INDUSTRY NEWS
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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Introducing your Sector Champion - Publishing and Bookselling Distribution Liveryman George Walkley
16 JANUARY 2025
George Walkley is an independent consultant and non-executive director based in the United Kingdom. Since 2020, George has worked with more than thirty organisations in ten countries, including clients in the media and publishing, professional services, education and non-profit sectors. He is a leading expert on the impact of artificial intelligence on media and publishing.
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Introducing your Sector Champion - Packaging Liveryman Roy Dixon
15 JANUARY 2025
Roy spent most of his career in packaging and print. Originally trained as an industrial artist, Roy grew a beard and worked as a technical illustrator for an aircraft manufacturer. Next, he joined Gillette Industries and became a packaging and product designer before moving, now very clean-shaven, to the magic world of Marks & Spencer.
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Introducing your Sector Champion - Office Products and Supplies, Court Assistant Mike James
15 JANUARY 2025
Mike James has spent almost 45 years in the Office Products Industry in various roles and since 2008 as a Non Executive Director and Consultant. He joined The Stationers Company over 20 years ago and has been a Court Assistant since 2013, and remains passionate about not only The Company but the future of the OP sector. He received The BOSS ( Trade Association) highest honour “The outstanding achievement “award in 2017.
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Introducing your Sector Champion - Education Court Assistant Sue Pandit
14 JANUARY 2025
Sue retired in 2010 after working in higher education for 24 years. She was the Dean of the School of Printing and Publishing at the London College of Communication (University of the Arts, London) and previously the Head of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University.
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Introducing your Sector Champion - Stationery and Greeting Cards and Liveryman Elect Annie Couldrey
9 JANUARY 2025
After leaving school Annie meandered her way through the world of print & marketing for about a decade before starting work for retail stationery stalwart Esmonde Publishing, where she was lucky enough to learn the ropes from Past Master Helen Esmonde, designing and managing own brand ranges for the likes of Liberty, Waterstones & Foyles.
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Highlands Announces Partnership with UPM Raflatac
9 JANUARY 2025
London, UK (8 January 2024) – Highlands is pleased to announce it has been appointed by UPM Raflatac to enhance their sales presence in the UK office products market. This partnership enables Highlands to support UPM Raflatac in delivering their high-quality and innovative office solutions to a broader range of consumers.
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Freeman Christy Burdock launches new exhibition
8 JANUARY 2025
Christy Burdock captures contemporary stories within small communities in Britain, making the mundane and commonplace a source of beauty and interest.
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Event: Alison Baverstock offers a a full day featuring personal experience, professional guidance and publishing know how.
8 JANUARY 2025
Writing a book is apparently the second most common new year’s resolution. And a memoir is high on many people’s list. Here is help. We offer a full day featuring personal experience, professional guidance and publishing know how. Particularly relevant for those with a Forces background/family, but valuable for all. Led by Stationer and publisher Professor Alison Baverstock. Do join us on February 12th 2025. Writing Military Memoirs | National Army Museum
Introducing your Sector Champion - National and Regional Newspapers Past Master Moira Sleight
8 JANUARY 2025
She is a member of the Board of the Society of Editors and of the Board of the London Press Club.
Introducing your Sector Champion - Digital Media & Software Liveryman Neil Barrett
7 JANUARY 2025
Neil has run Enbecom, an IT firm specialising in web technology, for over 20 years. He has also worked extensively with law enforcement in the UK and abroad, particularly in the fields of volunteering and road safety, including spending well over a decade with the European Roads Policing Network. He is also involved with a number of in-person and virtual events, in both presenting and producing roles, having chaired national and international conferences - as well as formal ceremonies - for twenty years, whilst directing live-streamed webcasts on a number of topics.
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Letter from the Editor, Rob Wilding - Young Stationers' Newsletter
2 JANUARY 2025
Please see link to the latest edition of The Stationer