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STATIONERS’NEWSPatron: The Archbishop of Canterbury

Master: Kevin Dewey; Upper Warden: Tom Hempenstall; Under Warden: Ian Locks

NU M B E R 120

MA R C H 2013

J O U R N A L O F T H E WO R S H I P F U L C O M PA N Y O F S TAT I O N E R S A N D N E W S PA P E R M A K E R S

INSIDE

INSPIRING!Singing to save

the Spire – St Bride’s Choir filledStationers’ Hall with

glorious song to raisefunds for the church’s

INSPIRE! Appeal and forthe Stationers’ own

Foundation (page two)

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Stationers’ News / Page Two

THERE could, perhaps, have been few set-tings as glorious or appropriate to the firstrousing anthem: Gloria in Excelcis Deo.The dark panelling of Stationers’ Hall gavea warm, rich sound to the voices. Themagnificent Caxton window reflected thetriumph of the ancient livery company’scommitment to the printed word. Theintricate carving of the Hall’s frontage wasa perfect backdrop, as the 12-strong choirof St Bride’s church began its concert ofsacred and modern songs on the eveningof January 21.

St Bride’s is no stranger to theStationers. The magnificent Wren churchhas long been the spiritual focus of jour-nalists and journalism, and the VenerableDavid Meara, the Rector, is also theHonorary Chaplain to the Company. Howappropriate, therefore, that some of themoney raised at the evening of song – andat the subsequent auction and tombola –should go to the £2.5 million restorationappeal for St Bride’s 226-foot weddingcake spire.

The choir’s next two anthems recalledthe musical glories of the 16th century –the age when London’s Livery Companieswere at their height. We had the beautifulThomas Tallis anthem “If Ye Love Me”, fol-lowed by “O Lord Arise”. Unaccompanied,of course, the choir showed its mastery ofharmony, timing and modulation – andalready the audience of some 150Liverymen and guests could feel the powerof a choir that has won renown for itsextraordinary repertoire and crystal clarity.

Angelic Arias & Soulful SongsThe Choir of St Bride’s Church entertained Stationers and their guests to

an inspiring Choral Evening at Stationers’ Hall in January, raising funds for the St Bride’s Appeal – dubbed ‘Inspire!’ – and the Stationers’ Foundation.

Liveryman Michael Binyon reports

The high notes soared, tingling theHall’s decorated ceiling and reverberat-ing on the panelling. The four sopranos,two altos, three tenors and three basseswho comprise the choir, established in1957 for the rededication of the church,interplayed with dazzling complexityunder their Director of Music, RobertJones. Next we had music associatedwith weddings: Patrick Hadley’s muchloved “My Beloved Spake” and WilliamWalton’s “Set me as a seal upon thineheart”. This time the piano accompaniedthem – but in truth the voices alonewere enough to burst beyond the Hall.Little wonder that these professionalsingers are so much in demand. Each ofthe audience who bought a tombola

ticket also received a CD that testifies totheir national popularity.

The choir, of course, were much indemand over Christmas, and gave ussome of the music of the season. Has BobChilcott’s arrangement of the carol“Gaudete” ever sounded so joyful orurgent? They also gave us some of thesolo favourites: Clare Seaton, a profes-sional who has been with St Bride’s since1987, turned “Ave Maria” – too often, alas,soupy and sentimental – into somethingmagically fresh and powerful. The familiarbecame new, but the familiar can alwaysdraw the emotions. A Verdi piece pro-voked prolonged applause. And thoughwe have tired of the way British Airwayshas hijacked Delibes’ flower duet fromLakme, St Bride’s gave it a clarity and puri-ty far beyond the ads on Classic FM.

The evening ended on a lighter note –just to show, perhaps, that even a churchchoir can also do the popular with zestand brio. “Nobody Does It Better” couldhave been the choir’s own summary oftheir performance, followed by “I’m ForEver Blowing Bubbles”. The Master, inoffering delighted thanks afterwards, con-fessed he had been inspired by the choir’sspirited finale, which he said had almostbecome the Company’s unofficialanthem. Perhaps this, and the cajoling ofan inspired auctioneer, put us all in themood to bid large sums for prizes andraise a goodly sum not only for St Bride’sbut also for the Stationers’ Foundation. Allin all, a very well spent evening.

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Stationers’ News / Page Three

IT was snowy, wet and windy outside butStationers’ Hall was a beacon for theDigital Media Group who had come tothe hall to hear Adobe’s perspective onthe future of creative solutions.

