Hambleside Merchandise directors, Suzie Munday and Jennie Scott have bought the business from parent company Grinterley Limited. The pair have been employed by the company for 15 years, achieving directorships in 2014. The company, which originally supplied diaries to the UK market, has been part of the Hambleside Group of companies since 1975.
More than 50 distributors attended the first The BIG Promotional Trade Show event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow, before the show moved around venues in the UK and Ireland.
Today, senator® announced the appointment of Shane Davies as Managing Director of the UK’s leading personalised promotional writing instrument and mug manufacturer; bringing with him a wealth of operational and leadership experience from 17 years in the Metropolitan Police, with more recent posts in senior management at National Express.
Group CEO Daniel Jeschonowski is positive about the appointment: “Having seen many candidates during the application process, we feel that Shane encompasses the full package of what we are looking for in this role – he is experienced, determined and focused, and will be the perfect fit to build on the market-leading position that senator® UK is in currently. We welcome him to the senator® group, and look forward to working with him.”
Shane will spend the coming weeks learning what has made senator® UK the success it is today, and will be attending as many industry events as possible moving forward to introduce himself to customers.
Brands can latch on to the popularity of cycling with a safety message, says Matt Lake
The essence of every solution developed by VoyagerBlue stems back to the 35 years spent delivering advanced passenger processing technology to the world’s travel industry, including airports, airlines, and governments responsible for securing borders.
Education Day took on a new form this year focusing on what participants need to know to build their businesses.
March is a busy month for two major end user shows that the BPMA supports. What’s on offer?
Perhaps in the 21st Century we are so accustomed to buying commodity items off the shelf that we no longer think about any product in its raw state.
Facial recognition used to be about allowing digital cameras to take better pictures by positioning and focusing on a face.
BPMA members headed to Düsseldorf for the start of the trade show season
A packed ballroom was the setting for this year’s BPMA Annual Awards Dinner. With the industry’s movers and shakers gathered at January’s Merchandise World exhibition just down the road, Chesford Grange hotel was the place to be.
Briman members are investing in technology, techniques and people to stay ahead of the game, says Mark Alderson
2009 probably wasn’t the best time to be starting any business, but when you think you’ve spotted a gap in the market, there’s no time like the present, according to Garry Holland, the founder of Richmond-based Innovation 1st.
Politics affects business whether we like it or not. Many have tried to turn a blind eye (and ear) away from the ‘B word’, Brexit, but there are some key considerations to remember when it comes to the supply of items and the subsequent credit management.
Merchandise World returned to NAEC Stoneleigh, Warwickshire in January to provide the merchandise industry with the sort of kick-off it wanted for 2019.
Chesham-based promotional printer, B-Loony, has launched an eco-friendly balloon stick as an alternative to the single use plastic sticks which are to be banned by the EU.
The PenWarehouse has supported a local hospice with a donation of printed pens.
Catalogue group, Ignite is delighted to announce a new member, TC Branding Group, of the Ignite family. Princes Risborough-based TC Group is one of the industry’s most respected and long-established distributors.
Liverpool distributor, Wild Thang is continuing its support of the Mayoral 100 Club Initiative in 2019.
Swiss company Prodir is elevating sustainability with its DS Regeneration Pens. The writing instruments are manufactured from 100% recycled plastic and are also equipped with a globally unique refill Prodir claims offers a better environmental balance.
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