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Web offset triple-whammy

For a fully-paid up member of the web offset watcher's society, last week's deluge of news was really something. The dust has barely begun to settle on the swathe of announcements from the 'big three' in publication printing: Wyndeham (remember they are now the UK's biggest web offset...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 01-10-2012
Print buyers – have you missed the bus?

I was wet and fed up! It was a day when it was pouring with rain. I had planned to catch the bus in to a client meeting. And now here I was cursing. Because the bus had been full! It had sped past without stopping – and showering me with more water into the bargain. So now I faced an embarrassing call...

Posted to A Print Buyer's Perspective (Weblog) by Matthew Parker on 09-12-2011
A match made at Wembley?

Will events at Wembley over the bank holiday weekend have implications here in print? I think they just might. If the latest rumours are correct then the widely-speculated about coming together of Polestar and BGP will happen sooner rather than later. Stung after missing out on the St Ives magazine division...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 05-31-2011
Is this the tipping point for UK web offset?

So. This could be it then. The long-anticipated and much-speculated-about tipping point that triggers a further wave of consolidation that will shape the future of UK Web Offset plc. Now that IPC has finally made its decision, and Wyndeham are the winners at St Ives' expense, what happens next? Life...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 03-03-2010
Sweet dreams and supposition

There's nothing like a personnel merry-go-round to get people talking. As such, I've lost count of the number of calls and messages received about a hot topic of current supposition, that being "is it true that Charles Jarrold is going to join BGP?". It's easy to put two-and-two...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 11-19-2009
Inside the mind of Madejski

My jaw is still on the floor after watching last night's extraordinary documentary about Sir John Madejski, a fascinating character by any account. Despite the many flaws in the film, and its occasionally sneering tone, it did produce some compelling insights into Madejski's mindset. We learned...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 08-26-2009
Will fresh sales signings elevate BGP to print's Premier League?

Is BGP turning into some sort of Manchester City of the printing industry? As we know, it is bankrolled by a very wealthy individual, although Sir John Madejski's fortune of circa £250m is somewhat dwarfed by the mega-mega-millions of Sheikh Mansour . The chaps at Bicester have been equally busy...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 08-18-2009
Brooms old and new sweeping in

April has involved interesting personnel moves aplenty. Last week's news that Les Pipe is returning to Wyndeham wasn't entirely unexpected - his name was in the frame for some sort of return to the group, although speculation had centred on Pipe perhaps being involved with a buyout of the pre...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 04-27-2009
Cost efficiency is proving costly

Six months ago I wrote a piece about Goodhead Group, asking if it was the biggest single print investment by a private individual anywhere in the world. Looking at the group's latest results the answer appears to be a resounding "yes". The group's owner Sir John Madejski is of course...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 01-26-2009
Where there's bronze there's brass

A flurry of emails has arrived in my inbox about a story in yesterday's Guardian . Turns out that BGP owner and new knight Sir John Madejski is selling off a rare Degas sculpture of a ballet dancer. The price tag for the artwork is set at £12m. So, one Degas = two Lithomans? Perhaps more likely one...

Posted to Printer’s Devil – it’s in the detail (Weblog) by Jo Francis on 01-07-2009

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