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Registration is open for the ESMA Academy ‘Sustainable Digital Printing on Textiles’ online course, which will take place on the afternoons of 12-14 March.

Trade print services operation Graphic Warehouse is partnering business coach, ‘How To Wreck Your Business’ author and former print boss Stuart Mason to offer a free business growth and development programme. This includes a series of podcasts by Mason, which will be released weekly on the Graphic Warehouse website from Friday 9 February, and be followed by a series of workshops.

The Ghent Workgroup (GWG) is looking for textile and 3D print experts to join its specification subcommittee. The GWG - which currently provides commercial print, digital print, sign and display, and packaging standards - is hoping to extend its work into these other two sectors.

With National Apprenticeship Week in full flow, MacroArt is celebrating team member Geneve Gurr being named ‘Learner of the Year’ by Learn2Print.

The Enterprise Research Centre’s (ERC) tenth annual ‘State of Small Business Britain’ report has found small business growth in the UK has slowed over the last decade, and the ERC recommends that government focus on creating a framework that helps more SMEs to achieve growth, sustainability and resilience.

The BPIF has released a new tool to make compliance management easier. The Safety Compliance Planner takes the stress out of keeping up to date with checks and assessments by alerting those responsible with reminders. Each chosen service type will provide an email trigger allowing plenty of time to take action, providing supporting information and materials to guide the recipient through the process.

The team behind Four Pees has launched a cloud-based print production management platform called Atomyx. This will be spun-off from Four Pees as a separate company to stimulate its growth by allowing other partners, resellers, and consultants to provide services around the platform.

Soyang Europe has appointed Charlie Lightbown as sales administrator. Lightbown, becomes the youngest member of the team, and will work across internal sales and customer service.

PrintFactory has signed a strategic partnership with Liyu UK. The partnership aims to deliver a seamless integration of PrintFactory software and Liyu Platinum printers.

Exclusive Mimaki distributor Hybrid Services has appointed Rob Kaziewicz in the newly created role of assistant technical manager. Kaziewicz has over 30 years’ experience in the wide-format printing industry, having held senior positions at reseller and distributor level, as well as being one of the founders of former Mimaki authorised reseller partner, GPT, in 2008.

Fespa has confirmed the programme for its first Sportswear Pro conference, taking place on 21 March 2024. Running alongside the new Sportswear Pro exhibition (19-22 March, RAI Amsterdam), delegates will learn about the latest developments in the sportswear manufacturing industry, as well as innovations in on-demand and customised sportswear production.

Printing inks and coatings specialist Siegwerk has signed an agreement for a Standard Membership with the World Climate Foundation, which for over a decade has been promoting collaboration between governments, businesses, financial institutions, and international organisations to accelerate the transition to a green economy.

Roland DG is taking two stands at the co-located SDUK 2024 and Printwear and Promotion Live! shows (NEC, 25-27 February) where it will showcase three new products for the first time in the UK.

New from Intec Printing Solutions is the B2 ColorCut FB780-T digital die flatbed cutter and tangential creaser.