The ACCC is joining forces with heavyweight agencies in the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand, aiming to stamp out anti-competitive behaviour in shipping, which is at the centre of a global supply crisis.

Negotiations over the ongoing strike at papermaker UPM in Finland are breaking down, leading to dire warnings, as the paper giant claims it is the victim of a force majeure.

The first 2022 issue of the nation’s favourite print trade magazine Print21 has been arriving on the desks of print business owners and managers all week.

Some of the biggest industry developers and suppliers have made the exclusive CDP A list, which evaluates environmental activities and progress of businesses for hundreds of institutional investors.

Sustainability is entering business peoples’ consciousnesses in such a way that they are actually investing in it, with the environment slowly rising up the agendas of print service providers and suppliers alike.

The Print & Visual Communications Association is putting the call out for entries in the 2022 State PICAs, with entry for the prestigious awards on a tight time frame – they have to be in by the end of the month.

After a stellar career running print businesses large and small, the former founder and owner of heatset web operation AIW, Peter Clark, is the new president of industry employers group Print & Visual Communication Association.

Struggling NSW print businesses will be able to claim 20 per cent of their payroll, up to a maximum of $5000, but only if they can show turnover in January is down by at least 40 per cent on last year.

The Real Media Collective is forming a national team to raise funds for the homeless, calling on industry members to sleep rough for one night to raise funds for the Vinnie’s CEO Sleepout.

Rita Karagiannis, IVE Group, is the new Victorian Patron of industry association Women in Print, succeeding Kirsten Taylor, Taylor’d Press, who stepped down from the role late last year.

The Real Media Collective has called on the national cabinet to include print and its workers in its determination of essential service guidelines and protocols for exempting isolating employees.

Well known Brisbane print industry identity Simon Rowbottom passed away over the holidays, with funeral attendees wearing their most colourful, loud, bright, happy outfits in homage to his outlook on life.

EFI has sold off its Productivity Software business, which develops its MIS, ERP, and web-to-print solutions, to a technology-focused private equity company, which will rename it eProductivity Software.

Corné Mostert from Norwood Industries in Hallam took out the 2021 LIA Victoria Graduate of the Year Award, with Mostert presented with the award at the association’s first post-Covid in-person event.

Entries are now open for this year’s Printing Industry Creativity Awards, hosted by the Print & Visual Communications Association, with all Gold winners entered into the National Print Awards judging.

And so here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun, look to the future now, it's only just begun – all at Print21 echo the opening lines of the iconic tune from '70s glam rockers Slade to our readers, as we hope the future – free from Covid restrictions – has just begun.