INDUSTRY NEWS
April 2025
Happy birthday HEIDELBERG and congratulations on your 175th anniversary!
24 APRIL 2025
From bell foundry to global player
• In its anniversary year, HEIDELBERG heads into the future with a clear growth strategy
• Speedmaster series perpetuates success story started by legendary “Original Heidelberger Tiegel” – the 1921 springboard to a world-leading position
• Milestones in the history of HEIDELBERG
On March 11, 1850 – exactly 175 years ago – the Hemmer, Hamm & Co. bell foundry and machine shop opened in Frankenthal. Besides bells, it also made printing presses, which laid the foundations for the company now called Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG)
The Paper Gold Medal – Nomination Deadline Extended! 🎖️
24 APRIL 2025
We’re pleased to share that the deadline for nominations for the prestigious Paper Gold Medal has been extended to Friday 9th May
This is your chance to shine a spotlight on someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the UK’s Paper-based Industries – a colleague, a mentor, a leader, or an unsung hero who has truly made a difference.
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Young jobseekers visit Barley
23 APRIL 2025
Euroffice UK Celebrates 25 Years of Delivering Customer-Focused Workplace Solutions
21 APRIL 2025
London, 1st of November 2024 – Euroffice, a leading retailer of workplace supplies, proudly marks its 25th anniversary this November. Established in 1999, Euroffice began with the goal of providing accounting systems to small businesses via the internet. Although the idea was ahead of its time in the late '90s, the founders quickly identified a significant gap in the market: small and medium-sized businesses weren’t receiving competitive prices or quality customer service when sourcing workplace solutions. Euroffice set out to change this.
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Freeman Francis Pinter featured in Publishing Perspectives
16 APRIL 2025
Frances Pinter: ‘A Risk of Spreading Disinformation’
Among some of the scientific and academic publishing worlds’ best-regarded leadership figures, Frances Pinter directs author relations for both the CEU Press (Central European University) and Amsterdam University Press.
BOSS Leaders of the Future Conference Review
14 APRIL 2025
A packed room of future leaders attended a bi-annual conference at Fellowes Brands in Doncaster on 10th April.
Keynote Speaker, Nick Saunders was first on the agenda running an energetic and dynamic morning session titled 'Connection, Collaboration, Conflict Resolution: Turning Relationships into Results'. He coached delegates on how to turn relationships into results, by delivering a powerful message in a highly entertaining style that is unusual, unstuffy and unpretentious.
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Liveryman Brandon Millan featured in the Hollywood Reporter
14 APRIL 2025
A Long-Forgotten Satire of Jews in Hollywood Gets New Life. The hilarious, long-out-of-print 1931 novel ‘Rabbi Burns’ gets the re-issue it deserves.
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Updates from Leigh Stationers' Academy
11 APRIL 2025
Items this week include:
- A Message from the Principal
- Start of Module 5: Important Information
- Dates for Your Diary: Key Events in Module 5
- End-of-Module Celebration Assemblies
- New SEND Appointments Strengthen Inclusion at Leigh Stationers' Academy
- Culture Day Celebrated in Woolf College
- Year 8 Student Recognised in LAT Art Competition
- Year 8 HPV Vaccination Programme
- Year 9 Options Process Enters Final Stage
- PSHE Update: Supporting Personal Development Across Years 7-10
- Year 10 & 12 Work Experience - Placement Deadline Reminder
- Year 11 Career Opportunities and Post-16 Support
- Year 13 Business Students Visit Brands Museum
- Year 13 Students Take Part in A-Level Law Grade Booster Workshop
- Invitation from the Jack Petchey Foundation: An Opportunity for Your Young People
- IB MYP Parent Voice Forums
- Reminder: Year 11 & 13 Easter Intervention Schedule
- Class of 2025 Leavers' Hoodies Now Available to Order
MASTER THE VERSATILITY OF LABELS PRINTING
10 APRIL 2025
WELCOME TO THE TAU RSC OPEN HOUSE
28 - 29 APRIL 2025
We are pleased to announce the TAU RSC Open House at our customer Bakers in Brentwood, United Kingdom, where we give you the opportunity to explore their production site and experience live the Durst TAU 330 RSC LED printing system.
Join us for this exclusive Open House, where you can immerse yourself in sounds, textures, and visuals that only live demonstrations can provide. Gain valuable insights to make the best decisions for your business, connect with industry experts, and explore new opportunities to drive your success.
Monisha Shah Announced as New PLS Chair
10 APRIL 2025
Publishers’ Licensing Services is delighted to announce that Monisha Shah will become the next PLS Chair, succeeding Rosie Glazebrook, whose term comes to an end on 31 May.
Monisha has extensive experience of chair and board level roles within the creative industries, tech, and legal sectors. She is currently Council Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of UK Research and Innovation, Board Director and Council Member at the Advertising Standards Authority, Chair of the King’s Counsel Appointments Board, and Chair of Wikimedia UK. She is also currently a trustee of the Art Fund and Royal Collection Trust.
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Upcoming Exhibition: The Edwardians: Age of Elegance
8 APRIL 2025
Explore the opulence and glamour of the Edwardian age – the period between the Victorian era and the First World War.
Visitors will learn about the lives and tastes of two of Britain’s most fashionable royal couples – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and King George V and Queen Mary – from their family lives and personal collecting to their glittering social circles and spectacular royal events.
More than 300 objects from the Royal Collection will be on display – almost half for the first time – including works by the most renowned contemporary artists of the period, including Carl Fabergé, Frederic Leighton, Edward Burne-Jones, Laurits Tuxen, John Singer Sargent and William Morris. The Edwardians: Age of Elegance: The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace,
Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book
7 APRIL 2025
An intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan deeds register for nearly 400 years. Researchers have finally been able to reveal it with cutting-edge techniques.
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