Category: Features

On a learning curve

With educating the wider market about print possibilities an ongoing mission, are there lessons we can learn from CMYUK’s Creatives in Residence Live initiative?

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Prize promise

If you are a winner in the new UK Graphic Awards this year, the organisers will help you get yourself noticed – and ensure potential customers understand the possibilities of wide-format print. 

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Talk, and he will listen

Here’s why the large-format print sector should be in conversation with Chris Newton, organiser of The Surface Design Show. The 2019 event takes place this month, drawing a crowd of designers and architects. Digital print will get an airing. But it could be a much bigger focus in 2020.

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Crossing The Line

So you’re a ‘solutions provider’. Really? Even if it means reducing the amount of print you do for a customer – and using other companies to deliver parts of a project if it’s better for them? Taylor Bloxham has a team that will do just that. Here’s how it expects to grow business from the approach.

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22-24 FEB, 2026
Sign & Digital UK

Where?

Hall 6, NEC, Birmingham

Cost?

Free to members of the sign making and digital print trade.

What is it?

Running for more than 35 years, Sign & Digital UK is a central part of the industry’s calendar, providing an annual launch pad for all that is new, and an economic stimulus for the industry. The show gives the opportunity to meet in person, see and compare equipment and kit from the major industry suppliers, and the chance to source new suppliers and gather new ideas to enhance and drive your business forward.

23 FEB, 2026
The Sign Industry Awards

Where?

National Conference Centre, Birmingham.

Cost?

An individual ticket is £289, whereas a table of 10 is £2,800.

What is it?

The Sign Industry Awards, presented by Sign Update and Sign & Digital UK, celebrate excellence in the visual communications sector by honouring past achievements, present innovations, and future advancements. These awards recognise outstanding suppliers, sign makers, and individual traders in sign making, digital printing, and visual communications. With over 35 years of industry service, SDUK and Sign Update ensure that everyone in the industry has a voice, highlighting and rewarding the best in the field.