Meet the Team
"Hello, nice to meet you"

Matthew Carry

Sales Director

Favourite Food: Curry
Favourite Film: Bourne Trilogy
Favourite Drink: Winter - Guinness / Summer - Coors
Favourite Sport/hobby:
The might whites...LUFC #MOT
Interesting thing about myself: Black belt in karate & competed for England

Phil Haigh

Paper Controller

Job Description: Paper Controller
Favourite Food: Chicken Balti
Favourite Film: It's a Wonderful Life
Favourite Drink: Ringwood 'Old Thumper'
Favourite Sport/hobby: Skiing, Rugby League
Interesting thing about myself: I used to work on a Kibbutz in Israel

Kirstie Neesam

Sales & Marketing Exec

Job Description: Sales & Marketing Executive
Favourite Food: Total Peanut Butter Nutter!
Favourite Film: Coming to America (know the whole film word for word)
Favourite Drink: Cosmopolitan
Favourite Sport/hobby: Avid runner... bit of an obsession more than a hobby!
Interesting thing about myself: My wedding day was published in the December 2010 edition of Hello! Magazine... honest!

Jane Breakwell

Customer Services

Job Description: Briefly - Customer Services
Favourite Food: Italian
Favourite Film: ET / Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Favourite Drink: Coffee / Cider
Favourite Sport/hobby: Sport: Gymnastics Hobby: spending time with my little girl after a busy week at Acorn
Interesting thing about myself: Heavy Metal chick and distant relative of John Craven from Countryfile

Ed Merry

Customer services

Job Description: Briefly - Customer services with some Estimating for good measure
Favourite Food: Curry or Tapas (I can't choose between)
Favourite Film: Star Wars: A New Hope
Favourite Drink: Whisky
Favourite Sport/hobby: Funky bass playing
Interesting thing about myself: When I was in a band we supported China Crisis at Batley Town Hall!

Ed Durrant

Customer Services

Job Description: Briefly - Customer Services. My day is so diverse I couldn't possibly describe a typical day
Favourite Food: Italian
Favourite Film: Senna the movie, anything about Ayrton Senna I will watch it
Favourite Drink: Gin & Tonic, tall glass lots of ice! and Red Wine but not in the same glass of course
Favourite Sport/hobby: Sheffield Wednesday supporter
Interesting thing about myself: I once flew to New York to deliver a parcel and then flew back the very next day!

Darren Mountain

Production Planning Manager

Job Description: Production Planning Manager
Favourite Food: Roast & Yorkshire Puddings
Favourite Film: Any Quinten Tarantino film
Favourite Drink: Beer, Cider & Vodka
Favourite Sport/hobby: Golf
Interesting thing about myself: Jumped out of an aeroplane and once played 5 a side football with Alan Kennedy!

Iain Pagan

Operations Manager

Job Description: Operations Manager
Favourite Food: Apple or Cherry Pie
Favourite Film: Lord of the Rings (all of them) & Grease
Favourite Drink: Cup of Tea
Favourite Sport/hobby: Gardening (comes with age)
Interesting thing about myself: Played Keyboards in a Band many years ago

Trish

Accounts Assistant

Job Description: The evil one who chases your money
Favourite Food: Anything spicy
Favourite Drink: CAPTAIN !!!!
Favourite Sport/hobby: Hiking and watching Rugby League
Interesting thing about myself: Now that would be telling!

Shaun Butcher

Prepress Manager

Favourite Food: Full English Breakfast
Favourite Film: Gladiator
Favourite Drink: Stella Cidre
Favourite Winter Drink: Erdinger
Favourite Sport/hobby: F1 and British Touring Cars
Interesting thing about myself: Learning to horse ride. Must be a masochist!

Paul Shaw

Commercial Operations Manager

Job Description: briefly - Commercial Operations Manager. Responsible for Customer Service and general Commercial
Favourite Food: Chicken
Favourite Film: Braveheart / JFK
Favourite Drink: Guinness / John Smith
Favourite Sport/hobby: Rugby League - Season Ticket Holder at Castleford Tigers
Interesting thing about myself: I have done Bungee jumps in 2 continents (Australasia and Europe - Hemsworth Water Park) and won Table Tennis Competitions in Spain and France!!!

Rob Edwards

Sales

Job Description: Driving round the country, chatting to interesting people and securing exciting print projects!
Favourite Food: Anything on the menu at my Fav Pub: The Elmtree. Real food cooked by a real chef! (mixed grill if your pushing me for a decision)
Favourite Film: OMG! As they say... I have given this question the most thought. I love a good Horror but even picking one of them is so tough for me. But because of it's jaw dropping finale I'm going for Se7en (Seven).
Favourite Drink: Well! The drink I consume most of is SIS Rapid Recovery / Electrolyte but I tend not to order that at the bar when I'm out. J Guinness Extra Cold or a good IPA would be first choice.
Favourite Sport/hobby: Triathlon. I love it, love it, love! Train Hard, Race Harder
Interesting thing about myself: I once sang Kumbaya to a coach full of nuns!

Ricky Mettrick

Pre-Press/IT

Favourite Food: Curries, pasta, Chinese and kebabs, good old British food
Favourite Film: Zulu
Favourite Drink: Coffee
Favourite Sport/hobby: Long-time suffering Sheffield Wednesday fan. Waste time by renovating 1970s cars
Interesting thing about yourself: I can send people to sleep by talking about History, not that I’m well educated, but because I was there.

Priscilla Chudasama

Sales Executive

Favourite Food: Jerk Chicken
Favourite Film: Rush Hour
Favourite Drink: Flavoured Gin & Tonic
Favourite Sport/hobby: Here's a clue without mentioning the team, 'Cristiano Ronaldo'. Love a bit of fitness (excusing Covid-19)
Interesting thing about myself: I used to live in Liverpool, the Hollyoaks cast all trained at the same gym as me & would always see them out in the city. Also sat across from Rooney in Wagamama.

Mark Roberts

Managing Director

Favourite Food: Curry
Favourite Film: The Big Lebowski
Favourite Drink: Red Wine
Favourite Sport/hobby: Snowboarding and Cycling
Interesting thing about myself: Was once a model for a school clothes catalogue

Dale Coles

Sales

Job Description: International sales man of mystery and all round top bloke!
Favourite Food: Anything Fast, I'm always hungry!
Favourite Film: Wolf of Wall Street
Favourite Drink: Gin & Lemonade in a tall glass with a slice of lime
Favourite Sport/hobby: SPURS, SPURS, SPURS and spending quality time with my family :)
Interesting thing about myself: I once cycled the country for charity

Caron Finch

Estimator

Favourite Food: Steak (Fillet Mignon preferably!)
Favourite Film: Grease
Favourite Drink: Expresso Martini
Favourite Sport/hobby: Keen runner
Interesting thing about myself: My guilty pleasure is Ballroom dancing