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Prime minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election for 4 July, surprising many pundits with an earlier-than-forecast polling date.

The UK’s apprenticeship system is desperately in need of an overhaul, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Signage and wide-format show Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) returned to the NEC in Birmingham earlier this week – the first since Datateam Business Media acquired the show and also co-located it with Printwear & Promotion Live! (P&P) for the first time.

The printed word faced off against digital media yesterday evening (30 January) for a debate hosted at parliament’s Portcullis House in Westminster by the IPIA and media and marketing forum The Debating Group.

Attacks on Suez-bound shipping by Houthi forces have put European printers at risk of dramatic price rises in consumables and machinery, with the IPIA warning that an extended crisis could see manufacturers passing costs on to printers.