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MCEC Confident as 2022 and PacPrint Approach
The Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre held its first ‘Centrestage Update’ customer briefing via Zoom last week, saying the lifting of restrictions around Australia and in particular in the southern capital, point to a bright outlook for 2022.
Patrick Condren to MC Glittering NPA Presentations
Walkley Award-winning journalist and well-known broadcaster and media personality Patrick Condren will be Master of Ceremonies at the 38th National Print Awards in Brisbane on Friday 5 November.
Excitement as Print Awards Locked in for Friday 5 November
The snap decision by the Queensland government last month to declare a public holiday on Friday 29 October sent print awards organisers scrambling to once again reschedule the remaining PICA presentations – Victoria, WA and NSW – which will now be presented on Friday 5 November, 2021, immediately followed by the 38th N...
Pandemic Response: Help is Available
Industry businesses have responded impressively to COVID-19, but with recent events reminding us all that the pandemic is far from over it's important to remember that help is available from numerous sources for any businesses which have been impacted. Firstly, the Government has announced a raft of new business and income support measures to help businesses which have been adversely ...
BREAKING NEWS: PacPrint Postponed until 2022
The PacPrint Board has today announced that, due to ongoing uncertainty caused by COVID-19 outbreaks around the country, the industry's leading expo has been postponed until the middle of 2022. PacPrint 2021, Visual Impact Melbourne and the Label & Packaging Expo were due to open at the ...
Queensland Celebrates Print Perfection
The Queensland print industry has come together to celebrate the achievement of print perfection at the Tattersalls Club in Brisbane, with ColourChiefs, Kuhn Corp and Sunprint among the night's biggest winners.
Visual Connections Supports Training Boost for NSW
Good news for the NSW industry with the announcement on Friday that the State Department of Education has approved funding for Regional Trade Assessments, an RTO dedicated to supporting skills training in the print, signage and framing industries, to deliver the new Trade Pathways Program. The Program is essentially a fully-funded trade recognition and gap training opportunity for peo...
Australia to Celebrate PICAs Around the Country
The Australian industry is set to celebrate the Printing Industry Creativity Awards, with registrations now open for a series of glittering presentation evenings planned for State capitals during July. After the Awards were presented virtually last year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the events will pro...
Visual Connections Responds to the 2021 Federal Budget
Peter Harper, CEO of supplier association Visual Connections, says that, while economic recovery will clearly continue to be impacted by a lack of international travel and migration, there is welcome news in last night’s budget, most notably in the areas of business support, investment incentives and training....
Deadline Extended for PICAs
Design, print, finishing and other industry businesses have just weeks to get entries in for this year’s Print Industry Creativity Awards, with entries due to close on Friday, 30 April. The PICAs, which run in each State, ha...