Rupert Knowles, Adobe’s BusinessDevelopment Manager for digital pub-lishing, gave an insight into the productsand directions that Adobe are planning.

One of the fundamental changes ofAdobe’s strategy going forward is tomove from a “pay up front for the soft-ware” model to a “rental” model. Forunder £50 per month, users can haveaccess to the whole Creative suite oftools including Photoshop described as“the eponymous photo retouching solu-tion”, Illustrator and InDesign – all ofwhich are used extensively within theprint and publishing industries. This isnow being called the “creative cloud.”

Rupert went beyond that to explainthat Adobe haven’t stood still; they con-tinued to develop solutions for the cre-ative and communication industries:

• Photographers have Lightroom, aprofessional image managementapplication

• Video and music creators havePremier and Audition to edit andcreate sound and video

• Developers have Flash/Muse andedge tools for website and applica-tion development and a wholehost of applications “comingsoon” to enable flash capabilitywith the newly ratified HTML5.

But Adobe have expanded to offersolutions for marketers too with the

marketing cloud, which is, in Rupert’swords, “a complete set of analytics,social, advertising, targeting and webexperience management solutions thatbrings together everything you need toknow about your marketing campaigns”.

Rupert went on to show some of thefeatures of the Adobe InDesign andDigital Publishing Suite with a highlyinteractive demonstration of a tablet edi-tion of the Daily Mail that included 360images, video and “touch for” buttons,showing how interactive digital newspa-per publishing can be.

There was so much information that Ican’t include everything in this short reportbut at the end of the presentation therewas a very honest and open question andanswer session about what Adobe are plan-ning in the future and how Adobe couldengage with educational organisations suchas the proposed Stationers’ CompanySchool to capture creative minds early.

The evening concluded with a ‘creativenetworking buffet’ – a chance for us all todiscuss in more detail our thoughts aboutthe opportunities in the digital mediaarena.

Digital Media Group – Monday 11 February

Welcome to the Creative CloudReport: Liveryman John Charnock

LIVERYMAN Elaine Pooke, who took overadministration of the 200+ Club last September,reports an increase of 36 new members as aresult of increased publicity. More winners arenow donating their prize money back to theClub, she says, with a plea to its members to sayhow they would like to promote this exclusiveclub’s good cause: “We need ideas, please!”

The Club now has 405 members. It hasraised money for exceptional new amenities andenhancements to Stationers’ Hall in the past,such as the splendid wrought iron staircase intothe garden and contributing to the upgrading ofthe new AV system.

200 Plus Club + Ideas PleaseCongratulations to the following recent winners, all now chosen by a process of

“Shout” – instantaneous personal response – held at Company events.

January 2013Luke Mayor Nigel Tollit Anthony G Williams

Bob Russell Jessica Bourne

December 2012Pat SargentGeoffrey BakerBetty MorganTina RandallCharlie Taylor Felstead

November 2012Barbara HempenstallSusan BrewsterHugh RivingtonMike BarnardMatthew Barnard

Stationers’ News / Page Four

THE Skiing Stationers returned home intriumph from the 4th Inter-Livery SkiChampionships, clutching trophies,medals and, once again, a teddy bearnamed Lucky!

It was a record haul of prizes – andenormous fun was had by all in near per-fect ski conditions at Morzine, France,where the competition took place on25-26 January.

Captained by Liveryman MartinWoodhead for the third year running,the Company was able to enter 11 hardycompetitors and three teams. The Ateam comprised Will Brewster, OliverGadsby, Graham Griffiths and JessieWoodhead, whilst the B team wereTrevor Fenwick, Mike Gee, ChrisHeyer and Dorothy Pooley. Bringingup the rear in team C were Ian Locks,Rodney Mountford and MartinWoodhead. In addition there was aguest of Dorothy Pooley, her sister FranGeorgel, who just happened to be a skiinstructor and who came in rather use-ful during training!

Thanks to Chris Heyer, theStationers all looked resplendent in theirstretch blue/white helmet covers incor-porating the Company’s crest, whichmatched the bibs worn during the com-petition. As the Master said subsequent-ly, “If there had been a prize for ‘bestturned out’, you would have won it.”

