To mark the 20th anniversary of the Printwear & Promotion Exhibition next year, organisers are planning a dazzling dinner dance event.

Promotional product supplier Oldeani has produced branded tins as an accessory for SEGA's Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood game, which has just been released on Nintendo DS.

In 1977, Barudan developed the first computerised multi head embroidery machine. It was to be a machine that would revolutionise the embroidery industry. During its 50-year history, Barudan has continued to successfully set the standard, and this year added a new single head machine to the range - the Elite Pro II.

Everybody has business blind spots - those opportunities that you know exist but can't see your way to exploit. They're different to what you're used to. You don't know anything about their buying processes. You don't have any contacts. You're only aware of what sales opportunities exist in the most general terms. An example of this, for many printwear businesses, would be schools and colleges.

The terms ‘credit crunch', ‘liquidity' and ‘administration' have become part of most people's day-to-day vocabulary of late, and with Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, suggesting that Britain is on the brink of an economic recession, companies are now really starting to tighten up their belts. With this in mind, PROMOTA has investigated the ways that members of the promotional merchandise industry can remain positive and stay afloat while others around them may be sinking in a sea of panic. If offers the following advice to help companies stay in business.

Whilst sublimation technology exists to cater for those that easily want to produce promotional gifts to add to their product offer, how about larger format items like signage, POS, vehicle wraps and banners? Now there is a piece of technology that will produce all of these together with full colour, fine detail and durable garment transfers - the Versacamm VP300.

You find me, hideously ravaged by the most galloping and malevolent of all ailments....INFLUENZA MANITUS!