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CPS Sponsor Layton Juniors Football Club
August 2011
Layton Juniors Football Club rely heavily on sponsorship and support from local companies and the local council. Having a kit for a child means they are part of a team, an identity and belonging, it also stops any prejudice of professional football teams they may support, they are as one.
To the club it takes huge financial pressure away, the more sponsorship they get, they can pass on to the parents by not increasing subscriptions, therefore money can be spent elsewhere improving facilities and purchasing equipment.
CPS are proud to be a sponsor and help contribute and support to the local Blackpool community.
August 2011
Layton Juniors Football Club rely heavily on sponsorship and support from local companies and the local council. Having a kit for a child means they are part of a team, an identity and belonging, it also stops any prejudice of professional football teams they may support, they are as one.
To the club it takes huge financial pressure away, the more sponsorship they get, they can pass on to the parents by not increasing subscriptions, therefore money can be spent elsewhere improving facilities and purchasing equipment.
CPS are proud to be a sponsor and help contribute and support to the local Blackpool community.
CPS Sponsor HERO Awards
June 2011
This year's annual HERO awards, celebrating the great achievements in enterprise amongst our young people will take place on Thursday 30th June 2011. CPS have worked together with the project in the past, however, this year we will be sponsoring the 'Most Enterprising Student' award.
HERO is a community interest company that has been working with young people in Blackpool for the last 4 years. Each year, HERO hosts an awards scheme and ceremony to celebrate the achievements of young people in enterprise. This year the ceremony will take place on Thursday 30th June. Through work with schools, employers and other organisations, the HERO project helps develop employability skills, and raise aspirations in young people. We work to help develop a young generation of entrepreneurial young people who would be an asset to any company. The award ceremony itself offers some great speakers and inspirational stories.
For those who have attended in previous years they promise the usual great mix of celebration and inspiration and this year promises to be bigger and better than ever!
June 2011
This year's annual HERO awards, celebrating the great achievements in enterprise amongst our young people will take place on Thursday 30th June 2011. CPS have worked together with the project in the past, however, this year we will be sponsoring the 'Most Enterprising Student' award.
HERO is a community interest company that has been working with young people in Blackpool for the last 4 years. Each year, HERO hosts an awards scheme and ceremony to celebrate the achievements of young people in enterprise. This year the ceremony will take place on Thursday 30th June. Through work with schools, employers and other organisations, the HERO project helps develop employability skills, and raise aspirations in young people. We work to help develop a young generation of entrepreneurial young people who would be an asset to any company. The award ceremony itself offers some great speakers and inspirational stories.
For those who have attended in previous years they promise the usual great mix of celebration and inspiration and this year promises to be bigger and better than ever!
Apcom Awards 2011 - Torquay
April 2011
Corporate Print Services has once again been officially recognised for its professionalism and creativity in a recent National Industry Awards ceremony – Winning 2 Awards!
The National Awards are presented each year by APCOM, which is the Association of Print and Communication Managers, representing over 100 local authorities nationwide. This year their annual Awards and Gala dinner was held in Torquay and was attended by the Chairman of Torbay Council, Cllr Matthew Phillips and Executive Officer, Mr Bob Clark.
Mark Barlow, Head of Print and Design, carried out the duties of conference host at the request of APCOM and was delighted when the results were announced. The competition was high and a record number of entries were received, so to win 2 of these highly acclaimed awards is a significant achievement for Blackpool Council.
CPS was delighted to win the Best Environmental Award, after receiving a Highly Commended in 2010, breaking our previous record of winning this category 5 years in a row, the team worked extremely hard in achieving this accolade once again and the Chrystal Trophy and certificate was presented by Mark Wilson, Business Development Director at Ricoh UK to one of our Graphic Designers, Stephen Donnelly, who had been the main project leader in this category.
The second of the two awards that the CPS Team were proud to receive, was the award for the Best In-House Promotion Piece. The Award trophy and certificate were presented to Nick Moss, Senior Graphic Designer, by Andrew Waterworth, Regional Manager at Océ. To achieve this recognition for our promotional and marketing literature for three years in a row, shows what a fantastic effort the team continues to make to maintain and secure both new and repeat business, which this year was also backed up by our new and revamped Intranet and Internet site, aimed at both internal and external clients.