After practice in glorious conditionsover a couple of days beforehand, theserious stuff started on the Fridayevening when a parallel slalom competi-tion took place under floodlights. There

Skiing Stationers on Top!Report: Liveryman Martin Woodhead

was a record number of over 120entrants from 22 livery companies,some of whom were able to field severalteams like the Stationers. There weretwo runs each and the fastest timecounted. Most found the second runfaster, assisted, in the captain’s case forsure, by a large vin chaud dispensed byTrevor Fenwick in between runs. After itwas all over competitors adjourned to anearby hotel for refreshments and thenall the Stationers enjoyed dinner togeth-er in a local restaurant.

The weather on the Saturdayremained fine and sunny for the GrandSlalom competition held in the morn-ing. One run was allowed for each com-petitor down quite a long course andthe time added to the best slalom timeto decide the winners. Once that wasover the Stationers found themselves in

yet another mountain hut for a long anddelicious lunch!

The glitzy prize giving and dinner onthe Saturday evening included the usualinter-livery banter and ‘taking wine’ thatmakes the event so enjoyable. Ourteams did extremely well with WillBrewster, son of Past Master RichardBrewster, winning the fastest youngskier award and being 3rd overall, whilstalso gaining a Vermeil (Crimson) medalwhich is better than silver but not quitegold; Jessie Woodhead gained a Bronzemedal and Ian Locks, Graham Griffithsand Martin Woodhead won the 200+ prize, namely Luckythe teddy bear, forbeing the fastestteam of threewhose total agesexceeded 200(just!). Lucky ishappily back inthe Clerk’s officewhere he keeps another teddy bear company. In addition, our A team came 4th overallout of 15 teams and Fran Georgel wonthe fastest guest prize. The overall win-ning team was from the Vintners’Company but then they had a full-timeski instructor in their A team! Ian Lockstoasted the success of the Vintners’Company and Mike Gee read a very finepoem he had composed which hadeveryone laughing.

Overall, it was the best year yet forthe Stationers and it would be tremen-dous to build on this when the competi-tion takes place again in Morzine on24/25 January 2014. Some young bloodswould be particularly welcome but themain point is to have fun, no matterwhat the ability. All those interested intaking part should contact MartinWoodhead at martin.woodhead@woodheadpublishing.com

Team Stationers Après-ski

Will Brewster

Stationers’ News / Page Five

WHAT a wonderful occasion theChristmas Trade Lunch at Stationers’Hall has become! To see, and hear, theHall full to capacity with the industry is astirring sight and experience, really whatthe Company is all about. Couple withthat the opportunity to raise moneyfrom a raffle for our charities and wehave a real winner.

The lunch is now one of the biggestevents of the Stationers’ Company calen-dar. Most importantly for the Company,it attracts a strong turnout from ourrelated trades and industries, particular-ly from the paper, printing, publishing,packaging and online media sectors. Ithas become known as a great occasionto meet up with old friends, make newones and network with industry col-leagues. Some of the company represen-tatives have been so inspired by seeingthe Hall in all its splendour that theyhave returned to hire it for conferences,board meetings, product launches andmarket presentations. For potential newmembers, the lunch is a striking oppor-tunity to discover the Company, perhapsas invited guests at a ‘corporate’ table,and a good number of them have subse-quently joined the Livery.

The lunch on 3 December 2012 wasa success in all respects. The Hall waspacked with total of 241 convivial diners.Of these, 200 were representatives andtheir guests from the trades and indus-tries, together with 41 Stationers andtheir guests. There were ten full corpo-rate tables and seven half tables (seebelow). Chester Boyd, our fairly newcaterers, made a splendid job of thefood and service – starting with a cham-pagne reception followed by a four-course banquet with fine wines, portand brandy. No wonder it all appeals tothe industry!

The Christmas Trade Lunch 2012 –A Real Winner!

Report: Liveryman Andrew Watley, Treasurer of the Livery Committee

PedigreeThe Christmas Trade Lunch has an

impressive pedigree. It was born out ofthe Freemen’s Christmas Lunch and wasthe brainchild of Court Assistant MartinRandall during his time with theFreemen’s Association. The idea was toextend an invitation to companies in theindustry to take ‘corporate’ tables andthus swell the numbers – but specificallyfrom our related trades. Martin and I soldmany tables for that very first lunch andsoon realised how successful the event

could be. Over the following few years itwas always full to capacity, with a waitinglist of hopefuls. Thus in 2012 we wereable to hold to the end of the para with'two separate lunches, one for the Tradeand one for Members. We shall do thesame from this year onwards with theTrade Lunch on the first Monday and theMembers’ Lunch on the second Mondayin December.

It is worth noting that half theplaces for the next Trade Lunch, on2 December 2013, are alreadyreserved. Action now!

