Historic Deanprint shuttered; AI taskforce gets funding; Oasis expands offering; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Tuesday 25 April 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [Historic Deanprint shuttered]( [Historic Deanprint shuttered]( It looks like it’s the end of the line for the historic Deanprint business after potential interest in the company failed to result in a sale. [Government invests in safe AI taskforce]( [Government invests in safe AI taskforce]( The government will invest £100m in start-up funding for a taskforce to develop safe and reliable artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models. [Oasis flourishes after Nyala install]( [Oasis flourishes after Nyala install]( Berkshire signage and graphics firm Oasis has branched out after installing a brand-new SwissQprint Nyala 4 hybrid printer. [Texo Trade Services to highlight green launches at Fespa]( Texo Trade Services (TTS) will be demonstrating its green credentials at Fespa Global Print Expo in Munich next month, including a new textile recycling service and several new green products. [Swanline Group enhances gluing and taping]( Swanline Group has increased its gluing and taping capacity after taking delivery of a Lamina 2200 GL Gluer. [Yesterday's most read] [Royal Mail agreement now needs postie approval]( [Transcend secures £8m investment from Japan]( [News UK seals supplement deal with Walstead]( [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] [Book Binder]( [Vinyl Installer / Signage Operator]( [Sign Installer X2 (85% Night Working)]( [2D Graphic Designer - Retail Displays]( [POS Senior Account Manager]( [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](.