Print-Leeds strengthens label team

Print-Leeds, a specialist UK-based converter, has made five new appointments to strengthen the team as label production has ramped up since the first lockdown in March 2020.

(L-R) back row Ryan Webster, Peter Richardson, Jake Forrester, Mark Cutts.  Front row: Dawn Rawnsley and Rod Fisher.

Print-Leeds is the sole supplier of labels to brewing giant Marston’s, which recently merged with Carlsberg UK. The company also prints labels for other household drinks brands such as Fentimans, cider producer Aston Manor and The Black Sheep Brewery. 

The company has appointed Mark Cutts as a No 1 printer, Ryan Webster and Peter Richardson as print assistants, Jake Forrester as an apprentice printer, and Dawn Rawnsley as a client service representative.

Rod Fisher, managing director of Print-Leeds, said: ‘Covid has brought with it all sorts of challenges. Parts of the business have steadied whilst others are still trying to get back on their feet. As well as printing labels for the food and drinks industries, we also produce print for retail, travel companies, events, and exhibitions, which has not recovered and won’t until the whole economy returns to some sort of normal.

‘On the labels side, we’ve been lucky to get more work and employ some highly skilled people from the industry. And then we’ve been able to take on another apprentice. It’s great to bring young people into the business straight from school. Jake is a real asset. He loves machinery and engineering, and with us, he is able to work on the latest Heidelberg machines and learn the technology.’