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St Ives plc invest in software business
St Ives plc is pleased to announce it has made a minority investment in The Evolved Group Limited. The business trades as Easypress Technologies a leading provider of eBook conversion software to the publishing industry.
Date Added: Mon 28 November 2011
Westerham Press winners at the PrintWeek Awards 2011
Westerham Press took the top prize at last month's prestigious PrintWeek awards dinner held at the Grosvenor Hotel, London.
Date Added: Tue 8 November 2011
St Ives strengthens marketing services by acquiring Pragma
St Ives Group further strengthens its marketing services offer with acquisition of retail and consumer strategy company, Pragma.
Date Added: Tue 20 September 2011
St Ives Group strengthens it's marketing services offer with acquisition of data marketing company, Response One
Marketing services and print company, St Ives plc is pleased to announce the acquisition of Response One Holdings Limited.
Date Added: Tue 13 September 2011
St Ives plc appoint MHP communications
St Ives plc, has appointed MHP to advise on its financial and investor communications.
Date Added: Sun 5 June 2011
St Ives Group sign exclusive three year E-Paper display agreement
The St Ives Group is delighted to announce that it has signed an exclusive three year sole distributor agreement with Swedish company, Motion Display to supply Electronic Paper (e-paper) display technology in the UK and Eire.
Date Added: Thu 26 May 2011
St Ives implements Epicor software
St Ives Group today announced that the first steps to implementing Epicor next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite across the group has begun. Service Graphics, St Ives large format print and display division went live at the beginning of the month. The Epicor solution will replace St Ives’ existing core financial solutions and will be rolled out across the group over the coming year.
Date Added: Mon 25 April 2011
St Ives plc – Directorate change
At the AGM in November 2010, the Chairman, Mr Miles Emley announced his intention to stand down as Chairman and a director of the Company by the end of the current financial year.
Following the recent approval at a General Meeting of the shareholders of the Class 1 transaction for the sale of the Company’s Magazine business, Mr Emley and the Company have agreed that he will stand down with effect from 25 April 2011.
Miles Emley has been a director of the Company since 1992 and Chairman since 1993. The directors would like to record their thanks and appreciation for the enormous contribution made by Mr Emley during that time and for having overseen the transition to a new management team.
As previously announced, Mr Richard Stillwell, an existing independent non-executive director of the Company, will take over as Chairman.
Date Added: Mon 25 April 2011
St Ives wins wide format print award
Service Graphics, a division of St Ives Group, attended the recent, premier launch of the first Sign & Digital UK awards held at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.
The Sign & Digital UK Awards & Networking Event provides exhibitors and visitors attending the show with the perfect opportunity to network and socialise with business contacts and colleagues, entertain customers, progress business opportunities and celebrate the high level of skills and innovation of those working in this vibrant market.
Date Added: Sun 17 April 2011
SP helps store chain increase sales
Countrywide Farmers is a chain of 47 stores serving the rural community with everything from farming and equestrian supplies through to country clothing and Christmas gifts. The business has taken an innovative approach to increase sales by clever use of data and digital print to improve in-store promotional merchandising.
“Our product range has become varied and complex. We identified variable data printing as the most efficient way to manage price and promotional information,” says Rebecca Barningham, group marketing manager.
Date Added: Mon 4 April 2011
Service Graphics introduces Barrier Skin
Service Graphics, the large format print division of the St Ives Group, has launched an innovative new product, especially designed to maximise the visibility of brands at outdoor events. The reusable Barrier Skin is a print-ready fabric cover for crowd safety barriers. It has been designed to address the needs of event organisers, who want to achieve standout for brands at high traffic events. BSkyB is the first company to embrace this new way of brand communication, and recently used the innovative Barrier Skin at its Sky1 “Got to Dance” studios.
Date Added: Sun 3 April 2011
St Ives announces sale of magazine businesses
St Ives plc has today entered into a conditional agreement for the sale of its Magazine business, comprising St Ives Peterborough Limited, St Ives Plymouth Limited, St Ives Roche Limited and St Ives Web Limited, to Walstead Newco3 Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Walstead Investments Limited.
Date Added: Mon 14 March 2011
Service Graphics moves to new supersite
Service Graphics, St Ives Group’s large-format print division, has relocated to Chessington, moving in on January 31st 2011.
The new site will be the largest graphic site in Europe, offering state-of-the-art production processes and improved capabilities. The new S20 Inca is just one of the investments that the Company has made to provide clients with the latest technology.
Date Added: Wed 9 February 2011
Acquisition of Tactical Solutions boosts marketing services capabilities
St Ives plc is pleased to announce the acquisition of Tactical Solutions UK Limited.
Established in 2000, Tactical Solutions is one of the UK’s leading and fastest growing field sales and field marketing companies. Its highly skilled sales teams work with leading brands and retailers to drive sales and ensure that product is always available in store and ready for purchase.
Date Added: Wed 9 February 2011
Service Graphics produce biodegradable graphics for EDF Sustainability project
Service Graphics, the large format print division of the St Ives Group, has created a biodegradable graphic display for EDF Energy's customer contact centre. Service Graphic's innovative concepts, environmentally sound product knowledge and technological capabilities saw them selected to produce and install a permanent interactive sustainability room at EDF Energy's Doxford Park site. The room is designed to generate awareness and debate on sustainability and carbon reduction amongst employees and visitors.
Date Added: Tue 8 February 2011
1 Million Books to be given away!
Clays, St Ives Book printing division is proud to announce support for one of the most ambitious publishing initiatives in recent times; World Book Night.
