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INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 10 images AUGUST 2020 Tag us on Instagram! @imagesmaguk Direct Textiles & Bags Jemima, the 11-year-old daughter of the sales director of Direct Textiles & Bags, Mark Somerfield, has raised £10,000 for the Adult Intensive Care Unit Trust Fund at Nottingham Hospitals, and been nominated for a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Award. imagesmag.uk/Jemima ‘Clean’ and modern workwear collection from James & Nicholson James & Nicholson has revealed more products in its new workwear collection, Solid Style, which is focused on a reduced, one-colour design. The company, which manufactures corporate and functional clothing, intends the latest collection to have a “clean” and modern look, and says that the products have even more space for logos and messages, and are available in matching colours to correspond to customers’ corporate identities. The new products include a work overall (see the workwear showcase on page 65 for more information), workwear polo shirts and T-shirts made with combed, ringspun organic cotton, a work coat, jackets, softshell vests, cargo pants, trousers, Bermuda shorts, and workwear trousers with bib. The Solid Style collection also features headwear and accessories brand Myrtle Beach. The 6 Panel Workwear Cap Solid is made with recycled polyester; also available is the 6 Panel Workwear Cap Color (MB6235) and the Reflective Beanie (MB7141). imagesmag.uk/james-nicholson-workwear The new Solid Style collection from James & Nicholson CadLink Technology launches new dye sublimation software solution CadLink Technology has introduced a new dye sublimation software solution, Digital Factory v10 Sublimation Edition, which it says provides exceptional colour accuracy and vibrancy across a variety of sublimation ink sets, transfer papers and widely used printers. The company added: “Ideal for shops of all sizes and budgets, the software has been designed for simplicity without limiting functionality.” Using a high-fidelity colour management engine, the software includes professionally created colour profiles, as well as a series of simple colour adjustment tools. It also provides an enhanced level of colour management options, and a complete set of pre-production, print production workflow management tools. imagesmag.uk/DigitalFactoryv10 UK government introduces Job Retention Bonus to help furloughed workers The UK government has announced a scheme to keep furloughed workers in their jobs when the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends in October. In his summer statement on 8 July, the chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the Job Retention Bonus, in which any employer who brings back a furloughed employee and continuously employs them through to 31 January 2021 will be paid a one-off £1,000 bonus by the government. A ‘kickstart’ job creation scheme for young people was also announced, where the government will pay the wages of new young employees for the first six months. Young people aged 16-24 who are claiming Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment will be eligible. An initial £2bn will fund the scheme, with no cap on the number of places available. For each six-month job placement, the government will cover 100% of the National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week – and employers will be able to top the wage up. Apprenticeships will also be supported, with companies receiving a £2,000 bonus for each new apprentice they hire under the age of 25. Companies taking on apprentices aged over 25 will receive £1,500. imagesmag.uk/JobRetentionBonus Digital Factory v10 Sublimation includes colour profiles and colour adjustment tools