SGS Packaging Europe

SGS Packaging Europe has three busy offices in Hull, with a combined workforce of around 500 specialists. To reflect its commitment to high-quality training, in 2018 it launched its apprenticeship programme, presenting an exciting way to enter the industry and begin a fulfilling career. There are currently 16 apprentices working at SGS offices in The Maltings and Bridgehead Business Park. Alongside in-house training, one-to-one mentoring and regular development days, they have also been given ownership over a series of community projects taking place throughout 2019. Ranging from fundraising activities to hands-on community support, the four chosen charities benefitting from this are Hull Homeless Community Project (HHCP), Yorkshire Cancer Research, Hull and East Yorkshire Mind and Aaron’s Battle. Since early February, the SGS apprentices have been encouraging their colleagues to donate everyday items to collection bins that were placed in the canteens on bo...

Rachel Mason is an Artworker who has been at our Tamworth branch for six years so far. On Saturday 6 th July she’ll be taking part in Walk It Birmingham for the charity Crohn's & Colitis UK.  “My dad was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis back in June 2018, shortly after his 60 th birthday,” says Rachel. “Unfortunately, it was a severe case of the disease, which meant that he was confined to the house for many months. “Being fit and healthy during his whole life prior to this, it has been a worrying and very difficult journey. A hospital admission last September for two weeks and then four infusions of a biological drug, plus other forms of medication, all proved ineffective. The only way my dad would get his life back was to have surgery to remove his colon, have a stoma formed and wear an ileostomy bag.   “After months of suffering and several operations being cancelled, my dad finally had surgery in April this year. He is recovering very well and feeli...

Tim Cooke is a Repro Operator at our Tamworth branch. He’s recently reached out to colleagues regarding an impressive event that he’ll soon be taking part in to support a very worthy cause. On Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 July, Tim, his wife Lisa, her colleague David and his wife Denise will walk 100km over two days, with the aim being to complete Race to the Stones. Voted the UK’s Best Endurance Event 2018 and named the number one trail marathon, it starts in Lewknor, Oxfordshire and ends at Avebury Stone Circle. Participants can complete the route nonstop or overnight and are allowed to walk, jog or run the route. The Ridgeway is recognised as the oldest path in the UK and along its length you can clearly see traces of generations stretching back over five millennia. Lined with Bronze Age hill forts, Neolithic burial chambers and Roman river crossings, culminating in the largest Neolithic stone circle in Europe, the route passes up and along the high ground...