Motion · S5M-21131 · 4 Mar 2020
PG Paper Celebrates Record Number of International Shipments
The motion
That the Parliament joins PG Paper in celebrating a busy start to 2020 with a record number of international shipments; recognises that staff at the company’s headquarters in Greenock have helped shift over 5,000 containers of various types of paper around the world in the current financial year, which represents an 11% annual increase; understands that this follows the firm’s most recent set of annual accounts, which showed a £20 million increase in turnover to £56 million for the 12 months to 31 March 2019, which led to a healthy profit of £1.6 million, up by £90,000; notes that the workforce is also growing, with 24 staff now employed at the company; appreciates that the number of shipments since April 2019 is the most since the company was founded in 2003 by Poonam Gupta OBE, who runs the business with her husband, Puneet; acknowledges that PG Paper now operates in 55 countries worldwide, including China, India and in South America, and that last year opened a sales office in New York; congratulates the firm on its success, and hopes that its business continues to grow.
Supporters (13)
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 4 Mar 2020
- Bill Kidd 4 Mar 2020
- Richard Lyle 4 Mar 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 4 Mar 2020
- Sandra White 4 Mar 2020
- Dr Alasdair Allan 5 Mar 2020
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 5 Mar 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 5 Mar 2020
- Neil Bibby Scottish Labour 9 Mar 2020
- Gil Paterson 10 Mar 2020
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 12 Mar 2020
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 13 Mar 2020
- Willie Coffey 16 Mar 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.