Hachette UK is the UK's leading and most diversified trade publishing group The National Book Awards, this year sponsored by Specsavers for the first time, have been a great success for many authors across Hachette UK, with four of the eleven awards going to HUK authors Headline was founded in 1986, floated on the Stock Exchange in 1991, won Publisher of the Year in 1992, became part of Hodder Headline PLC in 1993, and today is a division of Hachette UK