Develop your career with online learning
The current situation means we are all spending more time at home. Remote working and keeping in touch online is now very easy, but have you considered online learning? Now is a great time to enrich your skill set by completing an online course. Different types of...
Coronavirus update
We know it’s tough right now The news avalanche can feel overwhelming right now and it’s sometimes hard to know what’s real or not. For the latest guidance on responding to COVID-19 check out www.gov.uk and www.nhs.uk. There are some great tips and advice on how to...
We renew our funding of NCTJ’s Journalism Diversity Fund
Helping to to improve diversity in the newsroom We have renewed our financial support for the Journalism Diversity Fund (JDF) for 2020. The bursary fund administered by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) was established to improve diversity in...
Gerald
"The money makes a huge difference. We don’t know how we’d manage otherwise." Our support helps beneficiary Gerald and his wife with everyday essentials. Gerald studied graphic arts, illustration, and silk screen printing at Eastbourne College of Arts. Deciding...
Annual General Meeting
Join us as we reflect on our 2019 achievements Our 193rd Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Tuesday 9th June 2020, at the St Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8EQ and will commence at 3.00 p.m. The meeting offers a chance for us to...
Victor Watson Trophy
Recognise a Young Person of Outstanding Achievement in our industry. Now in its fifth year, this Award was launched in memory of Victor Watson CBE DL to recognise a Young Person of Outstanding Achievement. The Award is open to any young person under the age of 31 at...
Three new trustees
New council members are elected to help us continue to grow. We have appointed Louisa Bull, Trade Union Officer at Unite the Union, Julia Palmer-Poucher, Group Production Director at Harmsworth Quays Printing, and David Phillips, Site Director, Dagenham and...
Visual Media Conference 7 April 2020 – Book now!
Unique opportunity to learn more from drupa in advance of their event in June 2020! The BPIF are delighted to bring you the 7th Visual Media Conference and Exhibition on 7 April 2020 at the Rose Bowl Leeds. The VMC is a free-to-attend one day event providing vivid...
Our 2020 Print Futures Awards for rising stars are open for entries
Supporting the next generation of industry talent. Our 2020 Print Futures Awards giving people aged 18 to 30 the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to £1,500 to support their personal and workplace development to progress in their careers in the UK printing,...
Signposting
We take a holistic approach to applications for support, taking time to look at all the factors in a particular case and how best to provide help. We do not work in isolation and value the relationships we have with like-minded organisations. Here are some of the...
Featured Posts
Lightboxes and Lettering: the importance of east London’s print industry celebrated in new National Lottery-funded exhibition
The Malvern Press, Dalston Lane, dates as on photos, courtesy of Les and Peter Wynn Lightboxes and Lettering | 17 January – 29 March 2020 at the Nunnery Gallery E3 A new exhibition at Bow’s Nunnery Gallery is set to celebrate the fascinating and important...
Designer Bookbinders’ Transferring Design initiative funded by us gains momentum
Following Designer Bookbinders’ launch of its Transferring Design initiative and four successful introductory pilots promoting the craft of bookbinding, Designer Bookbinder Fellow, Mark Cockram, recently ran a follow-up, three-day workshop at Lincoln College of Art...
Kayleigh Munn scoops the 2019 BBD&PA Best Student Book Award
Congratulations to Kayleigh Munn, a Graphic Design student at UWE Bristol, for winning the 2019 British Book Design and Production Awards’ Best Student Book category for her book, Vegas Baby. As well as being presented with a trophy at the awards event in London on 21...