A SUCCESSFUL year-long campaign of developments and expansions at DRP Group has culminated in its biggest investment so far- five new members of staff.

The Hartlebury communications and presentations company has welcomed the new team members to its events and production departments.

Sebastian Bird joins as video editor, Ian Ruback will be production manager and Mark Betson joins the production support team.

In events, Matthew Franks becomes the latest project manager and Richard Parm-enter will be undertaking a training and development programme as a junior show technician.

Dale Parmenter, managing director, said: "Throughout the year we have invested in new equipment and new services as part of our 25th anniversary campaign. How-ever the biggest and most important investment we can ever, make is people. I am therefore delighted to welcome such a large number of new staff all at the same time which means we can continue to drive the company forward over the next 12 months. We are even planning on recruiting four more employees before Christmas.

"The appointments have been made across a range of levels to ensure experienced professionals join the company as well as more junior members who can learn about the industry and develop their career with us."

The new technical employees will be working with some of the best equipment in the industry. DRP is the first events firm in Britain to use new audio equipment which enables long-term, unattended recording to record audio files by pressing just one button.

DRP's new studio totals 1,600 square feet and features video editing facilities and state of the art high definition digital equipment.

Based in Hartlebury, Worcestershire, The DRP Group is one of the UK's leading presentation and communications companies, with 25 years of expertise and experience in events, exhibitions and video.

Photo caption: Left - right. Sebastian Bird - video editor, Richard Parmenter - junior show technician, Ian Ruback - production manager, Mark Betson - production support and Matthew Franks - project manager.