Here at Ellison everyone gets the opportunity to use one working day of the year as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) day. Our teams get the chance to use this day to go help out a charity either on their own or along with a team to help out in the community. Our supply chain team decided to utilise their day to go and help out at Freshfields Animal Sanctuary. This sanctuary is a community focussed non-profit making charitable organisation caring for abandoned, abused and unwanted … [Read more...]

Last week our Ellison Employee Engagement Champions held a spring event for our global teams. The event was held as a fun way for our teams to get together virtually and in person, enjoying a few treats and appreciating each other’s company. Monday was Ellison Pride Day where our teams wore clothes in our Ellison branded colours and enjoyed a breakfast buffet. We also shared stories about our journeys in the business on our social media page on Workplace by Facebook. On Tuesday we … [Read more...]

Here at Ellison, we set ourselves a challenge to raise some vital funds to support UNICEF in their fundraising efforts for the war Ukraine. UNICEF support children and families in desperate need of safety, stability, and protection. We set ourselves a target to get outside away from our workstations to collectively walk the length of Ukraine which is 346.4 miles. Together our global teams managed to walk a total of 348.28 miles. Over in our USA office, Cornhole is a very popular … [Read more...]

This week marks the week our office-based teams have been able to return to work in our offices after nearly 2 years of working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We have celebrated with decorations around our office spaces and appreciated being together enjoying some drinks and snacks. We are thrilled that all of teams can be together again. We have now adopted a hybrid flexible working programme that allows our teams to work flexibly between home and office … [Read more...]

Ellison, manufacturers of the pioneering Sizzix brand, are excited to announce the latest in their series of Virtual Events and are inviting you to join in. Between March 7th-11th the Ellison team will be demonstrating the wide variety of new Sizzix launches for Quarter 2 2022 through a series of educational and interactive sessions. This fantastic opportunity gives current and prospective customers of the Sizzix brand the chance to discover more and engage with our expert team in die-cutting … [Read more...]

We are excited to announce our brand-new virtual event! Following the success of our first two virtual events held in 2021, allowing us to connect digitally with the creative industries, we are delighted to be hosting another exciting event between January 24th -28th. Register now! This new event will center around the wide variety of new Sizzix releases for Quarter 1 2022 through a series of educational and interactive sessions. Hosted by our talented design team, plus special guest … [Read more...]

Last week several members of the Marketing Communications and Product Design team from our Europe office travelled to Talacre Beach in North Wales to take part in a beach clean-up project. Organised by the Marine Conservation Society, this UK based charity works to fight for the future of our oceans. Every September thousands of people take to the beach all over the UK to take part in the Great British Beach Clean. The Marine Conservation Society works across the UK coast to facilitate … [Read more...]

Last week 7 members of staff from our European headquarters took on a 20-mile sponsored walk across the Welsh countryside to raise money for Aria. Aria’s family received the devastating news on her 3rd birthday that she had been diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliona (DIPG), an aggressive and inoperable type of brain tumour, the treatment for which can be highly expensive. Family friend and Ellison Europe’s Sales Director Amy Dawson took it upon herself to organise this walk to raise … [Read more...]

To Our Valued Ellison Customers, We hope you are all keeping safe and well. It is hard to believe that we are already past the mid-way point of 2021; having gone through a transformational experience with the global pandemic and all it has brought along with it, we are now able to reflect on the last 17 months with a sense of achievement and pride for the resilience of our business, our people, our customers and our communities. We continue to diligently follow Government guidelines in the … [Read more...]