popping £80m. Meanwhile, Chime...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 03-09-2012
Bringing in new profits, part 2

When I saw St Ives' results yesterday, and the big improvement in profitability therein, I thought "gosh, those high margin data businesses must be flying". Upon closer inspection that turned out not to be the case. More than 95% of St Ives' turnover in the last year came from print...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 10-05-2011
Printing press predictions

I'm running a book on whether St Ives will ever buy another conventional printing press. What odds will you give me? Since Mr Martell took over as chief executive two and a bit years ago, the business has spent more than £61m acquiring companies (gosh, quite a lot when you tot it all up, although...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 09-22-2011
Bringing in new profits

It was encouraging to see Communisis' profits moving in the right direction in the group's recently-announced interim results. A 27% jump in operating profits is no mean feat in anyone's book, the caveat being that a chunk of this improvement, some £500,000, came from cutting corporate costs...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 08-16-2011
Three reasons why your print prices will rise

The birds are singing. Daffodils and primroses are in flower. It is beginning to be possible to have lunch outside. The seasons are finally changing and spring is here. But for print buyers there is another less welcome change. Print prices are on the rise Not all buyers have come across price rises...

Posted to A Print Buyer's Perspective (Weblog) by Matthew Parker on 04-08-2011
Tactical move in more ways than one

Emerging from the recent whirl of web offset news (amazing how many people suddenly want to talk to me about web printers, just fancy that!), it's time to rewind a few weeks to St Ives' acquisition of Tactical Solutions. This latest buy marks another milestone on the transformational journey...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 03-29-2011
This IS the tipping point

Okay, after many repeated musings on the general topic of 'is this the tipping point for UK web offset?' (see blogs passim: 8 December 2008, 29 July 2009, 3 March 2010, 14 May 2010, 3 November 2010....etc), I think I can safely say: This. Really. Is. It. Walstead's audacious swoop for St...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 03-15-2011
Avoiding disaster requires disclosure

Printing isn't classed as one of the world's most dangerous occupations, and unlike those working in, say, bomb disposal, or the Chinese mining industry, there's every reason to expect print workers will return home safe and sound after a shift. Anyone in the trade who can remember how things...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 11-01-2010

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