The Italian-based web-to-print business already offers colour swatch books for small formats and rigid formats, and a sample book for small formats. In addition to these it has now developed the ‘Large format samples – Rigid media’ sample book, which provides printed samples of the main rigid materials, each with its own description, in a coffee table book. Sample materials range from wood, to corrugated board, to Plexiglas and Kapaplast, which is used for photo canvas prints. Andrea Pizzola, sales and marketing manager at Pixartprinting, said: “Because it is an online tool, [web2print] can be perceived as being cold and detached, creating a divide between a company and its users. “Our entire customer care department is working to shorten the distances, provide excellent services and ensure our customers’ loyalty.” For more information visit pixartprinting.co.uk/samples/wide-format-sample-pack....

The turnout in the ballot of 115,000 CWU members was less than two-thirds (63%), of which 78% voted in favour of a strike versus 22% against. A 24-hour walkout will be held on Monday 4 November if no agreement has been reached by that date, after the CWU allowed two weeks for an agreement to be reached with Royal Mail’s management. The CWU is in dispute with Royal Mail Group over “pay, pensions and the impact of privatisation on job security [and] terms and conditions” and has pledged that the dispute will remain until “each and every demand made has been met”. All bar 371 Royal Mail employees that opted out of their free share options are currently sitting on paper profits in excess of £3,500, although they will not be able to sell their shares for three years from the date of the IPO. Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said: “Postal workers have spoken very clearly that they care about their jobs, terms and conditions far more than they care about shares. The stakes have become much higher for postal workers since privatisation making this ballot more important than ever. Postal workers will not be the people who pay for the profits of private operators and faceless shareholders. “We have said from the beginning that we want an agreement and we still do. The question now is whether this privatised Royal Mail still wants an agreement. We have offered the company a two week period to reach an agreement and having already had many hours of negotiation, this is achievable if there is a will. The clock is ticking for both sides and we need Royal Mail to work to reach agreement before this deadline. “What we want is a groundbreaking, long term, legally binding agreement that not only protects postal workers’ job security, pay and pensions – but will also determine the strategy, principles and values of how the Royal Mail Group will operate as a private entity. “This means there will be no further breakup of the company, no franchising of individual offices or delivery rounds, no introduction of a cheaper workforce on two-tier terms and conditions and no part-time industry. “It will mean – regardless of who owns Royal Mail – this company will not be able to enter the race to the bottom and replicate the employment practices and service standards of their competitors.” Meanwhile, the CWU has also announced that it will hold a second ballot on the issue of “boycotting competitors mail” to supplement the current strike action over jobs, terms and conditions and pay. The boycott of mail from downstream access (DSA) providers, such as TNT, UK Mail and Citipost,...

The turnout in the ballot of 115,000 CWU members was less than two-thirds (63%), of which 78% voted in favour of a strike versus 22% against. A 24-hour walkout will be held on Monday 4 November if no agreement has been reached by that date, after the CWU allowed two weeks for an agreement to be reached with Royal Mail’s management. Royal Mail said it was “very disappointed” that CWU members had voted in favour of strike action, but noted that – taking into account the turnout – 51% of the union membership had either voted against strike action or abstained. It added that including the 24,000 frontline employees who are not union members, only 40.5% had backed a strike. “Any action, or threat of disruption, is damaging to our business, especially in the run up to Christmas, our busiest time,” the Royal Mail warned. The CWU is in dispute with Royal Mail Group over “pay, pensions and the impact of privatisation on job security [and] terms and conditions” and has pledged that the dispute will remain until “each and every demand made has been met”. Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said: “Postal workers have spoken very clearly that they care about their jobs, terms and conditions far more than they care about shares. The stakes have become much higher for postal workers since privatisation making this ballot more important than ever. Postal workers will not be the people who pay for the profits of private operators and faceless shareholders. “We have said from the beginning that we want an agreement and we still do. The question now is whether this privatised Royal Mail still wants an agreement. We have offered the company a two week period to reach an agreement and having already had many hours of negotiation, this is achievable if there is a will. The clock is ticking for both sides and we need Royal Mail to work to reach agreement before this deadline. “What we want is a groundbreaking, long term, legally binding agreement that not only protects postal workers’ job security, pay and pensions – but will also determine the strategy, principles and values of how the Royal Mail Group will operate as a private entity. “This means there will be no further breakup of the company, no franchising of individual offices or delivery rounds, no introduction of a cheaper workforce on two-tier terms and conditions and no part-time industry. “It will mean – regardless of who owns Royal Mail – this company will not be able to enter the race to the bottom and replicate the employment practices and service standards of their competitors.” Royal Mail has offered a three year, legally-binding...

