The document sets out BPIF’s current concerns on a number of key issues facing the industry and the actions it believes need to be taken by Government to address these.
Priorities for Print will also introduce MPs to one of the UK’s most technologically advanced and economically important manufacturing sectors, and calls for action in the following eight key areas:
• Pre-pack administrations
• Promoting print
• VAT zero-rating
• Energy and Environment
• Postal services
• Public services
• Pension schemes
• Skill development
Along with the document, all MPs will receive a personalised letter that informs them of BPIF member businesses located in their respective constituencies, as part of an initiative to encourage MPs to visit local BPIF member companies. The BPIF also urges all member companies to advise them if they would like to invite their local MP to visit to their organization.
The BPIF further invites each MP to consider becoming a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Print Group, which is supported by the BPIF in conjunction with Unite. MPs are invited to attend the Group’s annual reception on 6 July at the House of Commons. This year the APPPG reception will focus on ‘The Power of Print’, with keynote speeches on this subject. The event is open to all BPIF members and associate members to attend and follows immediately after the BPIF AGM.
BPIF Corporate Affairs Director Andrew Brown said, “With 232 new MPs in this intake, we need to brief them and other MPs on our industry’s concerns. Priorities for Print sets these out succinctly; with a call for specific actions that we believe Government should be taking to address each of them. A number of MPs on the All Party Parliamentary Print Group stood down or lost their seats at the General Election, so we are keen attract new members to the Group, particularly those with substantial numbers of printing companies in their constituencies. We are hoping that they will join us at the Group’s reception on 6 July at the Commons: it’s a relaxed affair and a good opportunity to meet printers and to learn more about our industry.”
The complete booklet can be downloaded at www.britishprint.com/prioritiesforprint
