2022 in Focus: Immense opportunities, complex challenges, and the public demand for specialist media content
Our Public Affairs Executive reflects on 2021 and makes predictions for what publishing holds in 2022.
Parliamentary Committee recommends that the Online Safety Bill should protect consumer and business magazines’ content
MPs and peers have recognised PPA’s calls for consumer magazine and business media content to be protected in a new law aimed at regulating social media and tech giants.
EU Customs VAT clampdown on subscription mail
Italian Customs are beginning to clampdown on items that do not comply with VAT rules. It is likely that similar clampdowns could occur in other EU nations, and publishers should take action to comply in order to prevent serious delays.
The PPA meets Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Culture Angus Robertson MSP
A meeting between Angus Robertson MSP, John Innes, Chair of PPA Scotland, and the PPA's Public Affairs Executive, Sebastian Cuttill took place this week to discuss the impacts of the pandemic on the media, the future of publishing, sustainability, and much more.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games Advertising and Trading Regulations Published
Find out more about the advertising and trading regulations below.
How to create climate stories that work: A Report from the Climate Creatives Festival
How can the media engage audiences with one of the most pressing stories of our time? That was the question being answered at the BBC Academy Climate Creatives Festival, and the PPA tuned in to bring you the key thoughts on how we can give audiences the information they have a right to know, in a way that feels human, relatable and personally relevant.
The Queen's Speech
The Government has outlined its legislative priorities for the coming year in the Queen’s Speech, prioritising a national recovery to be achieved by ‘levelling up’ opportunities. The Government will provide support for jobs, businesses, and economic growth, as well as addressing the pandemic’s impact on public services.
Scottish and Welsh Elections: A Key Policy Overview
Voters will go to polls in elections for the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd on May 6. PPA Public Affairs Intern, Sebastian Cuttill, breaks down each party's stance on key policies: Creative Industries and Media, Environment and Plastics, Business and Apprenticeships.
Guest Blog with Graham Johnson, Consultant Development Director at Air Business
My name is Graham Johnson and I am traitor to our kind. I’ll admit here and now that I stopped reading print magazines in 2015.