Corporate GenerosityThis is an event that always

brings out the most generousinstincts in our colleagues from ourrelated industries: this time thelunch raised in excess of £10,000, tobe shared between the Stationers’Foundation and the chosen charity,Children In Need.

Corporate HospitalityFull tables were taken by:

Abacus e-MediaArctic Paper

Denmaur PaperHobbs the Printers

Paper Agents AssociationPremier Paper

GF SmithStora-Enso

Tullis RussellTwo Sides

And half tables by:Aylesford Newsprint

HH PeggLecta

Portucel-SoporcelTreecourtWarnersXerox

Senior executives of our related Trade Associations attended a lunch in January to hearEd Quilty, Director of Copyright at the Intellectual Property Office, talk about his work inthe light of the Hargreaves report (centre left, with the Master, Kevin Dewey). Despiteheavy snow throughout the country, the event attracted representatives from 18 TradeAssociations, ranging from paper-making to printing, as well as publishing groups such asthe NPA and PPA. “A broad church but all seemed to value the opportunity to network inthe unique forum that we provide,” the Master commented afterwards.

Stationers’ News / Page Six

THIS year’s archive evening promises tobe an intrepid affair. It is the 200thanniversary of the birth of DavidLivingstone, and the 60th anniversary ofSir Edmund Hillary’s ascent of Everest,and as such this year’s event takes as itstheme that of exploration. As in recentyears, the event aims to highlight therich relationships of the Company’s ownarchive and library with those of otherinstitutions. This year we are collaborat-ing with the John Murray Archive, theRoyal Marines and the RoyalGeographical Society, all of which dis-play a fascinating inter-related history, aswell as a strong association with theStationers’ Company.

The John Murray Archive at theNational Library of Scotland is a treasuretrove of over 200 years of remarkablepublishing history. Over seven genera-tions the Murrays published a diverserange of books and authors; from thefar-flung travels of Isabella Bird andDavid Livingstone, the poetry of LordByron and the novels of Jane Austen, tothe theories of Charles Darwin. Theirhistory is marked with great successes,including the Journal of the RoyalGeographical Society, but also occasion-al failures like their newspaper, TheRepresentative. The close associationwith the other institutions is illustratedby the fact that the first John Murray wasa Royal Marine and the second John

The Stationers’ Archive Evening, Monday 15 April 2013

Exploring Archives – All WelcomeAdvance Report: Liveryman Matthew Payne, Keeper of the Muniments, Westminster Abbey

Murray became free of the Stationers’Company in 1800.

The Royal Geographical Society wasfounded in 1830, and is the UK’s learnedsociety and professional body for geog-raphy. The Society houses one of themost significant international collec-tions relating to geography, travel andexploration, including the world’slargest private map collection.Historically, the Society is closely associ-ated with remarkable feats of explo-ration, including the ventures of DavidLivingstone, Henry Morton Stanley,Captain Scott, Sir Ernest Shackelton andSir Edmund Hillary.

The connection of the Royal Marineswith the Stationers’ Company is wellknown. The Royal Marines Museumcontains approximately one and a halfmillion documents, illustrating theirlong and illustrious history from 1664 tothe present day.

The Stationers’ Company archivehas links with all three visiting institu-tions. The Company’s membership reg-isters record the early days of JohnMurray II’s career in publishing, begin-ning with his binding as an apprentice

bookseller in 1793. After he became afreeman of the Company, a number ofhis publications were entered in theStationers’ Registers. Among theseentries is the journal of the secondexpedition into the interior of Africa ofHugh Clapperton (1788-1827), navalofficer and traveller. Clapperton’sarchive is part of the collection of theRoyal Geographical Society.

The evening will include talks byrepresentatives from each institution, aswell as an introductory talk by ChrisWoods, Liveryman and Director of theNational Conservation Service. Therewill be a display of manuscripts andprinted works from the various collec-tions, and a wine reception and fingerbuffet will give attendees a chance tomingle and look at the display.

Tickets cost £40 per person, andthere is no limit on the number ofguests you may bring. The closing datefor applications is Monday 1 April, andLiverymen and their guests are invitedto book early to assure a place. Pleasecontact events@stationers.org in theusual way, or return the flyer which wasincluded in the last Company mailing.

