Police in the UK have arrested a dozen gang members and recovered a haul of priceless rare books that have been buried under a Romanian garage for three years. The books were stolen in an Ocean’s 11 type heist.

Small businesses with liabilities up to $1m will be able to trade on under new measures to be announced in the October budget, but industry leaders are wary of the proposed scheme.

Digital print solutions developer Konica Minolta is running a print workflow automation webinar, which it says will show how it can help print businesses increase growth and profitability.

Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA) and The Real Media Collective (TRMC) have achieved a further discount in negotiations with Australia Post across Charity Mail, to assist during the Covid-19 recovery period.

AAB Holdings, the owner of major Sydney print businesses Pegasus Print Group and SOS Print and Media, has appointed Andrew Davies to the position of group quality assurance and WHS manager.

The biggest story in print this week by far was Print21's report on the Sunshine Coast business Express Print & Mail, with the AAB to invest in digital, and Landa says nanograohy will become mainstream, the second and third biggest stories of the week.

Eleven of the world’s leading print technology developers are celebrating wins in the annual InterTech Technology Awards, with HP and Kodak both winning two awards.

Aussie and Kiwi printers are being advised to get their skates on to get through the doors of the world’s first virtual print exhibition, which has just one week left to run.

Personalised web-to-print coffin printing business LifeArt has taken out a silver at the global Fespa 2020 awards, for its Final Delivery project, in the Packaging on Paper and Board category.

Print environmentalist Laurel Brunner says the Covid-driven slowdown in work is the perfect opportunity to get your printing business on message with sustainability, in order to be ready to meet the new market demands when the crisis is over.

Mutoh Australia is launching two new benchtop UV printers, both with braille and raised effect capability, and which print and varnish in one pass. It will donate $500 to the Fred Hollows charity for every printer sold between now and Christmas.

The harsh restrictions shackling the Victorian economy was the biggest story in print this week, with the Print21 report on the easing of restrictions in regional Victoria, and the muted responses to it from industry leaders, getting the most clicks.

The on-off auction of wide format house Craftech is back on, with Liquid Asset Management hosting an online auction that will close in a week's time and includes two Arizona printers and three Zund cutters.

Industry association The Real Media Collective has released a Commercial Tenancy Report, which provides detailed information for printers in every state on the current status with commercial leases in the Covid era, as federal and state government legislate various support packages for commercial tenants.

The beleaguered Victoria economy is seeing its first significant reopening as the government seeks to kick start the $45bn regional economy, although Melbourne faces another six weeks of closure.

Mental health help group Man Anchor founder Steven Gamble says there is no stigma attached to print business owners, managers, and staff seeking mental health support and input and the earlier the first steps are taken the better.