Welcome readers of International Fire Fighter magazine to this publishers comment. The world is currently undergoing lots of change, both politically and economically as well as massive changes to our precious climate and environment. We must adapt and embrace if we are to succeed in our life goals. 2023 will bring us more new challenges in our professionals lives and global economics is affecting changes on our personal lives.
I personally look forward to the challenges ahead and, together with my business partner of 23 years Mark Seton. We will be driving MDM Publishing Ltd and our leading global brands forward to even greater strengths than before.
As some of you will have recently read online, we have made some significant changes within our editorial team for 2023. Duncan White, Phil Martin and Neil Wallington have all moved on and we thank them for their previous endeavours. As the directors of MDM Publishing Ltd, Mark and I felt it was time to change things up and exciting times certainly lie ahead for the business in 2023.
It has always been our long held belief that a strong and diverse editorial team leads to the continued and future success of our magazines. We have been working hard on restructuring our entire editorial and production working practices from top to bottom, and we are really excited with the results. The resulting streamlining of our production processes means MDM magazines will now be produced in a slicker, faster and more cost-effective manner. The new editorial team and established sales team are completely on board with the new systems, and it is already saving them lots of time. This means we can all focus more of our time and attention on our contacts and clients and serving their needs as well as spending time networking within the industry to secure the highest quality editorial content. It is our exemplary customer service and our editorial excellence which has always set us apart from any competition.
New editorial board
We are pleased to announce the formulation of a brand-new MDM Publishing Ltd Editorial Board that will advise and guide the editorial content of each of our leading brands as well as contribute articles of their own for inclusion in the print and online magazines. We will be unveiling the new members of the Board with separate announcements in the coming weeks, so each member gets the spotlight on them individually as well as collectively. So keep a close look on our social media feeds for announcements in the coming weeks.
We are confident these individuals will further enhance our editorial gravitas as well as facilitate new connections in the highest echelons of the fire industry. The whole MDM Publishing team are as excited as we are with this new direction of travel.
Please feel free to contact any member of the MDM Editorial Board in the coming weeks and months, as well as Gavin Harrison, International Fire Fighter Sales Manager, Mark Seton or myself, if you would like to be considered as an editorial contributor to International Fire Fighter Magazine. We look forward to exploring new content ideas with you throughout 2023 and beyond.
Finally, I would like to personally thank our team for their exhaustive work over the past year, which has helped us maintain our position as the No. 1 independently owned fire publishing house in the world. They know who they are but Mark Seton, Mark Bathard, Mike Coward, Gavin Harrison, Neil Spinney, Richard Parsons, Kevin May and Hollie Flower, take a bow, you lovely people.
Dave Staddon
Publisher
Please contact:
Dave Staddon
dave.staddon@mdmpublishing.com
Mark Seton
mark.seton@mdmpublishing.com
Gavin Harrison
gavin.harrison@mdmpublishing.com
About the Author
Dave Staddon
Dave Co-Founded MDM with Mark Seton in 1999. He has worked in fire publishing for over 22 years. He is principally responsible for IFP Magazine.
