Welcome to the First Circle blog.

Twenty-five years into rigid plastic packaging, we have a lot of stories worth telling. The implant model that took transport miles to zero. The 2007 world-first introduction of recycled HDPE to dairy. The four sites, the long-running customer relationships, the team. None of which had a natural home on our old website.

This blog is that home. Short, focused pieces from across our four UK and Ireland sites, written by the people doing the work, not a content desk a long way from it.

We will publish across a small number of categories, each with a clear job to do:

• News: what is changing across our four sites, new starts, expansions, accreditations.
• Customer stories: deep dives into our partnerships, what we have built together and why.
• Sustainability: the engineering behind rHDPE, lightweighting and our closed-loop programme.
• People: the team that runs the lines, the engineers that keep them running.
• Innovation: pack design, manufacturing process, the next thing we are testing.

Long-form, no marketing fluff.

Most pieces will be five to ten minutes to read. We are not going to write 300-word pieces with three keywords stuffed in. Either it is worth your time or it does not get published.

Pieces will come from across the senior team (operations, commercial, design, finance) and from the wider organisation. The author on each post is the person who actually wrote it, not a brand voice with their name attached.

“If we are going to put First Circle out into the world more, the writing needs to come from First Circle. From the people inside the business doing the actual work.”

Expect a mix of voices. That is the point.

New posts will appear on this page first. If you want them in your inbox instead, the green strip at the bottom of every page will get you on the list. Occasional updates, never spam.

You can also find us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. Same posts, shorter form.

Thanks for reading. The first four pieces are on their way.