The latest event from our ‘in just 60 minutes’ series featured guest speaker Steve Cram discussing ‘Knowing your competitors and having the strategies and skills to go the extra mile’. The video above includes footage from this successful event.
Consolidation and containerisation of VEPK vocational resources
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
VEPK works to improve education in primary and pre-primary schools in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania by renovating and equipping schools, providing books and materials, providing in-service training and running an educational computer centre with internet access, a vocational training centre and a village crafts shop.
EC Group is assisting VEPK in providing a central logistics facility for the consolidation and containerisation of a range of plant and equipment, all of which is destined for the VEPK vocational school.
John Douglas, VEPK UK Coordinator commented: “We’re very grateful to EC Group for the help provided on this project. Consolidating all the donations including IT equipment, workshop plant and various other vocational materials received from points all over the UK into one shipment has been made possible through their generosity.”
Further details available from:
John Douglas at john@kiliproject.org
And: www.kiliproject.org
CRAMMED in just 60 minutes…
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Are you ready to compete in 2012?
Knowing your competitors and having the strategies and skills to go the extra mile.
If you would like to hear Steve Cram at our ‘in just 60 minutes’ event, hosted by Reeves, TAL, TheFrameworks and EC Group, please click here.
Date of event
Thursday 20 October 2011, 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Where
Chartered Accountants Hall, One Moorgate Place, London EC2R 6EA
About the speaker Steve Cram
British middle distance running could not believe its luck when, in a majestic-striding youngster from the northeast, it found a “third man” to eclipse Seb Coe and Steve Ovett. When Steve Cram was in full cry – during his demolition of Ovett’s and Coe’s world records in 1985 – one commentator likened it to “watching a Greek god on the track”.
For five seasons between 1982 and 1986, he enjoyed a dazzling spell of competitive success which neither Coe or Ovett ever matched, winning a world, two European and three Commonwealth gold medals. Short of full fitness, he had to settle for silver behind Coe in the Los Angeles Olympics 1,500m final, but he bounced back with three world records in 19 days the following year – including history’s first sub-three-and-half minute metric mile. Steve is now the main athletics presenter for the BBC.
Book your place
For full details of this event, and to book a place, please email Gavin Weekes at gweekes@ecgroup.co.uk
Sausage and Mash
Monday, March 21st, 2011
We store all manner of products for our clients but this one is quite exceptional – and we couldn’t resist the headline…
When experiential agency Mash was asked to store this monster they thought of EC Group. Did they know how much we all love a cold sausage or was it just their confidence that we’d be able to devote the TLC to keep it safe and secure?
Either way we’re delighted to add a whopping great sausage to the list of unusual assets that we’ve looked after; a list which includes cardboard parrots, hairy hands, model kangaroos, a Dino Ferrari and many more!
Ketchup anyone?
Welcome to Gavin Weekes
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
A warm welcome to Gavin who joined EC Group on 7th March. As Sales Manager, Gavin leads the company’s marketing support and product fulfilment Sales development programme.
Gavin has extensive business development and account management expertise gained in over twenty years in fulfilment, promotional handling, direct mail and print services. Gavin possesses an energetic and inclusive people management style and has a successful track record of driving sustainable business growth through understanding clients’ requirements and delivering effective solutions.
Greg Dyke video: ‘Our failing democracy – will the coalition last long enough to save it?’
Friday, November 26th, 2010
Our latest event from the ‘in just 60 minutes’ series featured guest speaker Greg Dyke discussing ‘Our failing democracy – will the coalition last long enough to save it?’ The video above includes footage from this successful event.
In his four years as Director-General of the BBC, Greg Dyke started four new digital television channels, five new digital radio channels, opened two new BBC regions, launched the BBC’s interactive television services and helped create Freeview. Greg reversed the trend at the BBC, which took employees away from making programmes and made them into managers. In doing so he reduced administration costs dramatically from 24% of total income to 15%. In 2005 he became chairman of HIT and in 2006 he became chairman of Brentford Football Club.
Greg Dyke ‘In just 60 minutes!’
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
In conjunction with Reeves, TAL and TheFrameworks, EC Group is pleased to announce the next ‘In just 60 minutes event!’ with Greg Dyke.
In his four years as Director-General of the BBC, Greg Dyke started four new digital television channels, five new digital radio channels, opened two new BBC regions, launched the BBC’s interactive television services and helped create Freeview. Greg reversed the trend at the BBC, which took employees away from making programmes and made them into managers. In doing so he reduced administration costs dramatically from 24% of total income to 15%. In 2005 he became chairman of HIT and in 2006 he became chairman of Brentford Football Club.
Greg will be discussing ‘Our failing democracy – will the coalition last long enough to save it?’
Date of event
Thursday 21 October 2010, 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm
Where
Pewterers’ Hall, Oat Lane, London EC2V 7DE
Click here to view a map
Contact
The event is free, to register please click here.
EC Group provides event support for Heineken UK’s Jacques Cider during major summer sampling campaign
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Outsourced marketing support specialist EC Group provided a range of event support services for Heineken UK’s Jacques Cider with Fruit during the brand’s biggest-ever programme of summer sampling events.
The marketing programme – created by Exposure – was designed to emphasise Jacques Cider with Fruit’s ‘female appeal’. It encompassed digital and brand events and gave young women the opportunity to experience a stylish, girlie summer courtesy of Jacques.
The nationwide activity saw Benefit Cosmetics shoppers sampling Jacques at 12 stores, while Toni & Guy hair stylists offered female clients a complimentary bottle of the premium cider.
