Rising star, Kate Samuelson
Every year, through our Print Futures Awards, we give talented young people grants of up to £1500 to go towards their career development. This year we had 44 very deserving winners with promising careers in the print, publishing, paper, packaging and graphic arts...
BPIF launch new COVID-Secure Road map
8 practical steps to help your business take into account the journey to being Covid-secure BPIF have launched a ‘COVID-Secure Road Map’ in a drive to ensure businesses work towards being Covid-Secure. The BPIF set out the steps to take to ensure a safe transition...
Gerald’s story
As part of Men’s Health Week, we are putting a spotlight on how health problems can result in a change in circumstances, and how The Printing Charity can help when and if this happens. It can be tough for men to ask for help but if you don’t ask when you need it,...
Tom’s Story
As part of Men’s Health Week, we are putting a spotlight on how health problems can result in a change in circumstances, and how The Printing Charity can help when and if this happens. There is good evidence that feeling connected to others is one of five specific...
Gerry’s story
As part of Men’s Health Week, we are putting a spotlight on how health problems can result in a change in circumstances, and how The Printing Charity can help when and if this happens. Our health and wellbeing is central to our happiness, and affect every aspect of...
BPIF Cartons’ members respond to COVID-19
BPIF Cartons’ members have played a major part in ensuring food, drink and healthcare related packaging has been delivered to brand-owners and retailers despite the huge disruption the pandemic has made to so many people’s lives. The importance of the packaging sector...
Celebrating our 2020 Print Futures Awards winners
Our 2020 Print Futures Awards for people aged 18 to 30 in the UK printing, paper, publishing, packaging, and graphic arts sector are helping 44 young people who scooped grants of up to £1,500 each to invest in their personal and professional development. This year’s...
Print and the environment
*Image Credit - FoilCo Sustainability and the environment are hot topics in the world of print and packaging. On one hand, the world is going paperless and attempting to eradicate plastic and surplus packaging. But it’s not as simple as removing these things entirely...
Rising stars in publishing
These stars all have one thing in common, and that’s a passion for books. At the start of their publishing careers, working across large and small houses and in all departments, they are seeking to improve their core publishing skills such as copywriting and...
Rising stars developing specialist skills
These stars have all chosen to progress their chosen specialism, whether this is English language editing or marketing, to bring specialist knowledge and expertise to our sector. Our funding will allow them to gain certificated training from their relevant...
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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...