Hearty congratulations to my mate Shaun Milne and his colleagues at Planet Ink, who are - I’m certain - continuing hearty celebrations after winning staff magazine of the year at the PPA Scotland awards.

Planet Ink is a young firm set up by Shaun, a former Mirror executive, and his business partner Gerry Cassidy. They’re doing some cool stuff in print and online backed - and this makes the crucial difference - by some reassuringly old-fashioned editorial rigour and very splendid design. You can read all about the team here. They’re a good-looking bunch, as you’ll see.

Like any new venture, I know getting the business going has been a lot of hard work for Shaun and his colleagues. But the nice thing is, a gong is a great way of discovering you are, indeed, doing a very good job indeed. May it be the first of many.

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