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Amid the challenges of the pandemic year 2020, the United Kingdom's overall publishing market rose 2 percent.

Brits seek an autumn getaway  Uncertainty over summer travel has seen a seasonal shift with airlines, resorts and tour operators all experiencing a surge in bookings for later in the year. Reservations are up by 80% compared with 2019 as holidaymakers switch peak summer breaks for autumn getaways, the Evening Standard reports.  Despite the UK’s vaccine success, “growing numbers of Britons are believed to be abandoning hope of an international holiday until later in the year”, The Times says. The restart of foreign travel combined with Europe’s sluggish start to its inoculation progr...

The fourth annual diversity survey of British book publishing shows progress in women’s leadership, LGBT+ employment, and disability, but slower movement in Black, Asian, and minority ethnicities. In London’s Regent Street, January 10. Image – iStockphoto: VV Shots Coming: A Relaunch of the ‘Inclusivity Action Plan’ With an admirable absence of spin, the United Kingdom’s Publishers’ Association this morning (February 12) has released its most comprehensive study yet of the UK’s publishing industry’s bid for greater diversity, saying that “While publishing continues to meet...