JCDecaux is preparing for revenue to be affected by coronavirus after its street furniture business in China has taken a hit; Wrights Plastics has completed a job in record time thanks to a recent investment; Gary Howe, innovations manager of Blue Castle talks us through a new substrate recycling solution; and a billboard campaign has helped a dog find a home after six years in a kennel.

Yorkshire-based graphics firm, Leach, completed a mammoth project in NYC in partnership with Brooklyn Museum; over 1,000 fake LED screens were seized by US Customs and Border Protection officers in Minnesota recently; Chris Davies, event director of The Sign Show and The Print Show has reassured exhibitors that the September shows are still set to go ahead as planned; and rare footage of Pablo Picasso at work was recently broadcast on London's Piccadilly Lights.

The Digital Signage Expo has issued a statement over coronavirus and plans to carry on as normal; Hey Girls and Clear Channel have raised awareness of period poverty in the UK; Paul Gill, head of sales for packaging ultraboard at Dufaylite talks us through the board options available; and Wrights Plastic has created a sweet and juicy point of sale display for sweets giant Bazooka.

FESPA has announced special measures it is taking to protect visitors and exhibitors from the global coronavirus outbreak ahead of the show in March; Sussex Beds has made significant cost savings after bringing the printing of its point-of-sale displays in house; we hear from Ranulph Fiennes, explorer and author about how he prepares mentally and physically for expeditions; and wide-format print and upcycled advertising vinyl provides sustainable solutions for London Fashion Week 2020.

Two European companies have used Brexit to promote their own bitcoin businesses via billboards, Twitter ran a special Valentine's Day OOH campaign in London to promote the reality of modern day dating, Phil McMullin, UK sales manager pro graphics for Epson UK talks the benefits of industry award events, and a billboard made entirely of marijuana has gone on tour across the US to promote new film, The Gentlemen.

Two village signs in Warwickshire were vandalised on the night the UK left the EU; Leach will provide all graphics and signage for the 2020 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships; Steve Cockerham, director of HPC Laser reflects on the current state of the CNC router market; and a man in Sheffield spend over £400 on a billboard to find a date.