Royal Mail Statement to Publishers
UPDATED: Temporary change to postal arrangements on Saturday will be for a six-week period.
VAT Scrapped on E-publications
Plans to scrap VAT on e-publications fast-tracked and will come into force tomorrow.
Magazine Media to be Included in Ofcom's Weekly Tracker
Following a PPA request, Ofcom's weekly tracker survey which gathers research on how people are receiving and acting on news and information during the pandemic, will now include magazine media.
Government Announces Changes to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
*UPDATE: The government has taken steps on the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) to ensure that lenders have the confidence they need to process finance applications quickly, including removing the per lender portfolio cap for the government guarantee, and changing the viability tests that so that all banks will need to assess is whether a business was viable pre COVID-19
Evessio Named as Official Awards Software Partner at Virtual Sustainable Event Awards 2020
Organisers of the Sustainable Event Awards have announced event software companyEvessio as their official partner and platform provider for the inaugural event which will take place online in September 2020.
Barry McIlheney | CEO | Professional Publishers Association
After 40 years in the industry, editing, publishing and launching magazines followed by 10 years of bringing the industry together as CEO of the PPA, Barry McIlheney looks back on the career that began in Belfast and brought him to London where he instantly made his mark as Editor of Smash Hits at 26-years-old. "I didn't really know it at the time, but this was the big break," he says. "Everything I have done since then stems from that." As he steps down from his official role at the PPA, McIlheney reflects on the highlights, his favourite covers and the striking changes in the industry that have taken place over the last 30 years.
Guest Blog: In Search of the "Self-Driving Car" of the Publishing World
Artificial intelligence in the publishing world.
Treasury Announces Bounce Back Loan: 100% Guarantee
The Chancellor has announced the creation of Bounce Back Loans, for small businesses in need of loans of up to 50,000.
New Editor Appointed for Immediate Media Title, Your Home
Immediate Media Co, the special interest content and platform company, has announced that Mel Sherwood, has been appointed as editor of Your Home.
Vogue Business Appoints Sarah Shannon as Editorial Director
Condé Nast has announced the appointment of Sarah Shannon as Editorial Director of Vogue Business, effective 18th May. Vogue Business launched in January 2019, as Condé Nast’s first business media title.
Bauer Appoints New Subscriptions and Managing Director of Women's Specialist and Hobbies
Bauer Media has announced the appointment of Sam Gallimore as Subscriptions Director and Managing Director of Women’s Specialist and Hobbies, reporting directly to Chris Duncan CEO of the UK Publishing Business.
BBC Science Focus Launches New Podcast Series
BBC Science Focus has launched a brand-new podcast series, ‘Everything you wanted to know about…but were afraid to ask’, speaking to world-leading experts to answer Google’s most searched for queries and tackle questions from listeners.
The PPA Awards to go Virtual
The PPA Awards 2020, originally scheduled to take place on the evening of June 30 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, will go ahead as a virtual event.
DCMS Respond to PPA Letter Highlighting Impact of COVID-19 On Publishers
UPDATE: DCMS respond to PPA letter written to Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, calling for the adjustments to government schemes intended to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus in order to provide greater support for UK publishers.
Guest Blog: Air Business CEO Adam Sherman shares a message
Air Business CEO Adam Sherman shares a message with PPA members and Air Business staff and customers.
"From the depths of crisis there is this new burgeoning possibility" says Editor of The Big Issue
Paul McNamee, Editor of the Big Issue spoke with PPA CEO Barry McIlheney about what has happened to the iconic street title since the streets have emptied, as part of the first PPA Live! event series.