This year’s list features 26 new entries and, with a printer reclaiming the top spot, a brand new number one. “Putting together the Power 100 is always one of the highlights of the editorial team’s year and compiling the 2013 list was no different,” said PrintWeek editor Darryl Danielli. Thanks to everyone who voted in the Power 100 online poll, which received more than 2,500 nominations, and congratulations to Chris Savage, managing director of Round & About Publications, who won the iPod Nano that was up for grabs. The ranking, which features who’s in, who’s out, who’s up, who’s down, the reasons why and the results of the public vote was published in the 19 August issue of PrintWeek out today. An online version will not be available until later this week. If you’re not a subscriber to PrintWeek magazine, you can sign up here....

The device was installed three weeks ago and joins the company’s existing fleet of HP printers including two HP Latex 260s, two HP Designjet Z6200 photo printers and an HP5500, which was installed in 1999. AJD Group, which comprises AJ Print, BPE Signs and Just, offers a range of products including POS displays, posters, roller banners and vehicle wraps. Managing director John Attridge said that the installation of the L280 meant that the business could now produce 2.5m-wide banners without the need to put seams in. The company sold its Roland SJ1000 to make way for the new machine and Attridge said he was already eyeing other printers and ancillary finishing equipment. He said that the company had made the decision to become an HP-only house, including all inks and media, for two reasons. “Firstly, we have used the brand for many years and therefore know and trust it well; and secondly, the superior technology allows us to provide a 24-hour print service with only eight hours of manned supervision, thus avoiding the need for two complete shifts of labour,” he explained. Attridge said that as well as investing in more equipment in the coming months, the business intended to “make competitor acquisitions” that would add to its capacity. As a result of its planned acquisitions, which Attridge said were still confidential, the £1.2m-turnover group is forecasting an ambitious £15.5m in sales by the end of 2016. “Whilst this looks ambitious, contracts already in place that are yet to begin, as well as others in the pipeline, suggest that this figure may in fact balloon toward £80m should critical formation factors come into being,” said Attridge. The business also intends to increase its 13-strong workforce to 20 by the end of 2013....

The device was installed three weeks ago and joins the company’s existing fleet of HP printers including two HP Latex 260s, two HP Designjet Z6200 photo printers and an HP5500, which was installed in 1999. AJD Group, which comprises AJ Print, BPE Signs and Just, offers a range of products including POS displays, posters, roller banners and vehicle wraps. Managing director John Attridge said that the installation of the L280 meant that the business could now produce 2.5m-wide banners without the need to put seams in. The company sold its Roland SJ1000 to make way for the new machine and Attridge said he was already eyeing other printers and ancillary finishing equipment. He said that the company had made the decision to become an HP-only house, including all inks and media, for two reasons. “Firstly, we have used the brand for many years and therefore know and trust it well; and secondly, the superior technology allows us to provide a 24-hour print service with only eight hours of manned supervision, thus avoiding the need for two complete shifts of labour,” he explained. Attridge said that as well as investing in more equipment in the coming months, the business intended to “make competitor acquisitions” that would add to its capacity. As a result of its planned acquisitions, which Attridge said were still confidential, the £1.2m-turnover group is forecasting an ambitious £15.5m in sales by the end of 2016. “Whilst this looks ambitious, contracts already in place that are yet to begin, as well as others in the pipeline, suggest that this figure may in fact balloon toward £80m should critical formation factors come into being,” said Attridge. The business also intends to increase its 13-strong workforce to 20 by the end of 2013....

Company, published by Hearst Magazines UK, was hit by a 36.7% drop in circulation, while Cosmopolitan, Red and Elle‘s readerships contracted by 15%, 10.5% and 10.2% respectively. The only paid-for women’s title to experience growth was Hearst-Rodale’s Women’s Health, which increased circulation by 1.8% to 102,116. Bauer Media chief executive Paul Keenan said: “ABC figures are one important part of a wider picture that makes up a brand’s reach and influence. “Our focus is all about building valuable audience reach through delivering content wherever, whenever and however consumers want it.” Despite circulation drops of 16.9% and 11.6% respectively for its titles Heat and Grazia, Keenan remained upbeat about their development on a multichannel level. “They have all grown reach in this period through innovation by developing relevant and compelling content across all platforms,” he said. IPC Media titles Woman’s Own, Woman and Woman’s Weekly also decreased in circulation by between 3% and 8%. The publisher has focused heavily on its digital developments over the past year with 27 of its brands publishing digital magazine certificates in the last six months. Cookery and kitchen titles were among those that experienced the biggest growth during the period, some by as much as 18%. Supermarket magazines retained the biggest circulations, with titles from Tesco, Asda and Morrisons topping the list with 1.9m, 1.9m and 1.2m copies respectively. Patrick Fuller, chairman of marketing agency Result, called the latest ABC results “underwhelming” for print, with digital growth being the only good news story for publishers. He said: “Cookery and kitchen is a buoyant category that is experiencing circulation growth because of the high percentage of customer magazines within the category – namely the supermarket titles that have become an entrenched part of shoppers’ overall media consumption.” He added that supermarket titles reached more than 11% of the population – a level of penetration unparalleled by any other print or digital channel in the UK. “This is an extremely compelling prospect for advertisers who are faced with the conundrum of dwindling audiences and the need to achieve profitable incremental sales,” he said....

Company, published by Hearst Magazines UK, was hit by a 36.7% drop in circulation, while Cosmopolitan, Red and Elle‘s readerships contracted by 15%, 10.5% and 10.2% respectively. The only paid-for women’s title to experience growth was Hearst-Rodale’s Women’s Health, which increased circulation by 1.8% to 102,116. Bauer Media chief executive Paul Keenan said: “ABC figures are one important part of a wider picture that makes up a brand’s reach and influence. “Our focus is all about building valuable audience reach through delivering content wherever, whenever and however consumers want it.” Despite circulation drops of 16.9% and 11.6% respectively for its titles Heat and Grazia, Keenan remained upbeat about their development on a multichannel level. “They have all grown reach in this period through innovation by developing relevant and compelling content across all platforms,” he said. IPC Media titles Woman’s Own, Woman and Woman’s Weekly also decreased in circulation by between 3% and 8%. The publisher has focused heavily on its digital developments over the past year with 27 of its brands publishing digital magazine certificates in the last six months. Cookery and kitchen titles were among those that experienced the biggest growth during the period, some by as much as 18%. Supermarket magazines retained the biggest circulations, with titles from Tesco, Asda and Morrisons topping the list with 1.9m, 1.9m and 1.2m copies respectively. Patrick Fuller, chairman of marketing agency Result, called the latest ABC results “underwhelming” for print, with digital growth being the only good news story for publishers. He said: “Cookery and kitchen is a buoyant category that is experiencing circulation growth because of the high percentage of customer magazines within the category – namely the supermarket titles that have become an entrenched part of shoppers’ overall media consumption.” He added that supermarket titles reached more than 11% of the population – a level of penetration unparalleled by any other print or digital channel in the UK. “This is an extremely compelling prospect for advertisers who are faced with the conundrum of dwindling audiences and the need to achieve profitable incremental sales,” he said....