A PACKAGING and envelopes firm has taken on new apprentices.
Encore Packaging Solutions and sister group Encore Envelopes, in Washington, Wearside, has welcomed 16-year-olds Joe Tighe and Dylan Pearson, and 17-year-old Sean English.
They have joined the firm on a general engineering apprenticeship and will receive training on equipment used in the envelope and packaging manufacturing processes.
Encore Envelopes, which is the UK’s largest privately-owned printed envelope maker, and Encore Packaging Solutions, produce nearly four billion of the 15 billion envelopes and packages delivered by Royal Mail every year.
Russell Croisdale, Encore managing director, said: “Our machines are extremely specific, we can’t get people off the shelf to run them.
“The majority of our apprentices are from the local area and most will stay with us after they finish their term.
“We see this as a partnership to increase skills in our community, but also ensure we can expand our business and employ more people locally.”
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