Chairman’s Report

invitation letter to invite you to attend the APEA annual Conference, Exhibition and Dinner being held at the Hilton Metropole at the NEC on Thursday 13th October 2005.

If you wish to book an exhibition stand and/or dinner table/place please complete the booking form attached to the invitation letter and send it to me at the APEAoffice.

I have already had a lot of interest in the Event before it was advertised in the Bulletin, so please send in your forms promptly if you wish to make a booking to avoid disappointment.

Further information can also be found on our website on the Calender page.

2006 Yearbook

At the time of going to press for this issue of the Bulletin, the 2006 Yearbook is also underway at the production company, in preparation for printing. This issue will be delivered on 1st October 2005.

As I mentioned before, thanks to all of you that sent in your artwork and registration forms by 1st April, your help in adhering to the deadline is greatly appreciated and goes along way to ensuring I complete and meet the artwork deadline for the production company.

Thanks also go to all the advertisers that booked space in the 2006 issue of the Yearbook. Without your help we would not be able to produce this useful guide.

Bulletin

Thank you to all of you that have contributed to this issue of The Bulletin.

Please send me any news items, press releases or articles for the September 2005 issue and I will pass them onto our Editor for approval.

We are always pleased to receive contributions from our members and it ensures that the Bulletin remains and interesting and informative read.

As Tony mentioned, in his Editor’s report above, we are focusing on themed issues and the next issue will be Tank Lining, so please submit your articles by email to me and I will forward them to Tony.

Thank you to all of you that renewed your Bulletin advertising for 2005.

If you wish to advertise in the 2005 Bulletin please contact me for a booking form. Remember that if you book for all four issues you receive a 25% discount and we are able to offer discounts for those of you that wish to book for more than one issue too. You will also receive a 50% discount on Yearbook advertising too.

The advertising rates remain unchanged for 2005 and are listed on our website on the ‘Publications’page at www.apea.org.uk

All advertising enquiries should be directed to me.

If you would like to book advertising for the remaining two issues of the Bulletin for 2005, please call me on 01799 502929.

Publications

I hope you all received your free copy of the revised Blue Book in April. This went to everyone who was a member of the Association as of 12th April 2005. If you wish to purchase additional copies, please contact me and I can give you details of how to go about this.

We also publish the Code of Practice for Ground floor, multi storey and underground car parks. This can be purchased directly from our website or by calling me at the office.

APEAMembers £10.00 plus p+p Non APEAMembers £20.00 plus p+p

Training

Thanks to all of you that have booked on our training courses.

I have been busy arranging bespoke courses for various companies which enables members to receive training at a discounted rate and at a time and location suitable to them.

If you are interested in hosting a bespoke course for your company please do not hesitate to contact me.

We can offer discounted rates for these courses if you are able to provide a venue and catering.

Thanks go out to all our trainers who often travel long distances to provide their valuable services.

During May we ran various courses in Dublin which proved popular (probably with the trainers too!)

You can download a booking form from our website training page, just click on the course you are interested in and the course details and form are displayed or please contact me by email or by phone and I can email you a copy or you can simply book online from the website.

Course dates are listed on page 58 and further dates will be added as we progress through 2005. You can now view the up to date list on the APEA website at www.apea.org.uk/training

Membership

There have been 50 new members joining during January, February and March and details can be found on page 10.

Website

By the number of hits that we are receiving it looks like the website is proving to be a benefit to the APEA members. I hope that you find the information on the site useful. If you wish to contribute anything to the site please feel free to log on and go to the APEAResource Centre where you can submit your article for approval. There is a ‘Help’pull down menu if you need some assistance. If you need any assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.

General Assistance

Finally if any of you need any assistance with general or technical matters, please do not hesitate to contact me on 01799 502929 and I will endeavor to help.

I look forward to hearing from you.