Sarah Penn, MD at Outstanding Branding, has written a thought provoking article from her experience as a woman leading a successful business, and it is certainly worth a read.

Sourcing City are delighted to announce that Graham Duff, a distinguished Red Arrows display pilot, will be the opening speaker at the beginning of the first day (7th October) at Sourcing City Marketplace.

Once again BTC activewear is going on tour with their annual Autumn Roadshow visiting 7 venues with 17 exhibitors in 7 weeks culminating in an ‘Open House’ at their HQ and distribution centre in Wednesbury. They will be joined by GS-UK who will be demonstrating many of their embroidery machines, printers and consumables, together with a number of market-leading clothing brands.

Trophex 2015 proved to be yet another successful show for the trophy, awards and personalisation industry. As always the industry was well represented with all the big companies from the world of trophies, lasers and engraving, sublimation and personalisation, printing and embroidery solutions to name just a few. Trophex returns to the NEC Pavilion in Birmingham, UK from 17th-18th January 2016.

Customer Focus has launched two new sites to promote both this autumn’s APG shows and the 2016 Spectrum Catalogue. The easy-to-navigate, uncluttered designs deliver detailed information in an interactive, mobile-friendly format.

We read with interest a recent article written by PPD Editor Aidan Goldstraw and published on the PPD website. The piece is considered and contains a concerning revelation, plus food for thought on how business owners need to protect valuable data and confidential company information. We do not feel the need to make further comment, so with the permission of PPD we publish the article in full below.