Smiths News to Receive First-Ever NewstrAid Excellence Plus Awards
Smiths News recognised for providing outstanding support to NewstrAid Smiths News, alongside InPost Newstrade, has become the first organisations to receive NewstrAid's prestigious Excellence Plus Award, recognising both company’s exceptional and long-standing commitment to supporting the charity and the wider newstrade community. Both awards were presented in July and were accepted by [...]
Smiths News Success at Fast Payer Awards 2026
On January 7th 2026, members of the Smiths News finance team attended the Good Business Pays - Fast Payer awards at the House of Lords. Kate Otto, Head of Transactional Finance, and Rob Christopher, Onshore FSSC Manager, were proud to attend the awards, which recognised businesses that consistently demonstrate excellent payment practises. [...]
Viktorija Trajkova awarded Rising Star award!
We’re pleased to announce that our very own Viktorija Trajkova was awarded the Rising Star Award at the ACE Awards in London last night! The Rising Star award recognises someone whose contribution in their role is worthy of industry-wide recognition. Over the past few years, Viktorija has gone from being hired as a part-time [...]
Shona Robertson Rising Star of the Year 2024 Newspaper & Magazines Award
Smiths News’ Process Manager, Shona Robertson was awarded Rising Star of the Year award at the 2024 Newspaper & Magazines Awards – a prestigious awards ceremony, that celebrate and acknowledge the outstanding contributions of those working in the newspaper and publishing industry. Shona was presented with her award on 22nd May at the [...]
Smiths News wins at IoC National Courier Awards
Congratulations to the Smiths News and Smiths News Recycle team! On Tuesday 17 October 2023, the Smiths News team won two awards at the 27th Institute of Couriers (IOC) Awards held at the City of London Livery Hall. The first award was collected by the Smiths News Recycle team within the Cultural Impact [...]
Smiths News Lidia Popa wins Newstraid Excellence Award for Industry Heroes
Lidia Popa from Smiths News Birmingham was awarded the Newstraid Excellence Award... Industry Charity NewstrAid recently launched a new award to recognise people from the newspaper and magazine industry who have provided exceptional support to newstrade colleagues. The award aims to celebrate individuals from the newstrade who have gone that extra mile [...]
Appointment of Non-Executive Director, Deborah Rabey
Smiths News is pleased to announce that Deborah Rabey will join the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 March 2023. Deborah possesses a wealth of experience across supply chains, global sourcing, change management and general marketing, particularly within the retail sector, having spent 23 years with Tesco PLC [...]
Smiths News wins at IoC National Courier Awards
Congratulations to the Smiths News team! On Tuesday 25 October 2022, the Smiths News team won the EIIR Merit award at the IoC National Courier Awards held at the Institute of Directors, Pall Mall London. This is a new and prestigious award in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The award recognises [...]
Milena Kowalska wins NMA Young Achiever of the Year award
Smiths News’ Birmingham Warehouse Manager, Milena Kowalska, has been crowned Young Achiever of the Year at the 2022 Newspaper & Magazines Awards – prestigious accolades that celebrate and acknowledge the outstanding contributions of those working in the newspaper and publishing industry. Milena was presented with her award on 12 May at the [...]
Smiths News Triumphs at RoSPA Awards
Smiths News has been triumphant in the 2022 RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards, winning an amazing 13 gold accolades. We are delighted that 11 of our sites – Hemel Hempstead, Hornsea, Nottingham, Birmingham, London Travel News (LTN), Newport, Bristol, Newcastle, Stockport, Liverpool and Southampton – took gold in the Achievement category, [...]