CPS were also pleased to receive three further recognitions, Nick Moss, Senior Graphic Designer, was given a trophy and certificate for Runner up in the Best Digital Photography Award, presented by Alan Christie, Business Development Director at Altman Technologies Ltd. Finally, CPS also received two highly commended awards, the first being for the Best Creative Graphic Design Award, presented by Giles Hill, Managing Director at Sefas Innovation Ltd and the second, Best Full Colour Work – Digital, sponsored and presented by Nick Hancock, Business Development Manager at Konica-Minolta.
Winning these awards and the recognition by our industry colleagues is once again, a fantastic achievement and we will continue to strive to provide the best quality and service to our customers, whilst giving best value to the council.
Mark Barlow
Head of Design and Print Services
April 2011
Corporate Print Services has once again been officially recognised for its professionalism and creativity in a recent National Industry Awards ceremony – Winning 2 Awards!
The National Awards are presented each year by APCOM, which is the Association of Print and Communication Managers, representing over 100 local authorities nationwide. This year their annual Awards and Gala dinner was held in Torquay and was attended by the Chairman of Torbay Council, Cllr Matthew Phillips and Executive Officer, Mr Bob Clark.
Mark Barlow, Head of Print and Design, carried out the duties of conference host at the request of APCOM and was delighted when the results were announced. The competition was high and a record number of entries were received, so to win 2 of these highly acclaimed awards is a significant achievement for Blackpool Council.
CPS was delighted to win the Best Environmental Award, after receiving a Highly Commended in 2010, breaking our previous record of winning this category 5 years in a row, the team worked extremely hard in achieving this accolade once again and the Chrystal Trophy and certificate was presented by Mark Wilson, Business Development Director at Ricoh UK to one of our Graphic Designers, Stephen Donnelly, who had been the main project leader in this category.
The second of the two awards that the CPS Team were proud to receive, was the award for the Best In-House Promotion Piece. The Award trophy and certificate were presented to Nick Moss, Senior Graphic Designer, by Andrew Waterworth, Regional Manager at Océ. To achieve this recognition for our promotional and marketing literature for three years in a row, shows what a fantastic effort the team continues to make to maintain and secure both new and repeat business, which this year was also backed up by our new and revamped Intranet and Internet site, aimed at both internal and external clients.
CPS were also pleased to receive three further recognitions, Nick Moss, Senior Graphic Designer, was given a trophy and certificate for Runner up in the Best Digital Photography Award, presented by Alan Christie, Business Development Director at Altman Technologies Ltd. Finally, CPS also received two highly commended awards, the first being for the Best Creative Graphic Design Award, presented by Giles Hill, Managing Director at Sefas Innovation Ltd and the second, Best Full Colour Work – Digital, sponsored and presented by Nick Hancock, Business Development Manager at Konica-Minolta.
Winning these awards and the recognition by our industry colleagues is once again, a fantastic achievement and we will continue to strive to provide the best quality and service to our customers, whilst giving best value to the council.
Mark Barlow
Head of Design and Print Services
CPS staff contribute to raising money for Blackpool Air Ambulance
March 2011
Several North West Regional YMP’s from Blackpool Council were invited to present the £1,000 cheque at Blackpool Airport to the crew of the North West Air Ambulance, it was a great achievement for the YMP’s and the NWAA were thrilled with the amount raised. The raffle, the fines and the collections all contributed to raising this money and it will certainly be put to good use. The charity provides care from the air every day of the year with fully equipped helicopters carrying specially trained paramedics to attend people with life-threatening injuries or illnesses.
March 2011
Several North West Regional YMP’s from Blackpool Council were invited to present the £1,000 cheque at Blackpool Airport to the crew of the North West Air Ambulance, it was a great achievement for the YMP’s and the NWAA were thrilled with the amount raised. The raffle, the fines and the collections all contributed to raising this money and it will certainly be put to good use. The charity provides care from the air every day of the year with fully equipped helicopters carrying specially trained paramedics to attend people with life-threatening injuries or illnesses.
