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October 2025

The Waddingtons Story, Leeds Discovery Centre, 3rd October

8 OCTOBER 2025

The party of 28 guests were truly privileged to combine a curated tour of the Leeds Discovery Centre, a unique museum storage facility which preserves 1.3 million objects including Waddingtons’ ephemera https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-discovery-centre-c7h1

with two fascinating presentations, Fighting for Freedom, the little-known history of print in the Second World War and, Fighting for Survival, personal revelations behind the scenes of Waddingtons’ battles with Robert Maxwell.

A downloadable gallery of photographs of the visit - here.

A 90 second review of the visit, recognising the collaboration with Brigantes (10 of the attendees) - here.

Liveryman Robert McClements, Principal, Grange Consults - Winner of the CPI's Gold medal 2025

7 OCTOBER 2025

I’m grateful to the CPI for the honour bestowed on me in the presentation of the Paper Gold Award 2025. Being invited to submit this essay has caused me to reflect on the journey which brought me to the award - my conclusion is that my progress was helped enormously by my mentors. Some of them were identified as such, others were more informal but equally important. I have been fortunate to be able, in turn, to offer mentorship to others and been greatly rewarded in the process.

Cloathing Ceremony 7th October 2025

7 OCTOBER 2025

At the Court meeting on the 7th October2025 the Master cloathed six new Liveryman. (L-R)

Admission to Freedom - 15th September 2025

15 AUGUST 2025

At the Master & Wardens meeting on Monday 15th September 2025, the Master, Doug Wills admitted eight new Freeman by Redemption.

Cloathing Ceremony 22nd July 2025

22 JULY 2025

At the Court meeting on the 22nd July 2025 the Master cloathed seven new Liveryman. (L-R)

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN BECOMES AN HONORARY FREEMAN AND LIVERYMAN OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF STATIONERS AND NEWSPAPER MAKERS

15 JULY 2025

On Tuesday, 15 July The Queen was cloathed in the livery of the Stationers’ and Newspaper Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company for the communications and content industries, in recognition of Her Majesty’s work for literacy.

At an historic ceremony at Stationers’ Hall, the Master of the Stationers’ Company, Doug Wills, cloathed Her Majesty in the gown of the livery.

Admission to Freedom - 14th July 2025

14 JULY 2025

At the Master & Wardens meeting on Monday 14th July 2025, the Master, Doug Wills admitted seven new Freeman by Redemption.

Admission to Freedom - 16th June 2025

16 JUNE 2025

At the Master & Wardens meeting on Monday 16th June 2025, the Master, Paul Wilson admitted nine new Freeman by Redemption.

Richard Johnson ‘Bubble’ Service

4 JUNE 2025

Yesterday we held the Richard Johnson ‘Bubble’ Service at St Bride’s with a lunch at Stationers' Hall. It was an uplifting service followed by the chance to meet old friends and new.

Cloathing Ceremony - 3rd June 2025

3 JUNE 2025

At the Court meeting on the 3rd June 2025 the Master cloathed five new Liveryman. (L-R)

Influencers LDN - Tuesday, 20 May 2025

23 MAY 2025

Our Influencers LDN event was held on Tuesday, 20 May 2025.

We were lucky to have such an excellent group of speakers and our most grateful thanks go to Paul Cooper, Rupert Knowles, Ali Moore and Caroline Ward.

Thank you also to our event sponsors - Bullards who sponsored the Gin Cocktails, Pentire who sponsored the non-alcoholic cocktails and Oxygen who sponsored the AV and lighting.

Liveryman Chris Leonard-Morgan wins The Stationers' Ambassador Award at the Stationery Show

20 MAY 2025

The final award of the evening was a special award, the Stationery Ambassador award, awarded for the first time ever, with Chris Leonard-Morgan a very worthy recipient. “It was a huge honour to receive this award last night at London Stationery Show, surrounded by so many people and friends in this wonderful industry,” said Chris. “It is for sure one of the highlights of my career, and means so much to me. Thank you to everyone who has been part of my journey and helped make so much possible. Work isn’t work when you love what you do!”

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