PFI Group misses payment deadline; Jacobs to retire; Hickling & Squires refreshes digital; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [PrintWeek]( Thursday 01 June 2023 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Quadient] [Today's top stories] [PFI Group misses payment deadline]( [PFI Group misses payment deadline]( PFI Group has not made the first big payment related to its acquisition of Grafenia's printing operations last year. [Jacobs to retire after pioneering print career]( [Jacobs to retire after pioneering print career]( After nearly 50 years in the industry Print Evolved founder Ivor Jacobs will retire at the end of this month. [Hickling & Squires refreshes digital line-up]( [Hickling & Squires refreshes digital line-up]( Hickling & Squires has swapped out its old Xerox digital presses for a brand-new lineup of Konica Minoltas. [IPIA chair represents print at event hosted by deputy PM]( IPIA chair Charles Rogers has attended an event hosted by deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden, where he represented the UK print industry at a special Business Leaders Reception at No 10 Downing Street. [Royal Mail tops most read again in May]( It’s a hat-trick at the top of our monthly most read articles list as the latest update in the ongoing saga between Royal Mail and the CWU attracted the most clicks in May, ahead of a series of business failures, although the regular round-up of live print tenders provided some welcome relief from the gloom. [Sponsored content] [Create a winning brand protection strategy]( [Create a winning brand protection strategy]( Sarah Rutland looks at how today’s omnichannel retail market, with its futuristic, Industry 4.0-ready finery, offers many opportunities for brands – but also many risks. [Yesterday's most read] [Manchester Printers assets sold]( [Director disqualified over false invoices]( [Blackmore caps £2.5m investments with Ricoh press]( [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 April and May issue is out now. Our ‘colourful issue’ is crammed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...]( [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] [Technical Sales Manager]( [Print Finisher (Guillotine)]( [Country New Business Development Manager]( [No 2 Web Printer]( [Sign & Vinyl Fitter X 2]( [See the latest jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Weathering the workplace]( [Weathering the workplace]( When it comes to the British, if it’s not football, the royal family, or holidays, the conversation invariably turns to the weather. [Painting the town red, yellow, green and pink]( [Painting the town red, yellow, green and pink]( If there is one sense above all others that is the most powerful, it’s probably vision. A marvel of genetic engineering, eyes gather information about the world. [Unlocking the tenders process]( [Unlocking the tenders process]( Many firms are already switched on to the concept of selling to not just private organisations, but also the public sector. They take part in a market that the government noted in a June 2022 document, Transforming Public Procurement – our transparency ambition, was worth, then, about £300bn a year. [Product portfolio] [Me & My: Zünd G3 3XL-3200]( Founded 25 years ago in Kettering, Northants, Artisan Signs is a family-run, large-format print and signage company that works with a broad range of clients, taking in large retail, marketing and exhibition agencies through to local businesses and organisations. [Star product: Tecnau BookReady]( A novel cut-and-stack solution helps reduce labour requirements. © 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](.