Blackpool School's Career Convention
February 2011
CPS were recently invited to attend the Blackpool Schools Career Convention. Located at the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, the event was staged over two days with stands from various sectors of industry for further education. Mark Barlow, Nick Moss, Kevin O'Hara and Andrew Barton were on hand over the two days to discuss print and design to the students. The CPS stand was well received and we were able to offer an insight into the design and print sector.
February 2011
CPS were recently invited to attend the Blackpool Schools Career Convention. Located at the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, the event was staged over two days with stands from various sectors of industry for further education. Mark Barlow, Nick Moss, Kevin O'Hara and Andrew Barton were on hand over the two days to discuss print and design to the students. The CPS stand was well received and we were able to offer an insight into the design and print sector.
Apcom Awards 2010 - Blackpool
Corporate Print Services has again been officially recognized for its professionalism and creativity in a recent National Industry Awards ceremony – Winning 3 Awards!
The Awards featured were three of ten award categories at APCOM's recent annual Awards and Gala dinner, which celebrates success and innovation within the Public Sectors' expanding design and print community.
APCOM - Association of Print and Communication Managers, consists of over 130 Public Sector in-plant organisations held it's annual conference, awards and AGM here in Blackpool at the Barceló Imperial Hotel at the end of April and the event was a great success, both for Blackpool Town and also for CPS. During the event, over £1300 was raised for the Mayor's Charities and it also highlighted what the town has to offer, both as a holiday resort and conference centre. Many delegates and sponsors where delighted with the venue and town and promised to return!
The first of the three awards, that the CPS Team were proud to receive, was the award for the Best In-House Promotion Piece, sponsored by Xerox (UK) Ltd. The Award trophy and certificate were presented to Nick Moss, Senior Graphic Designer, by Ronnie Conway, Bids and Tenders General Manager. To achieve this recognition for our promotional and marketing literature shows what a fantastic effort the team makes to maintain and secure both new and repeat business. This is also backed up by our own Intranet and Internet site, on which we also market the section and have on-line ordering facilities.
Secondly, the award for Best Use of Digital Photography, sponsored by Canon UK Ltd. The winning certificate and trophy were once again presented to our Senior Graphic Designer, Nick Moss, by David Crichton, Sector Director. Nick produced a variety of pieces of work for this category and was extremely pleased about the result.
Finally, the third award was for Best Creative Graphic Design, which was sponsored by Konica-Minolta. The prestigious Award trophy was presented by Mike Ashforth, Regional Manager - Production Print. This was another fantastic achievement and a great return from 2008, when we won the same category, our team were determined to get this award back once again and succeeded.
CPS were also pleased to receive a further recognitions, Daryl Brown, Graphic Designer, was given a trophy and certificate for Runner up in the Trainee of the Year category, just missing out on a fabulous 4 day Vegas Trip. CPS also received a highly commended for the Environmental Awareness Award, which was gracefully accepted by Kevin O'Hara, Senior Printer. This award is one of the most highly coveted and CPS has managed to win it for the last 5 years running, so were very happy to see more competition in this area and are looking forward to a challenge in next years event.
Winning these 3 awards and the recognition by our industry colleagues, is a fantastic achievement and only goes to show that through the sheer hard work of the team and the continued implementation of our ISO 9001:2000 accreditation, we are doing something right. With our continued attention to quality and good design standards in place, we can only move forward and upwards, proving that we are committed to quality, high standards and most of all, to our customers.
Mark Barlow
Head of Print and Design Services
Corporate Print Services has again been officially recognized for its professionalism and creativity in a recent National Industry Awards ceremony – Winning 3 Awards!
The Awards featured were three of ten award categories at APCOM's recent annual Awards and Gala dinner, which celebrates success and innovation within the Public Sectors' expanding design and print community.
