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Wilkins Group now ‘the complete package’ after achieving 100 Per Cent low migration

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Wilkins Group now ‘the complete package’ after achieving 100 Per Cent low migration

Colwick printing and packaging firm, The Wilkins Group, is celebrating after switching to the use of 100 per cent low migration food safe inks and coatings throughout its manufacturing processes.

The Wilkins Group has announced that the final press and ink dispenser has completed the transition to low migration, confirming the firm’s UK factory is 100 per cent low migration and fully complies with the EU standard EC1935/2004 minimising the customer’s risk of migration.

The topic of low migration has been discussed in the media and government for many years and has become part of EU regulation, it states that printing inks must be designed and applied in such a way that substances from the printed surface are not allowed to transfer to the food contact side of packaging.

Justin Wilkins, sales and marketing director at The Wilkins Group said: “At The Wilkins Group, we have always maintained quality in packaging by anticipating and reacting to developments with both innovation and good manufacturing practice.

“We are delighted to have switched to 100 per cent low migration throughout the whole of the UK factory as we feel it gives our customers confidence that the inks and coatings being used are to a high specification. It certainly makes food packaging safer.”

The Wilkins Group also has the ability to produce low migration products throughout its other factories around the world.

In Romania, The Wilkins Group prints food packaging for the European Market using low migration conventional inks as well as carrying out migration testing.

The Wilkins Group invested a further £40,000 to convert the final printing press, the Komori 8 colour UV printing press, to low migration, it has followed a string of investments to not only make the firm’s packaging safer but to also offer a more premium product to its vast client base.

In 2016, The Wilkins Group has already invested £300,000 in a new state-of-the-art Rotary Window Patching and Lining Machine as part of its ongoing investment plan to increase capacity plus there will shortly be an announcement of a further major investment in the coming months that will be unique in its sector. Watch this space!.

Justin added: “It has taken a lot of hard work and financial investment to get to where we are today and it is a fantastic feeling to be able to say that we are 100 per cent low migration. We have been using low migration inks and coatings for a long time in the UK and are proud to say that the UK factory’s manufacturing process is now 100 per cent.

“It offers a far superior product and that is why we are implementing the same procedures in Romania Sri Lanka and China.

For more information please visit www.wilkins.co.uk

Winnie celebrates her 105th birthday in style at Civic Centre in Arnold

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Winnie celebrates her 105th birthday in style at Civic Centre in Arnold

She was born three years before the start of the First World War – and today Winnie Norman celebrated her 105th birthday in style.

Winnie, who was born on Tuesday, July 19, 1911, was chauffeur driven to the Civic Centre earlier today for a special celebratory lunch with the new Mayor of Gedling, Cllr Sandra Barnes, and her family.

The car and driver was kindly donated by Premier Limos .

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Fraudsters impersonating phone companies to get hold of personal details

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Fraudsters impersonating phone companies to get hold of personal details

People in Gedling borough are being warned about fraudsters who are impersonating phone companies to trick people into handing over their personal details.

The callers have been contacting people in the area and offering a phone upgrade on a low monthly payment contract.

The fraudsters will glean all your personal and financial details which will then be used to contact the genuine phone provider and order a new mobile phone handset.

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Villages to lose bus service as council cuts funding for Sky Blue 47

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Villages to lose bus service as council cuts funding for Sky Blue 47

A number of villages are to lose their bus service after a council announced they are to withdraw funding from August.

The Sky Blue 47 service, which is run by Nottingham City Transport, is to lose funding from Nottinghamshire County Council as part of plans to cut £420,000 from their bus budget.

Although council funding will now be withdrawn, NCT chiefs have decided it is still commercially viable for the service to continue running to Woodborough, but it will now axe part of the route covering Calverton, Oxton, Moor Lane Caravan Park, Epperstone and Lowdham.

The 47 route from the city to Mapperley and Mapperley Plains will remain unchanged.

David Astill, Commercial Manager for Nottingham City Transport said: “Following the withdrawal of the funding by Nottinghamshire County Council, we have looked very closely at many options on how we can continue to serve as many people as we can.

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Police issue warning as Pokémon Go craze sweeps Gedling borough

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Police issue warning as Pokémon Go craze sweeps Gedling borough

The Pokémon Go craze has hit Gedling borough and Nottinghamshire Police are reminding gamers to safe online following the release of the app.

The app, which is currently topping both the Apple and Android download charts, encourages gamers to discover in-game characters in the ‘real world’ using the location services on their smartphones.

Users travel to real world locations where Pokémon characters appear on-screen through their smartphones camera. Gamers can then attempt to catch each character and battle other gamers in the real world to progress within the game.

