We just wanted to share some of our favourite shots and views within the collection below:

The Clock Tower is the last working building of the Mount Felix Estate which is situated in Walton on Thames, Surrey.

The estate, otherwise known as ANZAC Mount, also became famous during The First World War due to the fact that it was used as a field hospital for injured troops.

In total over 26,000 ANZAC troops were treated within the Clock Tower and the neighbouring Oatlands Estate in Weybridge.

Staff arrived into work early, dressed in Pink to support this worthy cause.

The day started with a charity breakfast, which raised £60 inclusive of personal donations from all team members, even those who were unable to make it to the breakfast.

Sally (Accounts) organised a cake sale throughout the day, selling the cakes for a pound each in aid of Breast Cancer UK. The cake sale raised £60.

‘I was overhelmed by the success of the cake sale, raising £60 in just 6 hours’ she added.

Jenrick decided to hold their ‘Wear It Pink’ day early as a number of staff are away from the office on Friday 31st October, the official Wear It Pink 2009 day.

Thank you to everyone that supported ‘Wear It Pink’

“Although everyone involved within the printed envelope market is well aware that overall volumes, especially related to large print runs, are reducing, we have noticed one particular market trend that is on the increase, with reference to the business enquiries we receive within The Envelope Works.

Requests for ‘specialist envelopes’ have been on a steady increase for the last 18months.

By specialist envelopes, we are referring to envelopes that require such attributes as non-standard window positions, or multi-windows, non-standards shapes or materials or even special purpose envelopes, such as CD wallets.

My assumption is that this increase in requests is following the trend we have witnessed within direct marketing campaigns within recent years, whereby there has been much greater emphasis placed upon creativity and personalisation.

Agencies are realising that they need to be even more creative if their campaigns are going to stand out within a very cluttered marketplace, and importantly provide their clients with a return on their investment.

This trend bodes well for envelope suppliers and manufacturers such as ourselves and also shows that the direct mail industry will continue to be an essential sales channel in the future, albeit as part of a multi-channel marketing communication framework.”

Further information:

If you are interested in finding an experienced envelope company that can supply and manufacturer specialist envelopes for your marketing campaigns, please contact The Envelope Works or visit our website for more information at www.envelopeworks.com, or call (01422) 383 287.

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Safecontractor is an accreditation scheme that assesses the health & safety competency of contractors and service providers.

Many large organisations now use Safecontractor as their primary means of selecting contractors.

In order to become accredited Jenrick Engineering has demonstrated in detail its internal health and safety policies as well as the procedures and standards that are in place when it comes into contact with contractors and clients.

It confirms Jenrick’s clear commitment to not only working to standards of best practise, but also ensuring it only works with other companies, which embrace similarly high (and safe) standards.

The currently accreditation is valid for a period of 12months, with re-assessment taking place in August 2010.

Further information and certificate information:

• For more details please call the Crick office of Jenrick Engineering on 01788 824 555.
• Jenrick Engineering’s certificate reference: N00164965

The new code base has been developed by Solutions Four Impact Limited, a leading UK Web design company, and also includes a much faster, lighter and intuitive Content Management System.

In addition, See MY CV will soon become fully integrated with ‘Broadbean’ which is the UK’s leading software platform for the recruitment industry to enable multi-job board postings and CV search.

Kevin Matthews, Marketing Manager for See MY CV’s parent company Simon Holdings Plc, explained more about the re-launch:

“We are very excited about the coming months as we anticipate a huge growth in website traffic once recruiters begin posting jobs to our website.

This is only completion of stage 1 of our upgrades and we will now be moving onto the CV registration service to enable simple Video CV and Resume uploading and viewing.”

More information:

• Search Vacancies – click here to search our latest jobs
• CV Register – click here to register your CV

This time around was much more painful than I remember from before, although rose-tinted glasses maybe playing a part in my selective memory.

Yet, importantly, I have fulfilled my goal and achieved my Jenrick Experience!

I have to admit that crossing that finish line was an extremely emotional experience. You don’t realise how much mental energy it takes to complete the marathon until you’ve reached the end, especially as this time around it was not plain sailing by any stretch of the imagination!

Let me rewind a little and go back to the starting line . . .

There I was at the start coughing and spluttering with a stinking cold (which I had developed since Thursday), piling Fisherman’s Friends into my mouth just to try to breath - I am serious too!

Managed to then plod away for ten miles at 10 min mile pace, which was fine considering the cold . . . but then my knee started getting tender (an injury which occurred three weeks ago and nearly forced me to pull out completely).

