Printweek Daily Bulletin - UPM braced for strike action; Heidelberg sells more of German site; Artisan Signs continues family tradition; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Monday 20 December 2021 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [UPM braced for strike action at Finnish ops]( [UPM braced for strike action at Finnish ops]( UPM is facing the prospect of three weeks of strike action at its Finnish mills from the start of the new year, at a time when the industry is already dealing with shortages and a supply squeeze on some paper grades. [Heidelberg sells more of German site to VGP]( [Heidelberg sells more of German site to VGP]( Heidelberg has sold 80,000sqm of space at its main Wiesloch-Walldorf site in Germany to specialist developer VGP Group. [Artisan Signs continues family tradition]( [Artisan Signs continues family tradition]( Kettering-based signmaker Artisan Signs has appointed Jake Davey as business development manager of the company that was founded by his grandfather and father. [Wilkins Group supports vulnerable people with festive care packages]( The Wilkins Group has hand-delivered hundreds of hampers to the most vulnerable people in its local area. [Killer app: Dorset Digital delivers silver service for snowy scenes]( With an estimated one billion Christmas cards sent each year in the UK alone, printers up and down the country are kept busy in the run-up to winter producing suitably festive designs. [Sponsored content] [Sustainable printing: canvas prints set an example]( [Sustainable printing: canvas prints set an example]( ‘What is the environmental impact of your product?’ is a question being asked of print providers more and more. So, what’s been done so far, and what changes are being introduced to make printing more sustainable? [Yesterday's most read] [Delta Group wins McColl’s POS contract]( [John E Wright to acquire print supplies firm and invest]( [Precision Proco launches 2022 commitments with festive single]( [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 Christmas gift to you, your December & January issue, may have made its way down the chimney a little ahead of Santa's schedule, but as usual it is jam-packed with business and technology long reads and snappy news roundups...]( [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] [Signage Account Manager / Estimator]( [Area Sales Representative - Food Packaging]( [Instrumentation Engineer - Days]( [Laser Print Operator]( [Print Account Manager]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Having flexible friends]( [Having flexible friends]( There’s no question that Covid has altered society. It’s trampled on civil liberties, seen vaccines rolled out in double-quick time, spurred on the deployment of information technologies, and it’s reshaped economic landscapes, too. [Growing a new business]( [Growing a new business]( In his own words, Tom Willday has been part of his fourth-generation, family-owned printing business since he was in a pram. As a toddler he would regularly sit at the front desk of the Leicester-based SME, eventually helping out around the business as age and understanding allowed. [Taxing times]( [Taxing times]( Towards the end of the summer, HMRC announced a consultation on proposals which would radically alter how unincorporated businesses – sole traders and partnerships – are taxed. [Product portfolio] [Me & My: Bobst Visionfoil 104]( Herbert Walkers’ fourth Bobst hot foiling machine has doubled productivity of embellishment for packaging, its fastest growing sector. [Star Product: Cron CTP 46 H+]( A low-cost platesetter from an established Chinese manufacturer. © 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](.