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The IPG has joined forces with the Unwin Charitable Trust to launch a fund designed to help independent publishers with professional training.
Announced at the weekend's IPG Conference, the IPG Training Grant will subsidise firms wishing to send staff members to the Publishing Training Centre.
The fund - a total of £10,000 - is open to companies that have been running at least two years and employ 10 people or fewer, including part-timers and directors. The grant is limited to £150 per individual applicant per year, and will be administered by the training centre.
Merlin Unwin, of Merlin Unwin Books and the Unwin Charitable Trust, told delegates at the conference: "As a small, independent publisher based in Shropshire, I know how expensive it is to send members of staff to the excellent courses at Book House in Wandsworth. I hope this fund will help a bit towards these costs and encourage training."
Andrew Johnston, chair of the IPG, added: "These grants are hugely valuable to small publishers, and will give many IPG members the help they need to become even better and more professional publishers over the coming years."