INDUSTRY NEWS
February 2025
Monthly News - Young Stationers
4 FEBRUARY 2025
Hello reader!
I know what you are thinking: we are barely a few weeks into 2025 and The Stationer is already banging on about artificial intelligence — and quite right too, as a startling new report in The Daily Telegraph warns about the impact of the technology on jobs.
By analysing figures from the Office for National Statistics, the newspaper was able to reveal which sectors and salaries are growing fastest. But it also paints a morbid picture of the areas that are on decline amid the Government’s economic policies, changing consumer preferences and (you guessed it) the advent of AI.
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January 2025
Stationers’ Company appointed as Custodian of the Paper Gold Medal
31 JANUARY 2025
After nearly 60 years of awarding annually the prestigious Paper Gold Medal to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the print, paper and allied industries, the Paper Industry Gold Medal Association has passed the custodianship of the Gold Medal to the Stationers’ Company, the livery company for the communication and content industries, who will now be the residual body for The Gold Medal; ensuring the safekeeping and oversight of the Gold Medal for future generations.
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Freeman Elect Annie Quigley this year celebrates 40 years a Bookseller.
31 JANUARY 2025
Ten years a bookseller By Royal Appointment, her mail order company Bibliophile Ltd was established in 1978 and she became owner in 1992. They specialise in hardback remainders of upmarket art, history, military, biography, travel and 30 other subjects. See more Books About Books - Bibliophile Books
Kicking off 2025 with an unusual Big Interview, Steve Hilleard reflects on 30 years at OPI, 25 of them as CEO
28 JANUARY 2025
Over the years, OPI’s Steve Hilleard has been in the interviewer’s seat quite literally hundreds of times – for OPI magazine and opi.net, contract publishing commitments, on stage at industry events around the world and, most recently, for sister
publication Workplace360. This time, the tables are turned and he finds himself on the receiving end of a long list of questions. The question master? Shaun Tidman, Head of Sales at Avery UK, a highly regarded and very much up and coming personality in our industry.
Freeman Ross Hamilton's guide to cycling
27 JANUARY 2025
Once a relatively sparsely populated and rustic area despite its proximity to London, present-day Surrey is prime commuter-belt territory. Even so, the county has not lost its rural charm. As well as boasting many Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it is England’s most wooded county. Moreover, Surrey has a long connection with cycling. When the riding craze first hit Britain in the 1800s, the Surrey town of Ripley was quickly dubbed the ‘Mecca of all good cyclists’. Surrey roads made up much of the annual RideLondon event, itself an extension of the 2012 Olympic road-cycling route.
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Introducing your Sector Champion - Print Liveryman Richard Walker
23 JANUARY 2025
Richard Walker has worked in the printing industry for over 45 years.
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Introducing your Sector Champion - Paper Liveryman Mike Gee
23 JANUARY 2025
Born 18th January 1953, Mike went to the Billericay School. He Joined Inveresk Paper Company in 1970 in the glory years of Fleet Street.
For the next 10 years he was employed in various sales positions in the Paper Industry and worked for Lepard & Smiths, Charles Baker, Link Paper, Bowaters and M6 Papers Macclesfield running their Fleet Street Office.
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Micropress orders a UK first, DRUPA 2024 Speedmaster XL 106-8P with Plate to Unit from HEIDELBERG
23 JANUARY 2025
Micropress have ordered their latest press to include the new HEIDELBERG highlights seen at DRUPA, which would further assist the Push to Stop technology to make the makeready times even faster.
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Introducing your Sector Champion - Writers, Journalists and Broadcasters Upper Warden Doug Wills
23 JANUARY 2025
Doug Wills is Editor Emeritus of the Evening Standard and The Independent. He was previously Managing Editor of the Evening Standard for 15 years, 10 of those as Group Managing Editor including for the Independent.
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Introducing your Sector Champion - Archive, Library and Conservation Liveryman Robert Harding
22 JANUARY 2025
Robert J. D. Harding joined Maggs Bros on a school holiday job at Easter 1976. Since then, he has specialised in Medieval and Early Modern British printed books, manuscripts, and bindings with a particular interest in the history of collecting.
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Introducing your Sector Champion - Magazine Publishing Liveryman Nadia Weekes.
21 JANUARY 2025
It’s time to enter The Education Resources Awards 2025
17 JANUARY 2025
The most prestigious accolade in the UK’s education industry, providing finalists with the opportunity to network and celebrate the success of their industry peers. The Education Resources Awards showcase brands, businesses and organisations that have reached the pinnacle of their fields within this sector, as judged by our experienced panel of independent educational leaders, who will be bringing their vast industry knowledge, integrity, and independence to help us select our winners for every award category.
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