Now, ahead of the school holidays and the first weekend since Pokémon’s UK release where many are expected to download the app, Nottinghamshire Police is reminding children, their parents and even other grown-ups playing the game about the need to stay safe online.

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Warning over phone scam asking for money to remove people from cold caller lists

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Warning over phone scam asking for money to remove people from cold caller lists

People in Gedling borough are being warned to be wary of a phone scam which could see them conned out of cash.

The calls are coming from a company claiming to be with the Telephone Preference Service. 

A councillor at Nottinghamshire County Council was one of the people who received a call to his landline.

Councillor Glynn Gilfoyle, Chairman of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Community Safety Committee, which covers Trading Standards, recently received a call on his landline.

He said: “I thought it was strange as the caller said he was from the Telephone Preference Service and was asking me to verify my credit card details in a very clever way, even though this service is free.

“They slipped in questions about my credit card details they claimed to have on their system and were fishing for me to confirm figures which I didn’t do.

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VIDEO: Old film footage captures what life was like in Netherfield during 1974

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VIDEO: Old film footage captures what life was like in Netherfield during 1974

This old movie captures what life was like in Netherfield back in 1974.

Many of the people in the town were employed at the old Bourne’s textile factory and there were no empty shop units on the high street unlike today.

Colwick Loop Road was yet to be constructed and fields existed where many of the houses that now make up the town stand today.

Do you remember Netherfield back in 1974? Share your memories with us news@gedlingeye.co.uk

Yarn bombers bring colour to Arnold in time for borough arts festival

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Yarn bombers bring colour to Arnold in time for borough arts festival

The people of Arnold have shown what a close-knit community they are after pulling together to yarn-bomb parts of the town centre late last night.

Organiser Teresa Burkin, who runs the town’s arts and crafts shop Button Moon, teamed up with husband Jonathon, their friends, customers and wider community to make sure the town centre was covered in colour in time for Gedling Borough Arts Festival which begins tomorrow (14).

Shop windows, lamp posts, bikes, trees and benches were covered in bright woolly creations all around the Marketplace.

Jonathon Burkin said: “It all started back in February when Teresa, my wife and owner of Button Moon wool and haberdashery, was asked whether we’d like to organise a yarn-bomb for the Gedling Borough Arts Festival

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Would-be foster carers invited to drop-in session at Woodthorpe Library

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Would-be foster carers invited to drop-in session at Woodthorpe Library

People interested in becoming foster carers are being invited to a drop-in session being held in  Woodthorpe next Wednesday.

The session will take place at Woodthorpe Library on Wensley Road, between 2pm-4pm.

The event, which takes place between 2pm-4pm, is being planned to help find homes for the 231 children currently in foster care across the county.

One child comes into care in need of a foster carer every day in Nottinghamshire.

Nottinghamshire County Council fostering recruitment officer Elaine Mills said: “This session is very informal and is for those considering becoming foster carers who would like to find out more.

“It’s a chance for them to ask us questions in person and get more information. We’re looking for foster carers for children and young people of all ages, but are especially interested in speaking to anyone with a particular interest in fostering sibling groups, older children or children and young people with more complex needs where our need is greatest.”

Councillor Kate Foale, vice-chairman of the Children and Young People Service’s Committee and lead on children’s social care said that the pressure to recruit new foster carers is ongoing: “Finding sufficient numbers of the right carers is a challenge faced by all fostering services.

“In Notts, we are particularly looking for foster carers to look after babies, as well as sibling groups and older children to provide them with a loving, secure home and lots of love.”

She added: “We need foster carers based in Nottinghamshire, who have the right skills and experience to do a job that is so rewarding. You just need to be loving, understanding and resilient and have the personality to make a positive impact on children’s lives.”

Plans for new £1.2m visitors centre at Gedling Country Park revealed

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Plans for new £1.2m visitors centre at Gedling Country Park revealed

Plans for a new £1.2m heritage and cultural visitors centre at Gedling Country Park have today been released.

The proposals by Gedling Borough Council for the centre will incorporate the park’s mining history alongside a modern café and outdoor seating area.

Local residents have been having their say on what they would like to see in the proposed centre. 500 of the 615 total consultation responses asked for an outdoor seating area and several hundred people said they would like to see educational displays of the mining heritage in the centre.

The design for the centre was inspired by work undertaken by students from Nottingham Trent University, who worked with the Leader of the Council, Councillor John Clarke and the council’s Parks Team on potential design ideas earlier in the year. The final design was produced by Allan Joyce Architects.

ARTIST'S IMPRESSION: A view of the centre's cafe terrace from the east
ARTIST’S IMPRESSION: A view of the centre’s cafe terrace from the east

The centre developments coincide with the start of the build of the new £120,000 children’s play area in the park which began earlier this month.

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