David LivingstonePhotograph courtesy of Royal Geographical Society

Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzin on EverestPhotograph courtesy of Royal Geographical Society

Above: Photograph ofpupils at Julfa, Persia, inApril 1890, taken byIsabella Bird. From theJohn Murray Collection atthe National Library ofScotland. Reproduced withthe permission of theNational Library ofScotland

Stationers’ News / Page Seven

FOLLOWING the Archiveevenings that theCompany has put on inrecent years, mostStationers will be awareof our Library andArchives and the wealthof information they con-tain. What they may notbe aware of is how manyfamily connections havebeen recorded andretained by the Company.

Not long ago, anenquiry arrived from alady who was researchingthe life of her father,Leonard Kenyon,Master of the Company in1975. Although she didremember that year quitewell, she was keen to findout more. The recordsthat offered the greatestopportunity to providethe information sherequired were the CourtBooks, together with pastissues of what is nowentitled Stationers’ News(until 2001 The Stationerand Newspaper Maker).Although she was keen todo the research here atStationers’ Hall, public access is restrict-ed in order to protect the integrity ofour documents, and it was more appro-priate for staff to carry out the research.

What emerged from our recordssuggests that Leonard Kenyon was a fig-ure of great significance in the develop-ment of the Company. His name firstappears in a 1949 Court Book, whichrecords his admission to the Freedom ofthe Company in February, followed byhis Cloathing in the Livery in July.

In April 1966 the Court made themomentous decision that in future itwould be joined by five furtherAssistants, who were to be elected fromLiverymen irrespective of seniority, andthat a ballot would be introduced for theelection of the Under Warden (whowould then be likely to progress in duecourse to the position of Master).

In November that year, LeonardKenyon was nominated for election bymerit, and in January 1967 he was calledinto Court – the first Liveryman to beelected independently of seniority in the

A MASTER IN THE ARCHIVEReport: Freeman Richard Gilpin

history of the Company. In 1969 he wasappointed a Foundation Governor of theStationers’ School, becoming Chairmanof the Governors three years later.

The CompanyArchive – a Gateway

to the PastIn 1971, he gave an address to the

Livery on the subject of the City LiveryBarges (a model of the most recent ofwhich is on display on the staircase lead-ing up to the Stock Room). In thecourse of his talk he announced the for-mation of a Committee to carry outresearch into the Company’s barges andpublish a book about them. The resultsof this research were written up byMichael Osborne, as assistant master atthe Stationers’ School, and published in1972 under the title The State Barges ofThe Stationers’ Company 1680-1850. In2012, the year of the Diamond JubileeFlotilla on the river Thames featuring

the rowed bargeGloriana, this publicationhas particular resonance.

The Court Book forJuly 1973 records the elec-tion of Leonard Kenyon tothe position of UnderWarden. In July 1974 hebecame Upper Warden,and the Summer 1975issue of The Stationer andNewspaper Maker provid-ed Stationers with thenews that he had beenelected Master.

On 2nd December1975, as Master of theCompany, he had thegreat honour to act ashost to Her Majesty theQueen and His RoyalHighness the Duke ofEdinburgh at a receptionat Stationers’ Hall given bythe President and Councilof the Newspaper Society.

During his year asMaster, he was involvedin preparations for anexhibition planned forthe autumn of 1976 tocelebrate the CaxtonQuincentenary Year, andthe Court Book for 1976

records that he presented the Companywith two volumes of a facsimile editionof Caxton’s manuscript translation ofOvid’s Metamorphoses. These are stillaccessible in the Library.

Also in the Library is an historic butrather sad garment. In July 1975, inLeonard Kenyon’s earliest days asMaster, the Court was asked for its helpin the renovation/restoration of “thejacket of the Barge-man”. It is clear fromits current condition that the Court didnot agree to this.

Only three years after finishing hisyear as Master, Leonard Kenyon’s healthdeclined, and the Court was saddenedto agree to his request to be transferredto the Supernumerary List in 1979. Hedied in October of the same year.

All this evidence of the goodwork of an outstanding Master ispreserved for posterity in theCompany Archives, a gateway to thepast that can be opened for othermembers and relations to gothrough.

Stationers’ News / Page Eight

LIVERYMAN Elaine Pooke and PastMaster Richard Brewster both workedas Olympic Ambassadors at London rail-way stations during the 2012 LondonOlympics. Elaine, Deputy Chairman ofthe Livery Committee, was a full-timeManager at Paddington whilst PastMaster Brewster worked for a Managerat Liverpool Street. Elaine and Richardboth said they had tremendous fun,although Richard admitted that it washard work directing our foreign friendsto places he had never heard of and theycouldn’t pronounce.

