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Originally formed in 1978 to help gain acceptance of the on-demand end of the Print market, the BAPC has grown into a major representational body to the print and creative industry. Most of the industry is made up of small companies without a collective voice or the financial leverage to access dedicated expertise that can help businesses grow and get recognised. The BAPC is a body that can speak on behalf of everyone in the business and offer every business the benefit of help and assistance across the spectrum of business advice and services.
We pioneer new ways of working, promote latest technologies and represent the interests of our members at the highest national levels. As well as helping our member and associate members to improve the way they work, we’re also out there attracting new talent into the industry and new challenges and motivations for those already in it.
We’re also in touch with fellow national associations round the world and able to offer a global perspective on print and creative issues. Whether you’re a small local firm or a multi-national corporation, the BAPC can add value to your offering.
One of the benefits of being such a large trade association is that we have the leverage to bring in a host of expert advice and services to help our members. Not just in print and creative issues but from every business related field from Legal, Financial, Marketing and HR to Training, Sustainability and Recruitment, we are here to help and support your business.
Following a career as an executive
and director of a London-based ondemand
printing company, Sidney
joined the print industry in the
mid-1980s.
Having been involved
in purchasing print, he realised the
potential of the sector and, despite
a lack of print technical knowledge,
he was convinced that the sector had
vast potential.
Sidney heard about the BAPC and
convinced his fellow directors to join.
He was impressed with what the
Association was trying to achieve, but
believed that it could do even more.
In 1995 the BAPC approached
Sidney to join their National Council
and become its Chairman; and he
never looked back.
In 2019 Sidney
successfully negotiated a partnership
between the BAPC and fellow print industry trade association, the IPIA, to
join forces, complimenting each
other with their membership
demographics, before passing the
baton of Chairman over to his longtime
friend and associate Brendan
Perring. As President he will now
assist in steering the BAPC on its new
course.
“There is a specialist skill in running a
print or creative business and over the
years the BAPC has provided a collective
wisdom in tackling its challenges. Those
involved in the BAPC are industry
insiders who understand the kind of help
and guidance needed ‘at the coalface’,”
says Sidney.
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