Archive for January, 2022

The Delta Group is pleased to announce its partnership with the First Love foundation (FLF), supporting their mission to help people facing crisis to get their lives back on track.

The First Love Foundation are a charity based in Tower Hamlets, helping thousands of people facing crisis. Their holistic model of support has been cited by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hunger and Poverty (2014) as the most effective in tackling poverty anywhere in the UK.

Their mission focuses on breaking the cycle of deprivation. This starts with:

• Restoring dignity
• Building resilience
• Reconnecting to society and restoring the feeling that they belong and are valued
• Finding a path to purpose

At Delta, offering a helping hand has always been a deeply ingrained value in our company and brought to life through our people. Empowering people to drive positive change is a key part of Delta’s identity, which is why every employee is able to utilise our Employee Volunteer Day programme, to volunteer at the First Love foundation.

One of the ways that our employees can get involved is to volunteer at First Love Foundation’s LOVE SUMMER event. This is a support programme for low-income families throughout school summer holidays. The aim is to address not only holiday hunger but also provide a welcoming place for kids to engage in play activities, while parents can meet other parents and relax without feeling the stigma of poverty; they can also attend useful information / learning sessions or engage in well-being support. 

The idea of the event is to help people who dread the difficulties of getting through the summer in poverty, and actually move them to a point where they can “Love Summer”, and ultimately start to feel they can love life again.  This is step one towards enabling them to start considering options like getting back into work or getting skilled up to find work.  

Delta’s Client Services Director, Damian Sorgiovanni recently attended FLF’s LOVE SUMMER event – the first event that Delta had a chance to support. He said “It was great to witness the dedication and passion of the people at FLF.I thoroughly enjoyed the day and could see the difference the foundation makes in people’s lives.”

We’re working closely with First Love Foundation on other ways to support the great work that they do, whether this be through fundraising activities across our four sites, or donations in time and money.

Our CEO Jason Hammond said “Currently a team of 10, FLF plans to expand across the next 5 years into more East London Boroughs.  Partnering with them at this stage and supporting their future growth, is something we’re extremely excited to be a part of.”

Melanie Rochford, Head of External Relations and Development, said “We are enormously grateful to Delta for showing an interest in supporting the work we are doing to lift people out of crisis.  Whether it’s a financial donation or employees giving their time to support what we do on the front line, such as running a CV preparation workshop or playing football with the children on one of our programmes, it all makes a massive difference to another person’s life.  The more deeply involved a company is in supporting our work, the greater insights their employees gain into the work we do and why we do it.  I am delighted the Delta team wishes to be part of this.”

If you would like to get involved and support this fantastic cause, you can do so by donating to the fund here: https://www.firstlovefoundation.org.uk/get-involved/

27^th January 2022 09:00 AM BST. WALTHAM CROSS, UK. 

The Delta Group, Europe’s premier visual communications specialist delivering dynamic multi-channel marketing services to the Retail, FMCG, Film, Entertainment and Media sectors across the globe, are pleased to announce the acquisition of large-format outdoor advertising specialist Odessa UK.

The deal has been approved by creditors and HMRC with the transaction being completed by mid-February.

The Odessa Print Group original Directors Bob Charles and Laurence Matthews will continue to operate from two industrial units in Biggin Hill and Penge in South London.

The business has 40 staff, operating a wide range of kit, including HP Scitex, Koenig & Bauer, Inca, Kongsberg and Fuji presses. The plan is to keep the brand and sites operating in their current locations.

Laurence Matthews & Bob Charles, Directors of Odessa, said:

“We are delighted with the acquisition. Delta was the most exciting choice with their excellent reputation and strength in Retail, FMCG, Film, Entertainment and Media, which is very complementary to our sectors and client base.

Their strategy and wider service proposition for the outdoor advertising sector was also very compelling and great fit to maximise value and offer a wider package of end-to end services to our existing clients.

The Covid pandemic significantly impacted the print industry, particularly the Out-of-Home sector, which is now showing a terrific uplift in activity, which is great news for the sector in general. 