The inaugural World Book Night will take place on Saturday, 5 March 2011, two days after World Book Day.
With the full support of the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association, the Independent Publishers Guild, the Reading Agency with libraries, World Book Day and the BBC, one million books will be given away by an army of passionate readers to members of the public across the UK and Ireland – and you could be one of them!
All you have to do is apply to be one of the 20,000 people who will receive 50 copies of one of their favourite books to recommend and donate to whoever you choose.
The publishing industry believes that by giving away this unprecedented amount of books free, we will encourage people to read more or indeed be the catalyst for some to take up reading for pleasure for the first time. The selection of titles is diverse; from classics such as the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark to more recent books such as Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. There are novels, thrillers, crime books, children’s books and non fiction on the list to be given away.
So take a look at the World Book Night website and get involved in this amazing event. You can visit the web site to register and read the launch announcement by clicking here. http://www.worldbooknight.org/
Good luck in becoming one of the 20,000 to be selected.
Date Added: Fri 7 January 2011
St Ives appoints new PR Company
The St Ives Group has appointed PR consultancy, Believe Eve to handle its communication with immediate effect, following a rigorous review of its marketing objectives.
To deliver St Ives’ vision for the future, a fresh, new approach to communication is required, which will aim to challenge perceptions of the Company. Believe Eve will work closely with the Company’s 12 divisions to publicise the innovative, high quality services available, but the team will also be responsible for strengthening awareness of the Group’s ability to provide multi-channel, intelligent marketing services to its clients, as well as print.
Date Added: Mon 13 December 2010
Occam Announce Partnership to Meet Demand for End-to-end Marketing Solutions
Occam, St Ives' data marketing business announces a partnership agreement with Portrait Software, a leading provider of customer interaction optimisation software. The partnership will enable large B2C organisations to take advantage of Portrait’s insight driven applications within Occam’s tailored marketing management environment.
Date Added: Mon 4 October 2010
St Ives print procurement helps power new Royal Mail DM service success
St Ives plc, the sole supplier of print management services to the Royal Mail Group, has provided the engine for the UK letter and package business to launch its new Direct Mail service, called “Mailshots Online” TM, to small and medium size businesses.
Delivered together with iRed Partnership Limited, the specialist customer engagement and document management organisation that is a subsidiary of The Royal Mail, the new service enables businesses to quickly, easily and successfully engage with their market.
The new Mailshots Online TM service allows businesses with little or no design experience to get personalised messages designed, proofed, printed and delivered to customers quickly. This service can be for very short runs or mass mailings.
Date Added: Mon 4 October 2010
Royal Mail stamp of approval for St Ives
20 September 2010 – St Ives’ Service Graphics division earned plaudits from Royal Mail recently for its contribution to a successful exhibit at the Festival of Stamps. St Ives printed, finished and installed graphics for Royal Mail’s stand at the eight-day event located at the Business Design Centre, Islington.
Date Added: Mon 20 September 2010
St Ives acquires leading UK Data Marketing Company, Occam DM Ltd
Established in 1993, Occam is one of the UK’s leading database marketing services companies. It provides marketing support and business information management software to its blue chip client base in both the public and private sectors. It employs approximately eighty staff, is headquartered near Bristol and has a strong client base which includes a number of FTSE 100 companies and household names.
Date Added: Mon 31 May 2010
Pizza Hut enhances marketing efficiency and campaign successes using DNA from St Ives
SP Group, the leading provider of POS, POP and related services (part of St Ives plc), has implemented its online campaign management system, DNA, into the marketing and production operation of UK restaurant chain, Pizza Hut.
Utilising DNA, Pizza Hut now has one
centrally managed, online marketing resource, providing better visibility and control of point of sale campaign allocation, and streamlining the production process for significant production savings. The system also enables Area Managers to personalise marketing campaigns for individual restaurants to support local store marketing activity.
Date Added: Thu 15 April 2010
St Ives reduce carbon emissions year on year
St Ives plc were successful in achieving the Carbon Trust Standard in March 2010.
This has been awarded in recognition of the group’s continued reduction in it’s CO2 emissions over the last three consecutive financial years. Certification is valid until 31st August 2011 and will assist the group in reducing the financial impact of the Carbon Reduction Commitment which came into force on 1st April 2010.
Date Added: Wed 14 April 2010
Service Graphics Events & Exhibitions business diversifies to meet future customer challenges
15 March 2010 - Service Graphics Events & Exhibitions, the live events and exhibition specialists within the St Ives Group, is diversifying its business offering to enable it to better meet the requirements of changing markets.
As part of its diversification, Service Graphics is expanding its creative and project management capabilities, and introducing a unique portfolio of online event asset management tools, designed to deliver value for money to clients organising multiple events.
Date Added: Tue 16 March 2010
St Ives appoints former Southernprint talent for strategic business development
St Ives is pleased to announce the appointments of Charles Jarrold and Jamie Booth, as Group Business Development Directors.
As previous Southernprint employees with a wealth of experience and success, both Jarrold and Booth are expected to benefit St Ives and its customers, in further driving the company’s value added business model across the group, leading to increased sales and superior customer service.
Date Added: Tue 9 February 2010
Service Graphics & SP Group create bags of impact
When our clients want to grab attention we can make it happen - this piece of promotional theatre for Sainsbury's Finance has, undeniably, plenty of impact. Two of our divisions Service Graphics and SP Group combined their skills to produce these massive recreations of shopping bags.
Date Added: Mon 14 December 2009
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