APCOM - Association of Print and Communication Managers, consists of over 130 Public Sector in-plant organisations held it's annual conference, awards and AGM here in Blackpool at the Barceló Imperial Hotel at the end of April and the event was a great success, both for Blackpool Town and also for CPS. During the event, over £1300 was raised for the Mayor's Charities and it also highlighted what the town has to offer, both as a holiday resort and conference centre. Many delegates and sponsors where delighted with the venue and town and promised to return!
The first of the three awards, that the CPS Team were proud to receive, was the award for the Best In-House Promotion Piece, sponsored by Xerox (UK) Ltd. The Award trophy and certificate were presented to Nick Moss, Senior Graphic Designer, by Ronnie Conway, Bids and Tenders General Manager. To achieve this recognition for our promotional and marketing literature shows what a fantastic effort the team makes to maintain and secure both new and repeat business. This is also backed up by our own Intranet and Internet site, on which we also market the section and have on-line ordering facilities.
Secondly, the award for Best Use of Digital Photography, sponsored by Canon UK Ltd. The winning certificate and trophy were once again presented to our Senior Graphic Designer, Nick Moss, by David Crichton, Sector Director. Nick produced a variety of pieces of work for this category and was extremely pleased about the result.
Finally, the third award was for Best Creative Graphic Design, which was sponsored by Konica-Minolta. The prestigious Award trophy was presented by Mike Ashforth, Regional Manager - Production Print. This was another fantastic achievement and a great return from 2008, when we won the same category, our team were determined to get this award back once again and succeeded.
CPS were also pleased to receive a further recognitions, Daryl Brown, Graphic Designer, was given a trophy and certificate for Runner up in the Trainee of the Year category, just missing out on a fabulous 4 day Vegas Trip. CPS also received a highly commended for the Environmental Awareness Award, which was gracefully accepted by Kevin O'Hara, Senior Printer. This award is one of the most highly coveted and CPS has managed to win it for the last 5 years running, so were very happy to see more competition in this area and are looking forward to a challenge in next years event.
Winning these 3 awards and the recognition by our industry colleagues, is a fantastic achievement and only goes to show that through the sheer hard work of the team and the continued implementation of our ISO 9001:2000 accreditation, we are doing something right. With our continued attention to quality and good design standards in place, we can only move forward and upwards, proving that we are committed to quality, high standards and most of all, to our customers.
Mark Barlow
Head of Print and Design Services
Apcom Awards 2009 - Kirklees
CPS was delighted to, once again, win the APCOM highly coveted Award for Best Environmental Awareness 2009, at the Annual Conference of APCOM (Association of Print and Communication Managers), held this year in Kirklees (Huddersfield). The Crystal trophy and certificate where presented to Kevin O’Hara, Senior Printer of Corporate Print Services.
The second of the four awards, was for Best 1, 2 or 3 Colour Work - Litho or Digital, which was presented to one of our CPS Assistants, Andrew Woodward. Third award was for the Best In-House Promotion Piece. The Award trophy and certificate were presented to Nick Moss, Senior Graphic Designer.
Finally, the fourth award that CPS received was for Best Use of Digital Photography Award, the winning certificate and trophy were presented to one of our Graphic Designers, Daryl Brown.
The Awards featured were four of nine award categories at APCOM's recent annual Awards and Gala dinner, which celebrates success and innovation within the Public Sectors' expanding design and print community.
CPS was delighted to, once again, win the APCOM highly coveted Award for Best Environmental Awareness 2009, at the Annual Conference of APCOM (Association of Print and Communication Managers), held this year in Kirklees (Huddersfield). The Crystal trophy and certificate where presented to Kevin O’Hara, Senior Printer of Corporate Print Services.
The second of the four awards, was for Best 1, 2 or 3 Colour Work - Litho or Digital, which was presented to one of our CPS Assistants, Andrew Woodward. Third award was for the Best In-House Promotion Piece. The Award trophy and certificate were presented to Nick Moss, Senior Graphic Designer.
Finally, the fourth award that CPS received was for Best Use of Digital Photography Award, the winning certificate and trophy were presented to one of our Graphic Designers, Daryl Brown.
The Awards featured were four of nine award categories at APCOM's recent annual Awards and Gala dinner, which celebrates success and innovation within the Public Sectors' expanding design and print community.