Printweek Daily Bulletin: Industry reacts to Spring Statement; Global body's paper warning; Hague targets growth; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 24 March 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Spring Statement 22: industry reacts]( [Spring Statement 22: industry reacts]( The industry and business groups have offered a lukewarm welcome to the Spring Statement, which in the eyes of many didn't deliver the levels of support businesses need. [WPCF warns on paper shortage endangering industry rebound]( [WPCF warns on paper shortage endangering industry rebound]( Members of the World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF) have warned that the current paper shortages will have severe repercussions in the supply of print products for all economic markets and are endangering the sector's rebound after the coronavirus pandemic. [Hague targets growth with new HQ]( [Hague targets growth with new HQ]( Print management specialist Hague Group will relocate its Normanton, West Yorkshire head office to a neighbouring site later this year as it looks to drive growth and sustainability. [MX Display expands textiles offering with latest investment]( MX Display has invested in an EFI Vutek FabriVu 340i textile printer and a CMYUK High Roller Carousel storage system to enhance its textiles offering. [The consequences of failure]( Businesses are aware of what follows from any failure to adhere to, or fulfil, a contract. They know they’ll suffer non-payment, loss of reputation and risk legal action. [Yesterday's most read] [Print bosses reflect on Covid, two years on from lockdown]( [UPM Pulp strike settlement proposal submitted]( [Your Print Partner in pre-pack sale]( [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] [While the Printweek Awards finalists deservedly took centre stage in our February & March ‘Shortlist issue’, the issue was crammed as ever with a smorgasbord of insightful 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] [Project Manager - Signage]( [Operations Manager - Digital Print]( [Head of Sales | Corrugated | West Midlands]( [Key Account Manager | Corrugated | Leicestershire]( [Account Manager | POS & Print | Sweden]( [More jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [SDUK makes a brilliant return to show business]( [SDUK makes a brilliant return to show business]( After a near three-year-long hiatus, the expo that bills itself as the UK’s longest running event for the visual communications sector is set to take place in March. [An international affair]( [An international affair]( Margins in print can be slender. Looking at the most recent Printweek Top 500 report, compiled in association with business advisory and accountancy firm Grant Thornton, the average industry operating profit margin across the 500 companies that made the cut was 3.23%, while the average pre-tax profit margin was 2.74%. [Product portfolio] [Star product: Mutoh XpertJet Pro series]( Manufacturer’s upgraded inkjets offer both speed and quality boosts. [Me & My: Vivid Laminating Technologies VeloBlade Volta 69+]( Brighton-based One Digital had always outsourced die-cutting jobs. It had a sizeable array of equipment in its factory that allowed it to take on all manner of digital and litho work, including a vinyl Summa machine, so it was used to setting up dies and cutting guides, but die-cutting was something it had never really considered bringing in-house. © MA Business Limited 2022. [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](.