Had to change my plan of attack from that point on just to make certain I could complete the marathon and only allow myself to run for 150 - 200 paces and then walk for 50 - 70 paces, and to also ensure I didn’t over stress it and cause any permanent damage.

Had to keep up that tidy routine for the next 13 miles – or to put it is real terms, about 3 hours!

Then in the last few miles I felt more confident that my knee was holding so I stepped up the pace a bit again.

Finished in a slow 5 hours 20 something, but I had no choice than to do it that way.

Crazy thing was, my legs still felt quite fresh at the end, so I am happy that the training I did was on the right lines.

What was particularly satisfying was that we raised over £2,500 for Children in Crisis, so much of which was due to the generous support of all those within the Simon Holdings Group, which I and eternally grateful for.

I definitely feel like I’ve got unfinished business here now, so watch this space again once my knee has had time to heal!

Thank you again and my Just Giving page is still live for anyone still wishing to make a donation - http://www.justgiving.com/kevinmatthews

Incidentally, this was final marathon which will be sponsored by Flora, so I was particularly pleased to have been part of it.

Picture:

The picture features Lucy Porter (who was an inspiration and very kindly organised everything) of Children in Crisis, presenting my with my finishers medal - thanks for everything Lucy!

Barry has been a leading international bowler for over 11 years now and has over 60 caps, between indoor and outdoor events, winning a number of Irish titles and 2 British titles.

Barry is just about to leave for the the Atlantic Rim Games, being held in South Africa, where he is competing in both the singles and pairs competitions against the very best bowlers in the world.

He added;

“I’ve received my draws for the competition and in the singles I’m in with Scotland, Guernsey, Spain, Cyprus, Wales, Brazil and Portugal and in the pairs it’s Jersey, Israel, Spain, Guernsey, Namibia, USA and Brazil.

The top 4 qualify for the 1/4 finals against the top 4 from the other section and then it’s straight knock out.

Looking at the draw I’m aiming for at least the quarter final of both, but we’ll see how it goes as there are some excellent bowlers out there.”

The tournament is being staged in The Wanderers Complex, Johannesburg from 3rd May to 16th May. Each team consists of 5 players and they contest 2 of the 4 disciplines, which are singles, pairs, triples and rinks.

Barry has been selected to represent Ireland in singles and pairs.

“I’m really pleased that Mark Farrimond and The Envelope Works have shown such an interest in myself and the sport I compete in. We are constantly trying to raise the profile of bowling and this type of relationship only helps to make the sport more visible throughout the UK and beyond.”

To keep up to date with Barry’s results in the Championship, please visit the website link below:

http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php

Best Companies, the organisation that is behind the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For and the 3 Star Best Companies Accreditation, is one of the most experienced workplace consultancy companies within the UK.

Due to the high scores that Jenrick has displayed in ‘Corporate Wellbeing’ (Jenrick obtained the 3rd highest score from all the entrants in 2009 doing equally well in 2008 and 2007) Best Companies wanted to interview our company in person to find out why our approach to corporate wellbeing has been so successful.

Ian Jameson, Wellbeing Consultant within Best Companies, visited Jenrick’s Head Office to interview Kevin Matthews, Jenrick’s Marketing Manager, on April 16th 2009.

“Jenrick’s scores for Wellbeing are not just high, they are exceptional. I work with a substantial number of companies across the UK and I can honestly say that very few even come close to where Jenrick is.

When we see a company performing so well it is our duty to understand more about them and why they are successful. This knowledge then forms part of essential case study material which in turn is communicated to other companies that wish to improve their company’s approach to Corporate Wellbeing.” commented Ian.

More Information

If you would like to read more information on Jenrick’s previous success within the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for awards, please click on the links below:

Sunday Times Best 100 Companies 2009 - Jenrick profile page

3 Star success in the 2009 Best Companies Accreditation

7th place in the 2008 the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for awards

3 Star success in the 2008 Best Companies Accreditation

Printing Partners is now the sole supplier to the leisure and tourism group for the whole of 2009.

Susan Koenders, Managing Director of Printing Partners, explained what being awarded the contract meant to the company:

“We are extremely pleased and proud to be granted sole supplier status to a group as well-known as Center Parcs.

This is a contract that we have been working hard to develop for a number of years and we genuinely felt we were the best envelope solutions company in Europe to deliver upon the specific nature of the contract.

We are now looking forward with enthusiasm to working with Center Parcs and extending our relationship well beyond 2009.”