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The ISA-UK has appointed industry outsider Chris Coward as its new general manager. The move sees Craig Brown stepping down as interim CEO, a temporary role he took on in July 2021 to help guide the association whilst a permanent replacement was sought.

Over half (51%) of UK business decision makers are worried about productivity in the workplace, with 74% showing at least some concern as we move into the next stages of the Covid crisis according to new ‘How to Grow’ playbook by business transformation consultancy Agility in Mind.

Brett Martin has awarded Jetrix large-format printers approved partner status for use with its media.  

Enfocus has revamped its customer portal My Enfocus, where users can find information specific to them, such as license keys, dashboards etc. It will also allow users to download the latest installers, assign subscriptions or log a support ticket.

Christophe Aussenac has replaced Christian Duyckaerts as Fespa president - a term that runs for three years.

HP will host a webinar entitled ‘Putting Sustainability at the Heart of your Business’ at 10am on 28 October.

ColorGate has completed its management team with the appointment of Daniel Hummel as its new chief technology officer.  

Participants in CMYUK’s Creatives in Residence Live (CIRL) programme are embarking upon their first design brief. The three surface designers have until 5 November to produce an A3 swatch book, three wallpaper designs, three natural, and three polyester printed fabrics under the theme’ Abstract Florals’.

Perspex Distribution founder and MD Keith Piggott will leave the company on 28 February next year. He will be succeeded by Craig Dodson who joined PDL in 2003 and has been a director for the last ten years.

Flint Group Packaging is to further increase the prices of all its ink and coating products for the flexible packaging, paper and board, and narrow web markets. Increases will vary by product and will be applied throughout the remainder of 2021.

The BPIF has held a graduation ceremony in honour of those who have completed their Level 5 management course over the past two years, plus Level 2, 3  and 5 apprentices recognised for their outstanding achievement.

Late payments are threatening the survival of small businesses across the UK, according to findings from new QR-code payment and invoicing app, tomato pay. Its poll showed that 84% of small businesses suffer from late payments. One in eight (12%) wait more than 60 days on average for an invoice to be paid, while one in 50 (2%) have to wait more than 90 days.

EFI has brought out the Fiery FS500 Pro platform to improve digital print productivity.

The 180-10-A series of single flute routers from Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) has been extended with the Vitreo coated router for machining aluminium composite material (ACM) and an Iridis coated variant for the machining of aluminium.