Printweek Daily Bulletin: Crunch time at YM Group; Return to form for SDUK; Cropper lowers profit forecast; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 25 March 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [BREAKING: Crunch time at YM Group as sites put up for sale]( [BREAKING: Crunch time at YM Group as sites put up for sale]( BREAKING: The future ownership – and structure – of YM Group is up in the air with a fast-track sale process underway and the potential that administrators could be appointed at three of its sites. [Sign & Digital UK impresses on return]( [Sign & Digital UK impresses on return]( Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) was well received by exhibitors and visitors alike on its return after a pandemic-induced three-year hiatus. [Energy crisis curbs James Cropper profit expectations]( [Energy crisis curbs James Cropper profit expectations]( Paper and advanced materials group James Cropper has revised down by £1.4m the expectations for its full-year pre-tax profit due to the impact of energy price increases. [Printful launches first UK fulfilment centre]( On-demand printing and fulfilment specialist Printful has officially opened its first UK fulfilment centre in Wolverhampton to help scale up its production and improve its services in the UK. [Business grant supports £40,000 investment for Halesworth]( Halesworth Print Finishers has invested £40,000 in kit and premises upgrades after winning a £20,000 grant from the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership. [Yesterday's most read] [More paper price increases flagged up]( [Hague targets growth with new HQ]( [UPM Pulp strike settlement proposal submitted]( [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] [Business Development Manager | Self Adhesive Labels | UK]( [Stitcher Operator]( [Press Assistant]( [Insertion Line Operator]( [Account Manager | POS | Nottinghamshire]( [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](.