New Paragon CEO named; Elevate brings work in-house; CPI's climate reporting tool; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Tuesday 18 April 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [Supply chain expert is new Paragon CEO]( [Supply chain expert is new Paragon CEO]( Paragon has appointed a supply chain expert to succeed Jeremy Walters at the helm of its UK, Ireland and Luxembourg business. [Elevate Signs & Graphics brings work in-house with HP install]( [Elevate Signs & Graphics brings work in-house with HP install]( Elevate Signs & Graphics has brought a large amount of work in-house and started to explore new markets after installing a new HP Latex 335 printer. [CPI plans new climate reporting tool for clients]( [CPI plans new climate reporting tool for clients]( CPI Group has teamed with ClimateCalc as the book printing specialist steps up emissions tracking and client reporting across its operations. [The Pen Warehouse launches hi-res digital pen printing]( Trade merchandising supplier Tancia, which trades as The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products, has commenced production with a pair of custom-built transfer presses allowing the production of pens printed at 300dpi. [Macfarlane launches new packaging Innovation LabÂ]( Protective packaging distributor Macfarlane Packaging has opened its second packaging Innovation Lab at its flagship Northwest Regional Distribution Centre in Heywood, near Manchester. [QPS adds ColorJet Verve Mini to stocklist]( Quality Print Services (QPS) has added ColorJet’s small-format LED UV flatbed press, the Verve Mini, to its stocklist. [Yesterday's most read] [Hopes for agreement between CWU and Royal Mail]( [HMRC launches £140m comms tender]( [Sappi's mega mill sale is off]( [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] [Account Manager - Large Format Print / Exhibitions / Events]( [Project Manager | Large Format Graphics And Retail Point Of Sale | North Home Counties]( [Business Development Manager - Graphics And Signs]( [Sign Technician]( [Account Executive | POS | Manchester]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Offering a helping hand]( [Offering a helping hand]( Not for decades have we all been under so much pressure financially. Rising energy bills, relatively high mortgage rates, food prices on the increase, and to cap it all, a tax burden that is at a 70-year peak – there is real pain being felt. [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](.