Both Elaine and Richard were veryimpressed by how well their respectiveStation staff worked with theAmbassadors to provide visitors with acomprehensive and efficient service.Bravo to Team GB and Team Stationers!

Elaine Pooke reports:The training for London Olympic

Ambassador Managers started inSeptember 2011 with a meeting at CityHall for 210 Location Managers – ofwhich I was one – and around 30 Areaand Cell Managers. We were all volun-teers except for a handful of profession-als employed to run the programme.

As a Location Manager, I was respon-sible for training and supervisingbetween five and ten Ambassadors onduty each day at Paddington Station. Iworked four days on and four days offduring the Games, as well as six week-ends on security and other dutiesbeforehand.

London Mayor Boris Johnson met ustwice, once to motivate us at the startand then to congratulate us at a finalparty. I was also invited to ClarenceHouse to meet HRH Prince Charles andthe Duchess of Cornwall, who compli-mented me on my impressive collectionof pins attached to my lanyards for boththe Olympics and Paralympics events.

The work was very enjoyable – andchallenging! Our role was to help visi-tors who needed help with directions orinformation of any kind. Here are a fewof the odder examples:

Argentine Beatle FansTwo Argentine women arrived at

Liverpool Street station and asked inbroken English “to be shown the

Stationers’ Ambassadors at theLondon Olympics

Not all the Olympic accolades have yet been recorded, at least not in Stationers’News. The ambassadorial role of two fellow Stationers is a tale still worth the telling.

Beatles”. We thought they might wantAbbey Road but it transpired theythought they were in Liverpool!

The Case of the Japanese ManIt took me two hours to despatch a

Japanese man and his enormous casefrom the station to his destination inKent. He had hardly any English buteventually produced a document show-ing the address of the family where hewas staying. I telephoned and asked hishostess, “How is he supposed to get toyou with his huge case by tube and trainto Kent?” She replied: “He got all theway to you at Paddington from Japan, sohe can get here!” I ended up organisinga taxi that cost him £38 – money wellspent!Lost in Transit

An Australian woman became veryconfused after failing to find her son and

grandson waiting for her at the station.She said they had been due to meetthere and go on to Bath together. Shehad been traveling for 28 hours and wasclearly exhausted. Eventually we man-aged to telephone the friend in Bath andconvinced the woman to take a trainthere, rather than stay on in London.Don’t let the Bed Bugs Bite

A Swedish woman came rushingover to us shrieking, “I have been bitteneverywhere, look, look!” Apparently shehad been bitten by bed bugs at thehouse where she had been staying – aplague of them, judging by the evi-dence. Nothing to be done about that,but she had also left her mobile phoneat the house and was not prepared to goback there. And she had a plane to catchat Heathrow. I calmed her down andhelped her to arrange for the cab com-pany to pick up her phone and take it toher at the airport.A Tip Too Far

An Australian couple were so grate-ful for my help that the man tried to giveme a tip, starting with £3 and thenincreasing it to £6 when I refused. Iexplained that we were not allowed totake tips but he refused to take it back,saying, “Have a drink on us, we are sograteful for your help!” So I used it tobuy chocolates for all the Ambassadorson the graveyard shift!

Past Master Richard Brewster

Boris & Elaine, with pins

Stationers’ News / Page Nine

“Sponsor training in our industries…and benefit from Stationers’Foundation support.”

…was the title of the Foundation’sflyer in December’s mailing, announc-ing the offer of three new TrainingBursaries to complement the existing sixawarded annually in the postgraduatebursaries programme spearheaded byLiveryman Sue Pandit. Our currentprogramme has been very successful ingiving potential entrants to our indus-tries a head start, and an entry point tothe Stationers’ Company. We hope thatour new bursaries will provide an addi-tional route to help support bothyounger entrants to our industries, andthose early in their careers.

Additional help for training in ourindustries is always welcome – but whythis extension?

Right across the Company’s indus-tries, significant change is making itmore important than ever that we investin skills. Technological change contin-ues to affect the types of products andservices our customers want – whetherthey be corporate buyers of print, pack-

Liveryman Phil Ellaway writes about the new training initiative launched by theFoundation. Phil is a Trustee of the Foundation and in his day job is Group Strategy

Director at City and Guilds, so he is well placed to support this scheme.

The Stationers’ Foundation

New Training Initiative

aging or information, or consumersexpecting their news and entertainmentto be available wherever and wheneverthey want it – on a phone, tablet ordesktop. And change brings new com-petitors right across the chain – fromproduct development to distribution.For those with the ambition and abilityto respond it also brings significantopportunities.

