Tammadge has already helped to raise thousands of pounds for Breast Cancer Now, which aims to defeat breast cancer before the year 2050.

His personal involvement with the charity came about after the devastating personal events of 2014, when his daughter Lucy-Jane was diagnosed with breast cancer the day after the funeral of his elderly mother. Lucy-Jane died on 15 May 2015, aged 37.

“As we in print go about our normal lives, worrying about deadlines, downtime, quality consistency, etc, we perhaps do not take enough time to consider the really important issues,” he said.

“The next time you are weighing up if you can go home to the family now, or if you should really just do that other job that’s been bothering you all day, consider that tomorrow may not come in the way you expect it to.”

Tammadge and his brother Tony co-founded Tams Packaging in 1982. They sold the Hertfordshire business in late 2015 and it is now part of the Barley House Group. Tams specialises in the design and manufacture of cartons, and services a wide range of clients, from blue-chip brands to trade customers.

Tammadge said he had been in two minds about whether to go public or not, but hoped that by doing so he would gain more support for his charitable endeavours. He highlighted the huge number of people impacted by the disease, with 50,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer every year and the number of deaths as a result running at one person every 45 minutes. 

“I’m fortunate in being able to do this. We sold the business and it’s being successful and I didn’t want to give up work all of a sudden,” he added. “Hopefully this is good for the charity and the business.”

Tammadge’s younger daughter Suzy also works at the Cuffley company, where she is purchasing manager.

The Lucy-Jane Tammadge Appeal fundraising page can be found here.