In it he says: “During the current Covid-19 crisis we are all having to make difficult decisions and the Guild is no different.

“As a result I am afraid we have made the decision to not print and mail the Spring issue of Stockpot. This is because we have been advised that a magazine will need to go through a number of hands on its way to reaching you and thus presents a potential risk for spreading the virus.

“The good news is that we will still be producing the magazine in a digital format and we will be emailing you a link to access it in the near future.

“We also regret that we have had to postpone the 2020 awards for a year following Government advice on gatherings of such size.

“The awards will now be on Tuesday, June 15th 2021 at Magazine on the Greenwich Peninsula near the O2 Arena. Any bookings already made will be honoured and we will be in touch in the near future about how nominations will work for the postponed event.
“I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I am sure you understand that we are in unique times.

“Please stay healthy and look after friends and family.

Kind Regards, Andrew Bennett, chair”