Our Members’ Day, held on the 9 July, is a wonderful opportunity to meet your MPs and network with your peers. Many a visit has been arranged of the back of an informal chat at our APPPG and these are vital to ensure that your MP understands your business and how they can support you in Government. This year we are also looking forward to hearing from Kevin Green, former Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and former HR Director at the Royal Mail, at our morning conference. He will focus on how to attract, retain and develop employees – arguably your biggest asset – looking at upcoming challenges, future trends and whether AI really is a threat to workers. Please click here to book your place. 

We explain the key actions you need to take if one of your employees is suffering from stress on page 6 and then on page 7 we revisit GDPR a year after its implementation. We can help provide guidance or training to ensure you are treating personal data properly and legally so do get in touch.

On page 12, we discuss the Resources and Waste Strategy announced by the Government in December 2018 and its effect on the packaging sector.

The latest on Brexit is considered on page 16, highlighting our members' frustration with the continued uncertainty. Our Printing Outlook report on page 24 reflects this with ‘maintaining a reliable and secure supply chain’ as members current top Brexit concern.

Finally, entries for the British Book Design & Production Awards close on 28 June, so get your entries in!