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INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 20 images OCTOBER 2021 View daily news updates at: www.images-magazine.com Signs and Display This fantastic workwear was embroidered by Signs and Display in Dorset for local business Nails Actually. imagesmag.uk/SD-Nails-Actually UK businesses sign up to Bangladesh accord Global clothing brands and retailers have signed up to a new international agreement to protect people working in the garment industry in Bangladesh. A total of 77 signatories committed to the 26-month legally binding International Accord for Health and Safety in the Garment and Textile Industry which came into effect on 1 September. They include some of the world’s biggest fashion retailers such as Asos, H&M and John Lewis, and brands such as Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. The agreement came into effect after the expiration of the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety which was introduced after the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka in Bangladesh collapsed in 2013, killing more than 1,100 people. With plans to cover other countries, the new accord aims to improve working conditions in factories where much of Britain’s garments are made, including those supplied to decorators in the UK. imagesmag.uk/bangladesh- accord Ricoh appoints Josero as UK reseller Manufacturer Ricoh announced in September that it had appointed Cambridgeshire-based business Josero Printer Solutions as a UK reseller for its new latex and direct-to-garment printers, as well as the Ricoh inks. Sarah Winterbottom, managing director of Josero, said: “Ricoh’s DTG printers enhance our impressive array of hardware solutions and enable businesses to diversify and enter into the booming promotional and personalised print markets. “We already have a Ri100 in our showroom ready to showcase to our loyal customers and can’t wait for the latex demonstration printer to arrive.” imagesmag.uk/ricoh-josero Josero has become a UK reseller for Ricoh printers including the Ricoh Ri100 Higher PayPal charges ‘unwelcome’ for British firms New PayPal fees for payments between the UK and the rest of Europe are “unwelcome news” for British firms, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). PayPal will charge British businesses a 1.29% fee for payments from the European Economic Area (EEA), and vice versa, from November. It will still be lower than the 1.99% charge for the rest of the world. Most businesses pay about 0.5% in charges at the moment, which has remained unchanged since before the UK left the EU customs union and single market. PayPal blamed the rise in charges on its extra costs such as the increase in interchange fees between the UK and EEA. EU rules capping credit and debit card interchange fees at 0.2% and 0.3% respectively ceased to apply to UK businesses since Brexit. MasterCard has already announced that it will raise the fees it charges EU merchants when UK cardholders buy goods and services from them online from 0.3% to 1.5% – a fivefold increase. Visa is also expected to introduce a rise in charges. imagesmag.uk/paypal-charges PayPal is to charge UK firms more for online payments. Photo: Anna Shvets from Pexels