Honourable start to print year

The print, publishing and paper industries were well represented on the New Year's Honours list.

The print, publishing and paper industries were well represented on the New Year's Honours list.


MPG chairman and last year's Lord Mayor of London, Clive Martin, received a knighthood while Jeffery Bartlett, former director general of the Paper Federation, received an OBE.
Brian Roberts, managing director of Rainbow Print, in Merthyr-Tydfil, South Wales was awarded an MBE for service to the community.


Roberts' one-stop-shop print firm also arranges events for charity.


Eastern Counties Newspapers vice chairman Geoffrey Copeman received a CBE for services to the newspaper industry, while Hello! publishing director Sally Cartwright won an OBE for services to the PPA.