Government is trying to help – andcross-party support for the concept ofApprenticeships has got them back onthe corporate radar as a means of secur-ing a talent pipeline. But publicly fund-ed schemes are not available in all ourindustry sectors, and the direction oftravel for public funding is downwards.Apprenticeship schemes are also hardwork for smaller employers, without aspecialist learning and developmentteam to administer them.

So we’ve opted to fund employersdirectly for training they wish to spon-sor. Three new Training Bursaries of upto £5,000 each will be awarded in 2013.Applications are open to all members ofthe Company (Liverymen and Freemen)

to sponsor potential trainees in theirbusinesses, and will be assessed againstthree key criteria:

1. Training is specific to the develop-ment of knowledge and competen-cies in the Communications andContent industries.2 Candidates should be at an earlystage in their careers (eg newentrants to their industry/appren-tices) and priority will be given tothose aged 25 or younger.3 Preference may be given to appli-cations from smaller businesses thatwould otherwise be unable to investin staff training and development.If you would like to recommend a

trainee for one of our 2013 TrainingBursaries, please complete theNomination Form sent in the Decembermailing, or contact Ian Larkham for anew form at ian@theprintingcharity.org.uk

If the programme is a success in2013, we’ll look to increase the numberof bursaries available in subsequentyears. So please do take advantage of itand support it if you can.

THE success of the Saturday Schoolssupported by the Stationers’Foundation in Kilburn and King’s Crossis best summed up in direct quotesfrom those most closely involved:teachers, children and parents. Here isa selection:

“Behaviour and attention in both of thesupport groups is generally excellent andthe enthusiasm the children show makesteaching them a pleasure.” Mahaz Kayani,teacher at King’s Cross

“I believe in the value of a rigorous sub-ject-based education that demands the bestfrom all children and challenges ‘dumbingdown’ in all its forms. I have seen childrenwork hard to meet high expectations, espe-cially when introduced to more challeng-ing topics from algebra to abstract nouns.”Sarah Boyes, teacher at King’s Cross

“The children are well motivated, keento learn and complete the work I set dili-gently. I have seen clear and consistentprogress throughout the term.” ZiyaadDesai, teacher at Kilburn

“Saturday school helps me learn mytimetables.” Aaron, pupil at King’s Cross

“I wish this was my school all the time”Jackson, pupil at Kilburn

“I like coming to Saturday schoolbecause Mr K (Mr Kayani) is nice andhelps me read.” Abdirahman, pupil atKing’s Cross

“I’m so glad to have a place at theSaturday School.” Mother of Sheena,who travels from Ilford to attend theStationers’ School at King’s Cross

“My son has special needs and MrWong has helped him improve his levels atschool and his self-belief.” Parent of pupilat Kilburn

The Stationers’ Saturday Schools

Joshua, King’s CrossJoshua is one of the longest standing pupils at the Stationers’ School in King’s Cross.

He has attended the classes with commitment and enthusiasmsince 2009, when he was 7-years-old. Now aged 10, andsoon moving to secondary school, Joshua is doing verywell. As his InCAS results show, Joshua is 16 monthsahead of the expected levels in his reading skills and 20months ahead in his maths skills.

Joshua’s elder sister, Rebecca, also attended theStationer’s School until she reached Year 7. Rebecca isnow thriving at secondary school and has recently joinedCivitas’ St Pancras lessons, which take place on Wenesdayevenings. These lessons are for children aged 12-14 and focuson more advanced work in subjects including history, essay-writing,debating, philosophy and classics. The classes aim to prepare the pupils for moreadvanced work in school and university. With the encouragement of the teachers, anoth-er former Stationers’ pupil, 12-year-old Aaron, has started visiting the British Museumand the British Library in his spare time. There are currently six former Stationers’ pupilsat these classes, demonstrating the long-term commitment the pupils have to learning.

Joshua

Donnell, KilburnAs well as the pupils who are doing

very well, we often meet children whoare struggling at school. Eight-year-oldDonnell, who joined the classes inSeptember, is currently three yearsbehind the level expected for his age inreading and one year behind in maths.Donnell’s mother is very concernedabout his progress and was delightedwhen he was given a place at theStationers’ School.

Donnell is now working one-to-onewith Emily Thomas, a new supportteacher at the school. We hope andexpect that this intensive support willenable Donnell to progress rapidly andprevent him slipping further behind.Emily is focusing on very basic phonicsskills using the highly effective ButterflyBook as well as spellings and simplecomprehension.

