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Members are encouraged to put forward relevant team members to take part in the various agenda-setting steering groups and networks run by the PPA.
This group provides an opportunity for leaders in the business media space to meet and discuss common challenges they are facing in their own businesses and share ideas for transformation and innovation to help their business adapt, grow and thrive. This is a sustainable and active network of CEOs, MDs, and senior business leaders.
Group members include BMJ, Euromonitor, Faversham House, Haymarket Media Group, Incisive Media, Mark Allen Group, Newsquest Specialist Media, Hemming Group, The Drum & William Reed
This network comprises CEOs, MDs and Publishers from some of our independent publisher members, those small-medium businesses that operate independently, usually with an annual turnover of under £10million. This group meets regularly to discuss common challenges faced by these business owner and recent work has included a benchmarking report as well as presentations of new and emerging technology solutions . This network is a real opportunity for peer-to-peer support and information exchange.
Group members include: Allies Group, Anthem Publishing, APL Media, Burlington Media, Century One, DJ Murphy, Gruppo, London Review of Books, Mash Media, Real Response Media, Taylist Media, Terrapinn Holdings, Think Media Group, True 212, The Stage, Ultima Media, Wanderlust & Western Business Media.
Bringing together commercial leaders for learning, networking and strategical discussions around marketing solutions and commercial best practice, this group is open to PPA member firms in the B2B space. The aim of the steering group is to address key challenges like recruitment and retention, discuss relevant metrics for tracking and improving performance, and encourage members to build a network of peers in similar job functions. Meetings take place quarterly, with ad hoc networking opportunities where there is demand.
Group members include: Faversham House, Emap, BMJ, Haymarket, Foundry, Stylus, Raconteur, Shard Financial Media, Hemming Group, Incisive Media, Think, Real Deals Media, Mark Allen Group, Newtrade Media, Allies Group, Asian Media Group.
Bringing together member businesses to inform PPA policy making, lobbying and consultation responses in all aspects of digital regulation and legislation. This Forum aims to create a coherent, joined-up vision for a digital environment that will allow PPA members to capitalise on digital opportunities, innovate at pace, and mitigate threats. Meetings take place quarterly, with ad hoc working groups for specific policy areas.
Group members include: Anthem, Bauer, Conde Nast, Economist, Euromonitor, Faversham House, Future, Haymarket, Hearst, Immediate, LaingBuisson, LandorLinks, Motorsport Magazine, Paragraph, Time, William Reed, and associate member law firms.
Actively facilitates the interactions of industry actors, to help achieve sustainability targets and offers an excellent platform for discussing key environmental concerns and share information on how to address these.
The PPA Sustainability Action Group meets quarterly to discuss the pressing issues of the day and members of this group are engaged in actively working towards targets signed in our Responsibility Deal with the government.
The work spans a number of areas from ensuring events are run in a sustainable way to offering magazine wrapping guidelines, to a range of resources and whitepapers to help members deal with environmental issues and policy.
Current work involves the development of an industry pledge as well as scoping the build for an industry calculator, allowing members of all sizes to track their progress.
Group members include: Archant, Autovia, Bauer, DC Thomson, Denmaur, Future, Haymarket, Hearst, Hurst Media, Immediate, LRB, Marketforce, Menzies, National Trust, New Scientist, Reach, NMA, Royal Mail, Seymour, Signature, Conde Nast, Two Sides, YM Group.
Bringing together those responsible for leading their digital product strategies. This new network allows members to connect and collaborate via roundtables and networking opportunities to advance the conversation in the digital publishing space.
As well as the sharing of best practice, recent discussions included technology options, talent challenges and developing business cases etc. These sessions also include presentations from technology partners so that group members are kept up to date on new solutions.
Group members include: New Scientist, Future, William Reed, Asian Media Group, Haymarket Media Group, Time Out, Autovia, Select Science, Hello!, Faversham House
Under the initiative PPA Progress, we have established an active EDI steering group, with the long-term aim of moving the dial on diversity, equity and inclusion both for the industry as a whole and to help our members make changes within their own businesses. The group meets quarterly to discuss challenges they are facing, share their own policies and approaches, and help inform the PPA on where to focus future member-wide workshops. Our group is facilitated by our partner consultancy, https://www.project23works.com
This year we published a number of webinars (including sessions on women in leadership and invisible illness in the workplace as well as hosting presentations on various work place trends. These updates for members included a breakdown of the following reports:
Group members include: BMJ, Hearst UK, Immediate Media, TTG Media, William Reed, Asian Media Group, Bauer Media, Condé Nast, DC Thomson Media, Euromonitor International, Future Plc, Haymarket Media Group, Mark Allen Group, Metropolis Group, New Scientist, Reach Plc & OutThere Publishing
Bringing together senior consumer and B2B subscription/membership professionals to discuss industry challenges, success stories, innovations and feedback to PPA on related regulatory issues. Recent work included a benchmarking report which allowed the group to assess how their performance compared against market performance. Upcoming work includes subscriptions training opportunities at heavily discounted rates as well as a number of roundtables and networking dinners.
Group members include: Companies represented: Future, Bauer Media, Immediate, Hearst, emap, William Reed, Haymarket Media Group, The Big Issue, Time UK, New Scientist, Motorsport, DJ Murphy
Ad Hoc meetings bringing together major distributors in a neutral environment when an industry-wide response is required e.g. obtaining key worker status for delivery drivers at the beginning of the pandemic, joint sales promotions, responding to requests from large retail groups with one voice and more.
Group members: Frontline, Marketforce and Seymour
Meeting four times a year to direct PPA’s strategy on postal issues by focusing on and interfacing with Royal Mail and other access providers about pricing, product, technical and regulatory issues to ensure a cost-effective, efficient, and reliable UK single copy delivery service. The group is made up of production and procurement directors from B2B and consumer businesses responsible for the budgetary and delivery performance of mailings.
Companies represented: Future, Bauer Media, Immediate, Hearst, Haymarket The Economist Group, Autovia, BMJ and RHS
Core to the PPA are our enormously popular member-only networking events and dinners,
bringing together editorial, commercial, marketing and digital leaders.
Find out more about all of our steering groups and networks by emailing membership@ppa.co.uk
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