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[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 13 August 2021 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Printers up their game for Premier League kick-off]( [Printers up their game for Premier League kick-off]( Printers up and down the country are benefiting from an uptick in activity as the new Premier League season kicks off with near-normal crowds allowed back into stadiums. [Industry associates mourn David Bartlett]( [Industry associates mourn David Bartlett]( Renowned designer and champion of paper and cardboard engineering David Bartlett has died, aged 81. [Home interest titles impress in mag ABCs as women’s weeklies decline]( [Home interest titles impress in mag ABCs as women’s weeklies decline]( Cooking and gardening titles were among the top performers in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) consumer magazine reports, but the women’s weeklies sector continued its decline. [IPIA December event seeks to re-energise UK print]( The IPIA will close 2021 with its first physical event for almost two years, with the goal of “re-energising the print industry and stimulating market activity”. [Nettl Crewe & Nantwich to rebrand]( Nettl Crewe & Nantwich is gearing up to rebrand to We Display next month as it realigns its service offering. [Sponsored content] [Levelling up: investing to become a labelling leader]( [Levelling up: investing to become a labelling leader]( Discover how a West Country SME’s investment strategy delivered sustainable growth and opened up new verticals. [Yesterday's most read] [DS Smith invests in robot workforce at Kemsley mill]( [Kodak Sonora plate volumes up 84% in Q2]( [Weekend and You on the move]( [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] [Our June & July 'Shape up and stand out' issue is out now and while it’s stuffed with the usual insights and business critical info, it also boasts the 2021 Printweek Top 500 - the bellwether report on the industry's financial health...]( [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] [Commercial Print Account Manager]( [Sign Installer / Production Operative (SN2323)]( [No2 Press Minder]( [Environmental & Food Contact Compliance Lead - Paper Mill]( [Quality Control Technologist - Paper Mill]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Spend and save]( [Spend and save]( It’s not often that the government puts in place a programme that is both welcomed and little criticised, but that’s exactly what the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, did on Budget Day in March. [Making a planned exit]( [Making a planned exit]( Every privately held business will one day change hands. Whether through retirement, family circumstance or death, ownership will move on. [The shape of things to come in marketing]( [The shape of things to come in marketing]( If you type the term ‘shaped door drops’ into a well-known search engine, you are unlikely to get a print-relevant answer in the first few results. [Product portfolio] [Me & My: BGM Elite DSR]( Garage start-ups tend to be associated with the US – think Apple and Hewlett-Packard – but they’re not uncommon on this side of the Atlantic either. It’s surprising how many of the successful printers and manufacturers profiles by Printweek over the years trace their origins back to one person’s vision and hard work, setting up in a back room, a garage or, for the luxury of space, a railway arch. [Star product: Xeikon SX20000]( This 520mm-wide, dry-toner press can produce high-quality SRA3-plus sheets on a wide range of substrate types and weights, making it a flexible option for a variety of target markets. © MA Business Limited 2021. [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](.