The OOH industry’s HY net media revenue results show revenue increased 22% over the same period in 2020, further suggesting signs of recovery, although it is still 20% behind the 2019 result.

Print staff travelling to work into, around and out of any one of the 12 Sydney LGAs of concern are facing further restrictions on going to work, which include the need for permits from Saturday.

One of the country’s biggest employers has tackled the question of mandatory vaccination in the workplace head on, with Qantas telling its 22,000 staff they will need to get the jab to continue working for the airline.

Growing print solutions specialist IPG Marketing Solutions has rebranded itself, and will now be called Impressu Print Group. GM Kahn Barlow says the rebrand reflects where the business is today, and where it will be in the future.

Pantone CMYK Coated and Uncoated Guides will now be available printed using G7 calibration, which Pantone says makes them achievable at almost any print provider in the world.

In the latest edict from the Victorian government, all print staff travelling to work in Melbourne must have an authorised travel permit, with matching photo ID, or face huge fines. Get one here.

The New Zealand print industry has had to close, with only print that is directly necessary for the essential supply chain able to be produced, as the country enters strict level four lockdown over one case.

HP Australia is joining forces with Ocean Impact Organisation to launch Generation Impact Incubator, a programme seeking out the next-gen of eco-innovation from young Australians.

Twenty years of blood, sweat and toil is being celebrated by the Penrith Museum of Printing, which over the years has lovingly restored an impressive range of equipment, creating Australia’s largest working print museum.

As Covid cases rise Melbourne and Canberra are extending their lockdowns, Covid is hurting the economy. Printers can still print if they are compliant with Covid restrictions, but NSW police now have the power to close down non-compliant businesses.

The federal government’s decision to leave it up to individual businesses and organisations whether to make vaccines mandatory in the workplace is copping flack from all sides, over what will likely be the biggest workplace issue of the next 12 months.

Print21 is expanding with a new deputy editor, as highly experienced print industry journalist Colleen Bate joins the ANZ industry’s media hub. Deputy editor is a new role at Print21, reflecting the growth and increasing number of media platforms it operates on.

The FPLMA has had to postpone its national conference, which was originally scheduled for next month, and now pushed back to February next year.

Food packaging outfit SPC has become the first Australian company to mandate all staff be vaccinated against Covid, in a move that will likely open the floodgates to many more businesses following the same path, and which raises a host of legal and ethical questions.

The Bacon Factory, which is the primary letterpress educator and advocate in Queensland, is being evicted, and given less than four weeks to vacate its premises, and is now seeking industry support to carry on its mission, from a mobile basis.

As the Covid crisis escalates the NSW state government is running webinars to show small businesses how to access support and relief in lockdown. The next webinar runs on Wednesday.