INDUSTRY NEWS
January 2025
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
December 2024
SILVER GRAVITY ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES PIONEERING STORYTELLING EXCELLENCE AWARDS FOR 2025
25 DECEMBER 2024
Industry Leader Rose Sandy Launches Ground-Breaking Awards to Celebrate Representative Voices and Inclusive Storytelling Across All Media
LONDON, UK - A transformative initiative in storytelling recognition is set to launch in October 2025 with the inaugural Silver Gravity Story Excellence Awards. Founded by Rose Sandy, former HarperCollins Publishers publisher and international thriller author, these awards will celebrate outstanding achievements in representative storytelling across all formats and platforms.
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2024 marked the 25th anniversary of CityArk, the Medway Council online archives catalogue
23 DECEMBER 2024
2024 marked the 25th anniversary of CityArk, the Medway Council online archives catalogue (cityark.medway.gov.uk) significant as the first UK public sector (and possibly the first UK) piece-level, hierarchical archives catalogue to be published online, preceding the National Archives ProCat (now Discovery) and Essex Record Office’s Seax (now Essex Archives Online).
We look at the 2km of historical documents in Medways Archives
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Liveryman Murray Sale's Company, Hensal is awarded Highly commended in Print Management Company of the Year at IPIA Awards
18 DECEMBER 2024
The IPIA is well known for the high-quality of our conferences, business networking sessions and social events. They were very proud that on December 3rd, at the Crowne Plaza, Stratford-Upon-Avon, they held their Recognising Excellence Awards. It was a day-time Expo and Networking Lunch, followed by their celebrated Gala Dinner and Awards night.
Herbert Walkers invests in the greeting card packaging sector with new Speedmaster XL 106-7+L
11 DECEMBER 2024
With an investment in a new Speedmaster XL 106-7+L, Herbert Walkers has made a further significant step forward in the greeting card and packaging sector. The new machine will improve production and reduce energy consumption, enhancing the company’s green credentials. Herbert Walkers currently have three high-performing HEIDELBERG Speedmaster presses in operation, though they are starting to age. The team recognised that lithographic printing technologies has developed significantly over the last decade, and knew they needed to invest in this new technology.
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Freeman Fr Christopher Smith on a new role in the City.
11 DECEMBER 2024
One of the nice things about being a clergyman is the sheer variety of the job. And I have acquired a new role for the academic year: I am now chaplain to an old friend of mine, Gregory Jones KC, who has become the Aldermanic Sheriff for the City of London. My church, St Alban’s Holborn, is just outside the City, although I can see the boundary from my dining-room window, and, indeed, part of the parish is in the City. So it is quite fun to move into that world for a little while. To date, I have attended ‘my’ Sheriff at his installation, and taken part in the ceremonies for the election of the new Lord Mayor, and later his installation at the so-called ‘Silent Ceremony’. The only words spoken on that occasion were those of the oath of office
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MBM Omega Wins Sustainability Award at National Business Awards
11 DECEMBER 2024
Following success at the regional Surrey Business Awards in 2023, MBM Omega was automatically entered into
the National Awards, which culminated in an awards ceremony held at Wembley Stadium on Friday 6th December, 2024.
MBM Omega was thrilled to win the National Sustainability Award this year, competing against 10 other regional winners for the coveted prize. The award celebrates the Company's ongoing commitment to sustainability, including initiatives such as comprehensive environmental reporting, eco product audits, client carbon footprint measurement, and environmental purchase trend analysis. Additionally, the company offers 100% electric delivery options, practices sustainable supply chain management, and conducts employee engagement and training programs
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Stalwart Stationers receive top awards
10 DECEMBER 2024
The Court this week recognised the invaluable service two members have given to the Stationers’ Company over many years.
Our highest award, the prestigious Silver Medal, has been given to Court Assistant Martin Randall for what the Master has described as his “selfless and sustained dedication to the Company.”
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Printers Hobbs awarded Platinum medal by EcoiVadis
9 DECEMBER 2024
Stationers News printer Hobbs has been awarded a Platinum Medal by EcoVadis in our 2024 sustainability assessment.
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