Printweek Daily Bulletin: YM workers demand clarity; Bridgepoint returns as latest ITG backer; CPI urges government to act on energy; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Wednesday 30 March 2022 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Anxious YM workers demand clarity]( [Anxious YM workers demand clarity]( Nervous workers at YM’s three up-for-sale web plants are awaiting clarity from the group’s bosses about the future for the sites, after Walstead apparently withdrew its interest in a possible rescue deal. [Bridgepoint returns as latest ITG backer]( [Bridgepoint returns as latest ITG backer]( Bridgepoint Capital has returned for another bite of the Inspired Thinking Group cherry, taking a majority stake in the marketing services business for a second time. [CPI urges government to act on energy crisis]( [CPI urges government to act on energy crisis]( The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has published a position paper urging the government to act to support the UK’s paper-based industries during the current crisis of energy cost inflation. [Fedrigoni enters RFID market with latest M&A activity]( Fedrigoni Group has acquired a majority share of RFID specialist Tageos. [FaberExposize UK ups capabilities with latest Agfa install]( Wide-format display specialist FaberExposize UK has taken on a new Agfa Jeti Tauro H3300 printer to support the further expansion of the business and its sister company Northern Flags. [Yesterday's most read] [YM employees 'will be paid']( [Stora Enso to sell four of its five paper sites]( [Crunch time at YM Group as sites put up for 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] [Senior Account Executive - POS and Print]( [CNC Operator]( [1x Press Assistant / 1x Perfect Binder / 1x Stitcher Operator]( [CAD Draughtsman - Signage]( [Account Manager - all rounder]( [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](.