This deal will enable us to drive further efficiencies and benefit from Delta’s scale, including access to their unique infrastructure, technology and people to support our growth and provide surety to our fantastic clients.”

Mike Phillips, Executive Chairman of the Delta Group, said:

“Laurence and Bob have built a business serving the outdoor advertising sector, which for the last 18 months has been under tremendous pressure through the Covid pandemic, which, is showing positive signs of recovery and growth.    

This acquisition supports our business plan and outdoor advertising strategy and focuses on both the printed and digital Out-of-Home sector, particularly after our recent 5-Year win with Global Outdoor.

This is a transformational growth opportunity for Odessa, with further investment planned, supporting their wider objectives by being part of larger group with access to our supply chain, technology, and people.

At the heart of this acquisition is the increased capacity, synergies and efficiencies that will benefit all of our combined clients.

Throughout our discussions it became very clear our culture and focus on delivering exceptional service and innovation to our clients was equally matched. This is central to our values in a fiercely competitive market and our combined growth.

Our ambition in 2022 is to further enhance our offering to our clients by continuing to acquire”

Press Contact:

Katie Dobreva

Marketing Manager

Katie.dobreva@thedeltagroup.com

The Delta Group, Europe’s premier visual communications specialist delivering dynamic multi-channel marketing services to consumer brands and retailers, is pleased to announce a 5-year multi-million (£) contract win for Global’s Outdoor print production, after a competitive tender process in 2021.

Global is one of the leading Outdoor companies in the UK with over 235,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities.

Delta will be providing an end to end solution, powered by their Workstream X technology platform,  delivering creative / digital print services, multi OOH format print production, fulfilment and distribution.

Adrian Lovejoy, Operations Director at Global said: “Our tender process reflected our need to find the best long-term partner to deliver maximum value to our customers. We have successfully transitioned to Delta over the past few months and are already seeing the benefits of the partnership and supply chain come through, especially as we align our technology capabilities. Delta is also heavily focussed on the environment and sustainability which closely aligns to our strategy. The partnership will enable Global to deliver a seamless media booking and production end-to-end solution, driving efficiency and improving time to market and supporting future growth.

Jason Hammond, CEO of the Delta Group, said: “This was a very complex tender process, and we are naturally delighted with this award, strengthening our position in the OOH and emerging digital print market. To be appointed to work with a market leader like Global is very exciting and provides assurance that our investment strategy, innovation, can do culture, services and unique infrastructure add real value for our clients. We will be working very hard to deliver exceptional value to Global over the contract term.  

Press Contact:

Dean Smith,

Chief Sales & Marketing Officer

Dean.smith@thedeltagroup.com

+44 (0) 7957 633652

The Delta Group, Europe’s premier visual communications specialist delivering dynamic multi-channel marketing services to brands, retailers, and studios across the globe, announce the appointment of Starzeus Hassan-McGhee as Sustainability Director.

Starzeus will report directly to Jason Hammond (CEO) and will be responsible for driving our award-winning Delta Net Zero strategy. This will include working in collaboration with Delta’s procurement team to further enhance best practise supply chain practises, the development of Delta’s sustainability innovation lab and most importantly proactively engaging through the Delta Net Zero ‘Collaborate’ pillar to support our client’s goals and objectives.   

Starzeus, Sustainability Director of the Delta Group, said: “The clarity of Delta’s Net Zero strategy, and how their pillars drive collaboration and measurable results is fantastic and a platform that will deliver real change. This combined with their passion and forward-thinking culture made this an easy decision for me. I’m very much looking forward to engaging with my Delta colleagues and clients to drive successful outcomes”.   

Jason Hammond, CEO of the Delta Group, said: “Our Delta Net Zero strategy is a key differentiator, with ambitious 5-year objectives. Starz’s is an inspiring all-rounder with an impressive educational background in sustainable development and environmentalism. He’s also delivered award-winning climate change initiatives and worked on complex International Development programmes for UNICEF, DFID, ECHO, USAID and Comic Relief. To capture such a talent is great news for Delta and most importantly our clients”