£123m tender launches; Mail talks end: no deal; Coronation invites revealed; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Wednesday 05 April 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [NHS goes live with huge tender]( [NHS goes live with huge tender]( NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has opened a £123m-plus tender for the provision of the framework agreement for the NHSBSA and wider health family, which encompasses various requirements including a range of print. [Royal Mail: talks end with no deal]( [Royal Mail: talks end with no deal]( Talks between Royal Mail management and the CWU have concluded without an agreement being reached – and predictably there’s also a disagreement about the lack of an agreement. [Green Man and green card for Coronation invitations]( [Green Man and green card for Coronation invitations]( Buckingham Palace has revealed the stunning design of the invitations to the upcoming Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla – with the invitations to be printed on recycled card. [Michael Grade named new Printing Charity president]( The Printing Charity has named Michael Grade, Lord Grade of Yarmouth CBE and chair of Ofcom, as its president for 2023. [Optimum Signs first to buy PrintIQ V46]( Preston-based wide signwriter Optimum Signs was the first to sign up for PrintIQ’s latest cloud MIS software package, Version 46 (V46). [Sponsored content] [Leading Indian board mill sets sights on UK growth with AM partnership]( [Leading Indian board mill sets sights on UK growth with AM partnership]( AM Trading UK has been appointed exclusive official UK partner for all Emami coated board products, as it targets expanding the options for UK packaging converters. [Yesterday's most read] [MediaCo installs UK’s first SwissQprint Kudu]( [Vivid scoops biggest-ever order]( [Agfa's Offset Solutions division officially under new ownership]( [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] [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 - Nights]( [Finisher]( [Print BDM - Existing Accounts]( [Field Service Engineer | Packaging Machinery | Scotland]( [Business Development Manager]( [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](.