TPT July 2021

CONT ENT S

Editor in chief

Rory McBride

Editorial assistant

Helen Gaskell

Design & production Lisa Wright

Sales & marketing

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2 Editorial index 6 Industry news 7 Diary of tube events 22 Technology news 64 Adver tisers index

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Liz Hughes

Subscriptions

Louise Jennings

Accounts manager

Louise Jennings

Founder

John C Hogg

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