Sep
14

                                              Whilst most of us are trying to forget Euro 2016 (unless you’re Welsh or Irish!) we can now announce the winners of our competition. This gave participant’s the opportunity to win some

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Jun
15

Well how can we summarise the first week of the 2016 Euro Championships. Lets try that in the context of the Varsity Competition. Home Nations: One Win, 1 draw and 1 defeat is certainly mixed. Wales will be ‘cock-a-hoop’ after gaining a valuable 3 points. Group B could be thrown wide open when England play

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May
31

It’s that time again! The 2016 Euros are just around the corner, and with 3 Home Nations to cheer for there are exciting times ahead. So how do I take part I hear you cry? Below you will see the front page of this months Stock List. Inside the booklet are all the teams and

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Mar
10

Check out Westwood Wanderers FC’s latest addition to the Team. A brand new Winter Jacket for all the players, adorned with the Varsity name on the back. ‘The Hoops’ have had a mixed season so far. But they lie in 4th position in the league and are looking to push higher with away wins in

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Aug
28

Many thanks to everyone who entered our competition. Sadly another 4 years of hurt are to follow after England’s early exit but the general conclusion seems to be that the tournament was a great success and one of the ‘Best Ever’. Your entries predicted that a South American team would succeed over any other contenders. 

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May
28

It’s hard to believe 4 years have flown past since the last competition ended in South Africa in 2010. Who can forget the cacophony of noise created by the thousands of Vuvuzelas at every match? England progressed from the Group stages only to be well and truly beaten by the ‘Young Guns’ of Germany in

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Jan
13

Operating from their site in Boston, Lincolnshire, Howard Tenens have handled distribution of Varsity’s stock business for almost 10 years now. Originally Howard Tenens assumed control of the business when it was based in Leicester.  However, when the warehouse there was flagged for re-development the stock was moved to Tenens main site in Lincolnshire, where

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Dec
12

Issue two of of our Promo-Box is now complete and will be winging it’s way to all corners of the country this week. The new Box is printed on the reverse of Kromopak. This improved GC2 Folding Boxboard originates from  MM-Karton’s Kolicevo Mill in Slovenia. The Mill was rebuilt last year and as a result

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Oct
11

Gary and Steve visited one of the MM Group plants for some training this week. The course was a Technical refresher and covered all aspects of carton manufacture including printing, C&C and gluing. It was, contrary to what you may believe from the photo, the ‘Guess who looks most like a live match competition’. If

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Sep
24

Gary and Steve have been motoring around the country in recent days presenting prizes to the winners of our recent competitions. Steve was in Thornaby presenting an iPod Nano to Ray French of Harrison Packaging, while Gary was in Nottingham at the home of Simply Cartons presenting Lynn Eley with hers.  Thanks to all of

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