The Stationers’ Foundation is thecharitable arm of the Stationers’Company. Its mission is to provide edu-cation and welfare support to individu-als and causes connected with theCommunications and Content indus-tries. These reports were compiled byCourt Assistant Robert Flather, one ofthe Trustees.

FUTURE EVENTSMARCH4 Livery Luncheon4 New Members’ Evening18 Freemen’s Association

AGM & Lunch18 Annual Lecture – Sir David Bell

APRIL15 Archive Evening22 DMG Roundtable ‘More Carrot’26 Members’ Annual Dinner30 Livery Golf Day

MAY1 Charter Dinner28 Summer Forum

JUNE4 Richard Johnson Service &

Members’ Lunch24 Common Hall, Election of Sheriffs25 Theatre Dinner

JULY2 Common Hall,

Election of Master2 Master’s Installation Party

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COMPANY NEWS

Foundation Case Histories

The CourtTUESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2013Paul Wilson was admitted as a Court Assistant

Cloathed in the LiveryTUESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2013MARK ALEXANDER JAMES CROPPERChairman, James Cropper PlcBRIAN LESLIE HIBBITTTreasurer & Company Secretary, The International Printers Network Limited

TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2012WILLIAM MICHAEL FORDHAMFreelance Editor & Publisher, Populis Ireland LimitedBRIAN LEONARD O’CONNORManaging Director, Worldwide Media Solutions LimitedJOHN PEACOCKRetiredTEJ PRATAP SINGH SOODManaging Director & Publisher, Anthem Press

New Bursary for Copyright Research

The Stationers’ Company has established a three-yearpost-graduate research studentship at University CollegeLondon (UCL) to study the research-based commercialand economic case for copyright. The first holder, chosenby a joint Stationers-UCL panel, is Aislinn O’Connell, whohas a Master’s degree in international business law and adegree in law and French.

In MemoriamCOURT ASSISTANT

EMERITUS MARIUS RODENBURG3 March 1924 – 23 November 2012

Cloathing: 3 December 1963

LIVERYMANTIMOTHY JOHN RIX CBE4 January 1934 – 8 Nov 2012

Cloathing: 7 April 1992

FREEMANALEXANDER ROBIN MCLEOD22 June 1927 – 27 October 2012

Freedom: 1 March 1955

FREEMAN MELVILLE TOPPER4 July 1919 – 23 October 2012

Freedom: 31 July 1979

LIVERYMANDENNIS IVAN EWART HEATH20 Nov 1915 – 19 October 2012

Cloathing: 26 July 1960Editor’s Note: a report on the Cakes & Ale event on Ash Wednesday has been held over for the next issue of Stationers’ News, due to lack of space.

dennis.jones@newsint.co.ukwww.newsprinters.co.uk

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S TAT I O N E R S ’ N E W SHONORARY EDITOR: Stephen Somerville

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Letters and contributions for publication will be welcomed bythe Honorary Editor at Stationers’ Hall.The opinions and articles published in Stationers’ News do not necessarily reflect the views of the Stationers’ Company or the Editor.

A Galaxy of Gowns

AN array of Stationers’ gowns ready forceremonial action, standing out againstthe dark panelling of the Stock Room*.The ceremony at this particular meetingof the Court, on 5 February, comprisedthe Cloathing of two new Liverymen –Mark Cropper of James Cropper Plc,and Brian Hibbitt of The InternationalPrinters Network Limited – and theadmission of a new Court Assistant,Paul Wilson of De La Rue. In line with

tradition, the most junior CourtAssistant present was required to intro-duce Paul to all the other CourtAssistants by name, one by one. Thejunior on this occasion happened to beRt Rev’d Stephen Platten, Bishop ofWakefield, better known for addressingthe House of Lords.*The Court Room, where the Courtusually meets, was being prepared foranother event.

The Stationers’ stylishnew ski helmet

branding, designed by Liveryman Chris Heyer

(see Inter-Livery skireport – page four)

Sheep Ahoy!

PHOTOGRAPHIC evidence has justcome to light of Liveryman PádraigBelton’s efforts on behalf of the YoungStationers to assist with Sheriff WendyMead’s appeal for the British Red Cross.He says, “I sheepishly agreed to take asheep across London Bridge. There weare in the picture, attempting to makesome stuffed ruminants look interest-ing.” – September 2012