INDUSTRY NEWS

Your chance to be a part of the UK communications and content industry’s leading innovation awards

12 FEBRUARY 2025

The Stationers’ Company is steeped in history, but, as the Innovation Excellence Awards demonstrate, our eyes are always on the future. This is one of the most active Livery Companies in the City of London, with around 90 percent of our 1,000 members working in or connected to the UK’s communications and content industries. These include trade & academic publishing, newspaper & magazine publishing, journalism, printing, packaging, paper making, stationery, greeting cards, office products, and related intellectual property, archival and digital businesses.

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Freeman Alex Ballinger interviews Phyllis Dalton: A Career in Costume From Lawrence of Arabia to The Princess Bride

12 FEBRUARY 2025

Phyllis Dalton designed the costumes for four of the most enduring & popular films in cinema history – Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Oliver! and The Princess Bride. This book is her extraordinary story, filled with insights, recollections and revelations from a life spent on the great film locations of the twentieth century.

WINNERS OF THE 2024 BRITISH BOOK DESIGN & PRODUCTION AWARDS ANNOUNCED

11 FEBRUARY 2025

The BPIF is delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 British Book Design & Production Awards, held at the stunning De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London on Wednesday 29 January.

Freeman Fr. Howe with his latest fund-raising project is encouraging Stationers to make a pilgrimage to St. James Garlickhythe.

10 FEBRUARY 2025

Two videos recently posted on a YouTube channel give us an insight into the work of Stationer Father Anthony Howe, rector of St. James Garlickhythe since 2024 and known to many of our members as a book collector. He gained his love of books in his home county of Suffolk.

St James Garlickhythe - Part 1 

St James Garlickhythe - Part 2 

Westchester Publishing co-authors and released a report providing guidance about the European Accessibility Act

7 FEBRUARY 2025

Understanding the steps you need to take to ensure your EPUB content meets accessibility requirements mandated by legislation including the European Accessibility Act can be confusing. This report provides practical information you can implement into your workflow and includes resources from trusted industry organizations such as DAISY, W3C, and Benetech.

Request the "Guidance on EPUB Accessibility" Report : Westchester Publishing Services

Updates from Leigh Stationer's Academy

7 FEBRUARY 2025

The Education Resources Awards 2025 - one month left to enter!

6 FEBRUARY 2025

There is now just 1 month left for you to submit your entry for your opportunity to be awarded with most prestigious accolade in the UK’s education industry .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.

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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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.

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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.