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They say "choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life". It turns out that sentiment is true, especially for one of our talented Bookazine Development team members who challenged their son to a pumpkin carving contest last night - I wonder which one was theirs.... We advocate for people 'not taking their work home with them' but apparently, "there is a Taylor Swift for every occasion" - including festive pumpkins! Happy Halloween to you all from the team at Marketforce! 🎃 #UK #Magazines #Distribution #Publishing #TaylorSwift #Halloween #Boo

Just a few days remain to enter the 7th annual NEWSTRAID BENEVOLENT FUND Christmas Card Competition! Open to "anyone aged 14 or under who is connected to someone who works or has worked in the sale and distribution of newspapers and magazines" - this competition sees the top three winning designs printed and used at the official NewstrAid cards for 2024! Entries close on November 1st, so please check out https://lnkd.in/eBq36Rvq for more information on how to enter! #Magazines #UK #Publishing #Charity #Competition #Christmas

NEWSTRAID BENEVOLENT FUND's 'Woolly Wednesday' kicks off next week to help highlight the support available to those within our industry struggling to cover the cost of heating over the winter months. Through the distribution of small 'comfort grants', the NewstrAid team are doing their bit to ensure that 'everyone stays warm this winter'. NewstrAid offers financial and mental health assistance to those who are, or have been, employed in the selling and distribution of newspapers and magazines in the UK who may find themselves in hardship. Support such as this can make all the difference, so if you or anyone you know in the industry are finding things hard - don't be afraid to reach out to NewstrAid. Donations can be made via their site, or through the purchase of tickets for their Raffle. For more information about NewstrAid or to get involved, visit newstraid.org.uk #WearShareCare #WoollyWednesday #UK #Charity #Newsstand #Magazines #Distribution #Publishing #IndustrySupport

'Read!ing changes the world' 🌍 This years Frankfurter Buchmesse event "aimed to address the multifaceted, multiformat nature of publishing in the digital age, while staying true to its roots as the world’s largest marketplace for literary rights."¹ Its premise being that no matter how people connect with content, the important part is - that they do. Print will always be at the core of our business, Future's business and that of our publishing clients - but we also know that content monetisation through digitisation helps deliver complementary opportunities to grow revenue. The conference side to the event covered a wide array of topics in this area from Accessibility to AI, Digitisation to Technology and everything in between. Alongside a range of productive meetings with publishing partners and suppliers, the team sat in on a wide variety of sessions, taking learnings on best practice from leaders in their areas of speciality. Our team are heading home today with notebooks packed with new ideas, new leads and new opportunities to help our business continue to evolve. Watch this space! #Publishing #UK #Magazines #FrankfurterBuchmesse #Distribution #ReadingIsWhat? #Fundamental! ¹Publishers Weekly

With 4,000 exhibitors from over 130 countries, the Frankfurter Buchmesse is expected to attract more than 215k people through its doors this week. The atmosphere is electric, and with 58-meetings booked over the busy three-day event, the team have already met with a wide array of publishers and suppliers that will help our new business platforms continue to develop and grow. The halls are busy, our stand is humming and our team are pumped. Bring on another day in Frankfurt! #Magazines #UK #BookPublishing #MarketforceOnTour #Licensing #Syndication #FrankfurterBuchmesse #Distribution

The Marketforce Team are off on tour again! ✈️ Yesterday, Tim Mathers our Head of Commercial Development and Jennifer Smith our Global Business Development Manager touched down in Cologne to catch up with Denis Bauer from our German distribution partner, IPS Pressevertrieb GmbH. This market continues to deliver significant opportunities for our publishers and remains a key export territory for Bookazines and new product development ideas. The magazine displays at Cologne Station are extensive, and the variety available for consumers to choose from was so exciting to see, with clear signage and a well thought out display solution. Print is certainly king here! Today, the team are heading down to Frankfurt to join up with other Future and Marketforce colleagues at the Frankfurter Buchmesse - 'the biggest international marketplace for publishing'. Please pop by our stand if you're in attendance! You can find us in Hall 6.0, Stand #C85 Our business continues to evolve and grow, as do the areas in which we can help our publishing clients do the same. #Books #Publishing #UK #Distribution #Opportunity #Partnership #MarketforceOnTour #FrankfurterBuchmesse

Yesterday's PPA Sustainability Action Group Meeting delivered a strong line-up of speakers, sharing information and case studies on both recent and upcoming regulatory change, best practice measurement tools and the next steps for the publishing industry. Representatives from Future's ESG team and Marketforce's Production, Supply Chain/Logistics and Commercial Development teams were in attendance - each taking a raft of learnings back to the business within their respective areas. We continue to see a lot of change, specifically within the EU, and this group is critical in helping our industry make sense of it all! #Magazines #Publishing #UK #Sustainability #ESG #EUDR #NetZero

We're so excited to share that we've been shortlisted as the 'Industry Partner of the Year' in the 2024 PPA Independent Publisher Awards! This year has been a BIG one for us. Our services have expanded, our team has upskilled in new areas and we've delivered strong results for our clients in innovative and exciting ways. We are so proud of what we've achieved and the plans that are already in play for 2025. Making the shortlist, for us, is recognition of a job well done. Alongside this, some of our fabulous clients have also been shortlisted for awards across a wide array of categories! A huge shout out to Anthem Publishing Ltd, Motor Sport Magazine, Wanderlust Travel Media and National Geographic Traveller (UK) for all your nominations! 👏 Bring on November 22nd and keep those fingers crossed! #Magazines #UK #Publishing #Awards #IndustryPartner #Distribution

At Marketforce we encourage our colleagues passions, because we know that's what drives our industry forward. Katherine Waldock is a Senior Trade Marketing Associate based in our Cardiff office. This Chappell Roan Pack is the result of many months of hard work from Kate and the Future Bookazine team. It's a product created FOR fans, in collaboration WITH fans and delivers first to market content on one of the world's most popular musicians. We're so proud of the drive and determination shown by Kate to get this over the line, and are excited to see how it will perform on the newsstand. Representation matters ✌️ #UK #Magazines #Publishing #Distribution #ChappellRoan #HOTTOGO #TrendLed #Passion

With the ongoing pressures being placed on the Children's Magazine market around the sustainability of their covermounted gifts, it's heartening to have the benefits they bring shared in such a positive article like this. ♥️ Some food for thought for retailers, and reminders of the value this category continues to deliver to the next generation of magazine readers. #UK #Magazines #Publishing #Distribution #Education