An employee at one of the UK’s largest horticultural design and print companies, is celebrating this month after clocking up 25 years of dedicated service to the business.

Sylvia Cooper, Office and Operations Manager at Floramedia, is the longest-serving team member at the Colchester-based company.

Nick Mathias, Managing Director of Floramedia, said: “We are extremely grateful for the dedication shown by Sylvia during the past 25 years.

“We would like to thank her for the years of service she has given to the Floramedia team and we look forward to many more years ahead. Sylvia is wonderful and is an integral part of our company.”

She is responsible for the operational side of Floramedia, in particular the Projects and Customer Service Teams, which look after all the customer orders. Sylvia is also a member of the Management Team where she leads a particular focus on customer service and communications.

Sylvia, who lives in Brightlingsea, started working at Floramedia, then known as Mercurius, in January 1988 when she was aged 25.

Sylvia said: “I can’t believe I have been with the company for 25 years. I get such satisfaction in seeing a project evolve from an initial idea to a printed product and knowing I have been instrumental in its execution.

“I love a challenge and delivering on a promise, customer satisfaction is key and if I can achieve that then I’m happy.

“The future at Floramedia is very exciting, especially with regards to our mobile and web-based side of the business for horticultural retail and this is something I really look forward to seeing evolve during the next couple of years.”