The turnout in the ballot of 115,000 CWU members was less than two-thirds (63%), of which 78% voted in favour of a strike versus 22% against. A 24-hour walkout will be held on Monday 4 November if no agreement has been reached by that date, after the CWU allowed two weeks for an agreement to be reached with Royal Mail’s management. The CWU is in dispute with Royal Mail Group over “pay, pensions and the impact of privatisation on job security [and] terms and conditions” and has pledged that the dispute will remain until “each and every demand made has been met”. All bar 371 Royal Mail employees that opted out of their free share options are currently sitting on paper profits in excess of £3,500, although they will not be able to sell their shares for three years from the date of the IPO. Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said: “Postal workers have spoken very clearly that they care about their jobs, terms and conditions far more than they care about shares. The stakes have become much higher for postal workers since privatisation making this ballot more important than ever. Postal workers will not be the people who pay for the profits of private operators and faceless shareholders. “We have said from the beginning that we want an agreement and we still do. The question now is whether this privatised Royal Mail still wants an agreement. We have offered the company a two week period to reach an agreement and having already had many hours of negotiation, this is achievable if there is a will. The clock is ticking for both sides and we need Royal Mail to work to reach agreement before this deadline. “What we want is a groundbreaking, long term, legally binding agreement that not only protects postal workers’ job security, pay and pensions – but will also determine the strategy, principles and values of how the Royal Mail Group will operate as a private entity. “This means there will be no further breakup of the company, no franchising of individual offices or delivery rounds, no introduction of a cheaper workforce on two-tier terms and conditions and no part-time industry. “It will mean – regardless of who owns Royal Mail – this company will not be able to enter the race to the bottom and replicate the employment practices and service standards of their competitors.” Meanwhile, the CWU has also announced that it will hold a second ballot on the issue of “boycotting competitors mail” to supplement the current strike action over jobs, terms and conditions and pay. The boycott of mail from downstream access (DSA) providers, such as TNT, UK Mail and Citipost,...

The turnout in the ballot of 115,000 CWU members was less than two-thirds (63%), of which 78% voted in favour of a strike versus 22% against. A 24-hour walkout will be held on Monday 4 November if no agreement has been reached by that date, after the CWU allowed two weeks for an agreement to be reached with Royal Mail’s management. Royal Mail said it was “very disappointed” that CWU members had voted in favour of strike action, but noted that – taking into account the turnout – 51% of the union membership had either voted against strike action or abstained. It added that including the 24,000 frontline employees who are not union members, only 40.5% had backed a strike. “Any action, or threat of disruption, is damaging to our business, especially in the run up to Christmas, our busiest time,” the Royal Mail warned. The CWU is in dispute with Royal Mail Group over “pay, pensions and the impact of privatisation on job security [and] terms and conditions” and has pledged that the dispute will remain until “each and every demand made has been met”. Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said: “Postal workers have spoken very clearly that they care about their jobs, terms and conditions far more than they care about shares. The stakes have become much higher for postal workers since privatisation making this ballot more important than ever. Postal workers will not be the people who pay for the profits of private operators and faceless shareholders. “We have said from the beginning that we want an agreement and we still do. The question now is whether this privatised Royal Mail still wants an agreement. We have offered the company a two week period to reach an agreement and having already had many hours of negotiation, this is achievable if there is a will. The clock is ticking for both sides and we need Royal Mail to work to reach agreement before this deadline. “What we want is a groundbreaking, long term, legally binding agreement that not only protects postal workers’ job security, pay and pensions – but will also determine the strategy, principles and values of how the Royal Mail Group will operate as a private entity. “This means there will be no further breakup of the company, no franchising of individual offices or delivery rounds, no introduction of a cheaper workforce on two-tier terms and conditions and no part-time industry. “It will mean – regardless of who owns Royal Mail – this company will not be able to enter the race to the bottom and replicate the employment practices and service standards of their competitors.” Royal Mail has offered a three year, legally-binding...