Altitude Group plc have announced the following leadership and board changes with effect from 1 February 2017. Martin Varley to become Group President and Sanjay Lobo to join as Managing Director.

Fluid Branding are delighted that they built on 2015’s second place win to take the top spot in the 2016 Sourcing City Awards. The Sourcing City Annual Awards are a way for suppliers and distributors within the promotional merchandise industry to vote for their top companies to work with.

Sourcing City have announced that a brand new Version 5 of their market leading online trade sourcing service will be launched before the end of February 2017. The new features will include; crisp & clean layout, faster searching, easier filtering, Express Products search, a new mobile friendly version and Image Search.

Sourcing City have published the Promotional Merchandise Industry Market Report for 2016. The report has been created to provide a global picture of the industry today and provides a detailed analysis of the statistics and trends in the Promotional Merchandise Industry (UK & Ireland) in 2016 and past years.

PSI always produces opportunities on a number of levels; this year The TC Branding Group and Sourcing City chose the event to mark the launch of Promotional Office as The TC Branding Group’s new business management software.

The BPMA have launched their 2017 Regional Events under the theme: ‘Raise Your Game!’. The Marketing Week survey 2014 stated that 70% of marketers unhappy at some time in buying promotional products based on quality or print. The BPMA aims to help members raise their game and ensure compliance is foremost.