{"id":179876,"date":"2020-09-10T12:27:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T11:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyworldmag.co.uk\/?p=179876"},"modified":"2020-09-17T08:27:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T07:27:55","slug":"breaking-news-ian-edmunds-leaves-toymaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyworldmag.co.uk\/breaking-news-ian-edmunds-leaves-toymaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Edmunds leaves Toymaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ian has left after more than 20 years with the buying group.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177478 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/toyworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ian-Edmunds-Toymaster.png\" alt=\"Ian Edmunds Toymaster\" width=\"480\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ian-Edmunds-Toymaster.png 480w, https:\/\/toyworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ian-Edmunds-Toymaster-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>In an email to members, Chris Blatcher, chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toymaster.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buying group<\/a>, said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am writing to inform you that Ian Edmunds, managing director of Toymaster Ltd, has today left the company by mutual consent.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure that Toymaster members, suppliers and staff will join me in thanking Ian for over 20 years of dedicated service to the group and the toy industry in general.<\/p>\n<p>On a personal note, I should like to thank Ian for the support he has given me over many years as chairman of Toymaster\u2019s marketing committee and as a director of Toymaster.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of Toymaster Ltd I should like to wish Ian every success in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Blatcher<br \/>\nChairman&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian has left after more than 20 years with the buying group.\u00a0 In an email to members, Chris Blatcher, chairman of the buying group, said: &#8220;I am writing to inform you that Ian Edmunds, managing director of Toymaster Ltd, has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toyworldmag.co.uk\/breaking-news-ian-edmunds-leaves-toymaster\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":177478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.6 (Yoast SEO v20.6) - 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