Mega mailing tender goes live; Royal Mail crunch week; Nomoq eyes UK opportunity; and more....

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Monday 20 March 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient]( [Today's top stories] [Seven figure mail tender and bumper signage contract up for grabs]( [Seven figure mail tender and bumper signage contract up for grabs]( A mailing tender worth £1.3m is the biggest industry tender currently live, with a major signage manufacture framework also active. [Crunch week to resolve Royal Mail dispute]( [Crunch week to resolve Royal Mail dispute]( The CWU has described the week ahead as “critical to the outcome” of its long-running dispute with Royal Mail, with a series of pay for change proposals aimed at stabilising the business now on the table. [Nomoq eyes up UK for digital can expansion]( [Nomoq eyes up UK for digital can expansion]( Swiss digital can printing start-up Nomoq will open a third European site in the UK, following its expansion into Germany in 2022. [Sign & Digital UK kicking off tomorrow]( The 2023 edition of Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) is opening its doors at the NEC, Birmingham tomorrow (21 March). [NUJ decries latest Reach job cuts]( Plans for further job losses at media group Reach have resulted in the National Union of Journalists delivering a vote of no confidence in the group’s CEO and senior management. [JICMail launches new Response Rate Tracker]( JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released results from its inaugural Response Rate Tracker research. [Sponsored content] [Good for your business, good for the planet]( [Good for your business, good for the planet]( As the much-maligned fashion industry looks to clean up its act, on-demand direct-to-fabric printing might just represent its, and your, biggest opportunity. [Discover how smart marketers are using print to drive digital engagement]( [Discover how smart marketers are using print to drive digital engagement]( [Yesterday's most read] [Snows Business Forms in administration]( [Manchester Printers Group status unclear]( [Scully takes top job at K&B UK]( [Blogs] [Newspaper bosses should look into a different kind of digital future]( Jo Francis considers the potential future opportunity in a market that's subject to massive decline. [In this issue] [The February and March issue is out now. Our ‘2023 Shortlist issue’ is jam-packed with the best the UK print industry has to offer as well as all the usual thought-provoking insights and the latest news and views...]( [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] [Print Finisher]( [Labels Sales Account Manager]( [Estimator / Account Manager - Print]( [Litho Print Operator and Trainee Litho Print Operator]( [Technical Artworker / Repro Operator]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [VMC - back with a bang for the 10th anniversary]( [VMC - back with a bang for the 10th anniversary]( The BPIF’s Visual Media Conference (VMC) event returns to Leeds’ Rose Bowl on 4 April 2023, for the first time in three years. [The protection racket]( [The protection racket]( Data protection issues are rarely far from the news. And as the recent ransomeware attack on Royal Mail in January illustrated, not only are they publicly embarrassing, they can be commercially disastrous both for the attacked organisation and its customers. [Is the decline in skilled print workers a cause for concern?]( [Is the decline in skilled print workers a cause for concern?]( On the face of it, statistics released recently that revealed the number of skilled tradespeople working in the print sector fell by 73% between 2006 and 2021 seem alarming. [Product portfolio] [Star product: Serif Affinity Version 2]( A fully featured yet very low-cost challenger to Adobe’s Creative Suite – with Pantone swatch libraries. What’s not to like? [Me & My: SwissQprint Nyala 4]( A grant of £54,200 from New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Growing Business Fund helped to fund a new 3.2x2m flatbed/roll printer at CIM Signs & Graphics, a sign printing and installation specialist based just to the north of Norwich. © MA Business Limited 2023. [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](.