Pukka Pies to Celebrate 50th Birthday

Pukka Pies have announced this week that they will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a calendar of events in 2013.

Britain’s favourite branded pie was founded in 1963 by current Chairman Trevor Storer and has grown from the family kitchen to produce 60 million pies a year.

Mr Storer’s first creation was the Steak and Kidney Pie and it was his wife Valerie who produced the recipe for the Chicken and Mushroom Pie which like all the pies, remains the same recipe today.

The family traditions still exist 50 years on with the co Managing Directors Tim and Andrew Storer, Trevor’s sons, who uphold the family values in everything that takes place at Pukka Pies in Syston.

As part of the celebration Pukka Pies will be hosting a 50th birthday party at the Syston manufacturing headquarters, which employs over 280 staff, as well as running a number of 50 themed activities throughout the year.

Tim Storer commented; “We are delighted that Pukka Pies has reached 50 years of business and will be looking to celebrate the year in typical Pukka Pie style. Our founding principle was to make superior quality pies and pasties using only the finest ingredients with highly trained and caring staff and these values continue today. In challenging economic times, we have enjoyed excellent levels of growth and the recent £7 million factory extension is enabling us to continue that success story.

Sales have increased year on year and signs are already very promising for 2013 and we look forward to many more years of Pukka Pies ahead.”

Pukka Pies serve the UK, Ireland, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Malta, Gibraltar and France with a network of National and European distributors along with their own multi-drop delivery vehicles in the Midlands.

Pukka Pies supply a range of pies and pasties – including Steak and Kidney, Chicken and Mushroom and Steak and Ale varieties – to hundreds of fish and chip shops, football stadiums and supermarkets across the country.

Soccerex continue winter signings with Macesport PR partnership

Soccerex is delighted to announce that Macesport have been appointed as the organisation's new official public relations consultants.

The partnership will see Macesport responsible for creating and co-ordinating a full media and public relations strategy for the Soccerex portfolio of global footballing events across Europe, South America and Africa. This will begin with the Soccerex European Forum, Europe’s premier football business event, in Manchester on April 10-11.

Macesport managing director Paul Mace said: "It is a great honour and privilege to play a role in further enhancing and developing the international profile of Soccerex globally. As an established member of the international football family, everyone at Macesport is delighted to have the opportunity to work alongside such an iconic brand as Soccerex.

"We work extensively with football brands, governing bodies, clubs and players and are delighted to add Soccerex to a portfolio which already includes England sponsors Vauxhall, the Football Association and the NFL.

"We look forward to generating even stronger relationships for Soccerex with our friends in global television, print and online sports media, and further leveraging and communicating the quality of debate among football's highest-profile executives and ambassadors to an even wider audience."

Soccerex Marketing Director David Wright said: “I am very excited to be working with Macesport; Paul and his team come with a fantastic reputation and a proven network both in the UK and internationally. The next two years will see the last Soccerex Global Convention held in Rio de Janeiro before the event moves to Manchester in 2014 and Macesport will play a key role in managing our media and public relations during this crucial period.”

Stuart Pearce Surprises Sholing FC

England Under 21 Manager and former England star Stuart Pearce surprised local side Sholing FC at their training session last week.

Pearce, who captained his club and country, visited Sholing FC at their training facility at VT Sports Ground in Southampton to handover their brand new kit, as part of England team sponsor, Vauxhall’s, Youth Programme initiative.

Local Vauxhall retailer, Picador PLC has shown their commitment to grass roots football in the area by supplying Sholing FC U’18’s with a brand new kit football kit.

The former England defender, Pearce, said; “It is great to see a local side enjoying their football and I am delighted to visit the team.”

“It is vital that we support grass roots football in England for the good of the game moving forward - this is a fantastic initiative and one I am proud to support.”

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Schmeichology 3 Launch Live on Sky Sports

Precision Goalkeeping ambassador Kasper Schmeichel launched his new Schmeichology 3 glove range live on Sky Sports by saving a late penalty to gift Leicester all three points.

Schmeichel gave the new gloves their first outing when high flying Leicester City beat Middlesborough 1-0 live on Sky Sports 1 in the npower Championship.

The third incarnation of the goalkeeping range designed by the Leicester City and Denmark keeper Kasper Schmeichel will be available to the public in April.

Precision Goalkeeping's Schmeichology 3 range includes three models; the Kasper Schmeichel Negative Cut, Roll finger and a brand new Hybrid glove which is a mix of a roll finger and negative cut.

Precision Goalkeeping Brand ambassador Kasper Schmeichel, said; "I am delighted with the new range of gloves - they just keep getting better.

“Goalkeepers love spotting new gloves and I am expecting to read plenty of tweets tonight about them!”

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MANTIS' New signing Steve Coppinger through to New York quarter Final

MANTIS' New signing Steve Coppinger is through to the quarter finals of the PSA World Series Event in New York City after beating off some tough opponents.

He first faced the most consistent player of the PSA World Series for the past 2 years, Peter Baker and eventually won 12-10, 11-6, 6-11,11-1.

Coppinger then endured a thrilling 90 minute game against Adrian Grant and finally came out on top winning 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-1.

Steve, "It is only my second year playing at the Tournament of Champions in New York. Arguably the most spectacular venue on the squash tour with a court being erected IN Grand Central Terminal. The sense of occasion is immense walking on to court "

Steve will take on top seed James Willstrop in the quarter finals tonight- good luck!

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