Printweek Daily Bulletin: Royal Mail wrestles backlog; ImageData continues mega spend; Heidelberg's new business; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Tuesday 22 December 2020 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Royal Mail wrangles huge backlog, suspends some services]( [Royal Mail wrangles huge backlog, suspends some services]( There’s a glimmer of good news at Royal Mail, which has reached an accord with the CWU after a long-running dispute. However, pre-Christmas chaos caused by a huge increase in parcel volumes combined with new Covid-19 restrictions has caused the group to suspend some of its usual delivery guarantees. [ImageData Group continues mega investment drive]( [ImageData Group continues mega investment drive]( ImageData Group is continuing a major programme of investment in new kit that has totalled more than £500,000 so far and included new machines for all three of its production sites. [Heidelberg launches Irish business ]( [Heidelberg launches Irish business]( Heidelberg UK is to launch a new subsidiary in Ireland to enhance its presence north and south of the border. [BFS set to expand in 35th year]( BFS Pressroom Solutions is celebrating its 35th year in business and is set to expand its roller factory next year. [Covid-19: useful information for print businesses]( UPDATED 22.12.2020: Printweek is here to help in any way we can during the coronavirus crisis. We've put a host of useful links and info in one place, and we’ll keep updating this article with new information as it becomes available. [Yesterday's most read] [Allander Print in administration; Tempus IME acquires assets]( [Bakergoodchild continues growth strategy with £2m-plus spend]( [Cooper takes wraps off new venture]( [Blogs] [Printer's devil: it's in the detail]( Contributing editor Jo Francis muses on the latest goings on in the print industry. [In this issue] [Straddling December 2020 and January 2021, the latest Printweek is out now. Our '2020 vision’ issue is crammed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...]( [Forward to a friend](mailto:?subject=Print%20industry%20news%20...&body=I%20thought%20you%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20newsletter%20from%20PrintWeek:%20%20 [Got some news? Email the PrintWeek newsdesk here](mailto:printweek.newsdesk@markallengroup.com) [PrintWeek jobs] [Perfect Binder Operator]( [Sales Manager]( [Operations Director- Board Position]( [ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE ENGINEER]( [Machine Operatives for Binding]( [More jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Powering out of 2020]( [Powering out of 2020]( Ordinarily, the final issue of the year is dominated by the Printweek Power 100. However, as we all know far too well, 2020 has proven to be anything but an ordinary 12 months, so we thought in light of the events in this extraordinary year we would rest our annual ranking of the industry’s most influential figures. [Small things lead to big business]( [Small things lead to big business]( Christmas is coming and a lot of kids will be lucky enough to be given a model railway, still a popular hobby even in these days of PlayStations and smartphones. Big kids like model railways too, and it turns out that this year they didn’t want to wait for Christmas. [Product portfolio] [Me & my: Xerox Baltoro]( Nottingham-based direct mail (DM) specialist Eight Days a Week Print Solutions has a long-standing relationship with Xerox. [Star product: Actega Metal Print EcoLeaf]( A low-waste way of achieving high-end metallic effects on print. [Star product: Zaikio Print Connectivity Platform]( Now backed up by Heidelberg’s considerable clout, this connectivity platform is intended to deliver where JDF has failed and enable plug-and-play communication between any print-related device. © MA Business Limited 2020. [Contact Us]( [Advertising]( [Subscribe]( If you wish to unsubscribe from Printweek Daily News emails, please click [here](. To understand how we process, use & safeguard your data, please read our [Privacy Policy](. If you would like to update your marketing contact preferences, then please [click here](.