The EC Group team toured the country with Jacques, providing specialist support for sampling events at various shopping centres, including the supply of refrigerated vehicles containing ice and chilled sampling product, setting up the events , staying on-site, and then breaking down the equipment (including bespoke bars) before moving on to the next venue.
The activity culminated in July and August in the exclusive and elegant setting of The Jacques Townhouse at 33 Fitzroy Square in London. The Jacques styled house hosted Jacques drinkers who were seeking a stylish, ‘girlie haven’ for the evening.
The soirées – hosted at the Grade 1-listed Georgian townhouse by singer Sophie Ellis Bextor – were based on a quintessential English tea party, but with an added Jacques twist.
Gemma Myers, Senior Account Executive at EC Group, said: “I went along to one of the Jacques Townhouse soirées to check the build and set-up of the event. It was like stepping into a world of make-believe where every grown up woman could, for a snapshot in time, pretend to be like Alice in Wonderland – all things quirky and girly combined with all things naughty and nice; the quintessential Mad Hatter’s tea-party.
“What better way to spend a summer‘s Sunday evening – eating pretty pink cupcakes, playing dress up, being pampered by the Benefit Babes and having one‘s fortune told, all whilst sipping on a glass on Jacques cider. It was the sort of experience whereby you couldn’t help but smile from the moment the Bellboy called you in and directed you to the concierge to the sad moment the soirée came to an end.”
EC Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of outsourced marketing fulfilment, brand event support, and logistics services.
Its bespoke, cost-saving services range from handling simple one-off distributions, mailing campaigns and point-of-sale merchandising … through to total project management of design, print, storage, fulfilment and distribution contracts.
The company has over three million cubic feet of secure storage space at its warehouse complexes in Hayes, Middlesex and Grays, Essex. It also has state-of-the-art multi-channel customer contact centres in Hayes and Grays, and a full-service design facility in central London.
Outsourced business support specialist EC Group praised for effectiveness of ISO9001 quality management system
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
With users of outsourced business support services increasingly expecting their suppliers to provide the highest possible levels of quality and value, EC Group’s ISO9001 Quality Management System has been praised as “very effective” by an independent team of external inspectors.
EC Group’s dynamic quality system is applied across all areas of the company’s extensive service offering – including customer contact centres, response handling, fulfilment, warehousing, distribution, mailings, database management, marketing communications, and e-commerce solutions.
The independent audit of EC Group’s ISO9001 Quality Management System found that the system is “well controlled” and demonstrates “a high level of commitment to the requirements of ISO9001-2008 and to continuous improvement”.
The inspectors also praised EC Group’s “very effective system” for planning and managing maintenance and calibration activities.
Chris Long, EC Group’s managing director, says: “This recent re-affirmation of our ISO9001 accreditation demonstrates our ongoing commitment to a quality system which underpins everything we do. More than that, it is independent validation of our commitment to continuous improvement which delivers tangible benefits to all of our clients.”
He adds: “Our quality system is dynamic and we are continuing to invest in technology and methodologies to develop our service offer, streamline our operation, and deliver the best possible value to all our clients.”
EC Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of outsourced marketing fulfilment and logistics services.
Its bespoke, cost-saving services range from handling simple one-off distributions, mailing campaigns and point-of-sale merchandising … through to total project management of design, print, storage, fulfilment and distribution contracts.
The company has over three million cubic feet of secure storage space at its warehouse complexes in Hayes, Middlesex and Grays, Essex. It also has state-of-the-art multi-channel customer contact centres in Hayes and Grays, and a full-service design facility in central London.
New report rates outsourced business support specialist EC Group as ‘strong’ performer in UK warehousing industry
Friday, July 16th, 2010
A new report has highlighted EC Group – a leading specialist in outsourced business support services – as one of the strongest companies in the UK warehousing industry.
The report – produced by Plimsoll, a leading global provider of market reports and company analyses – examined the individual performance of the top 470 companies in the warehousing sector.
Despite the many challenges currently facing the changing warehousing market, the Plimsoll Analysis rated EC Group as a strong performer.
In contrast, the report gave almost one third of UK warehousing companies a ‘danger’ rating because of their “precarious financial position” and their failure to “lift themselves out of trouble”. Plimsoll identified 27 of these companies as likely acquisition targets.
Chris Long, EC Group’s managing director, says: “It is pleasing to be given such a positive rating by Plimsoll at a time when UK warehousing companies are facing a number of key challenges as they seek to take advantage of the economic recovery.”
Long says EC Group is continuing to perform strongly by focusing on helping its clients to meet major challenges such as:
- The management of supply chain volatility and uncertainty.
- The development of rationalised customer and supplier networks.
- The implementation of regional cost-optimised solutions with sufficient flexibility to respond to local market dynamics.
“As a strong player in the market, EC Group provides solidity and stability which helps limit volatility and uncertainty,” says Long.
He points out that EC Group’s extensive service offering means it is ideally placed to help clients rationalise their supplier base. The company’s bespoke services encompass all aspects of warehousing, distribution and marketing services “under one roof”.
Long says: “Our agility allows us to tailor our offer to our clients’ individual requirements. Our scale of operation gives us an extremely efficient cost base, which, coupled with a high degree of flexibility, enables our clients to respond to local market dynamics and optimise time-to-market.”
EC Group is currently celebrating its 200th anniversary in the packing, warehousing and distribution business. It combines its 200 years of experience with the latest 21st century technology to provide tailor-made services designed to meet each client’s specific requirements.
The company has over three million cubic feet of secure storage space at its warehouse complexes in Hayes, Middlesex and Grays, Essex.
EC Group puts a heavy emphasis on robust systems and procedures and is fully accredited to key international standards such as ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management).
