Maria Gabriela McNally

The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland is a trade body that promotes retail bookselling in the UK and Ireland. The private company is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The association operates the National Book Token scheme and sponsors the Whitbread Award. It represents 95% of British retail booksellers and operates the Batch payments system, an electronic purchasing interface for independent bookshops. The British company was founded in 1895 by Daniel Macmillan, Alexander Macmillan. The CEO is Meryl Jane Halls.