Chairman’s Report

I hope you are all having a great summer.

I am moving house and the office at the end of the month and I will be on holiday from 29th August to 8th September. All calls will be redirected and dealt with as normal.

2007 Yearbook

The Yearbook will be distributed to all of you at the beginning of October as planned. Thanks to all of you that advertised in the Yearbook and also to those that returned their registration forms for inclusion in the Classified and and Trade Directory sections.

AGM, Conference, Exhibition and Dinner 2006

There is going to be a change to our events this year. We have employed the services of a professional event management team who are putting together an exciting event that we plan to hold on 2nd November and which will include the AGM, Conference, Exhibition and Dinner. Details are shown on page 29.

The event management team will be handling all of the promotion and production of the event and I am sure they will be in touch with you soon.

I will be dealing with the AGM side of the event, you will find enclosed with this issue of the Bulletin, an invitation letter and nomination form to the event. Please let me know if you wish to attend so that I can pre-register your details. If you wish to nominate for Council please forward the completed form to the Honorary Secretary, Paul Craven, his contact details are on the form.

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 December 2006 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.

Bulletin Advertising

Thanks to all of you that renewed your advertising for the 2006 issues of the Bulletin and thanks to new advertisers too.

Remember that if you book in 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 but less than four issues too.

You will also receive a 50% discount on Yearbook advertising too for the 2007 issue.

The advertising rates remain unchanged for 2006 and are listed on our website on the ‘Publications’page at www.apea.org.uk

If you would like to book advertising in the Bulletin for 2006, please call me on 0845 603 5507 or email me at admin@apea.org.uk for a booking form.

Publications

The revised Blue Book is available at the discounted rate of £40 to APEA members.

If you wish to purchase a copy please contact me on 0845 603 5507 and I will be able to provide you with details on obtaining a copy.

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.

It is good to see that bookings are still coming in for the 2006 courses, although they are down slightly on last year.

We are holding a conference in Dublin on 25th September with a view to restructuring the Irish Branch and we are running the Construction, Safety and Environmental Awareness course on 26th and 27th September and the Risk Assessment, Audit and Inspection course on 28th and 29th September.

If you are interested in attending the conference or booking the training courses please do not hesitate to contact me. Both of the training courses are detailed on the ‘Training’ page of the website if you wish to book.

I am 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.

You can book online from the Training page on the APEAwebsite or 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.

Course dates for 2006 are listed on page 61 and dates for 2007 will be available shortly. You can view the up to date list on the APEAwebsite at www.apea.org.uk on the ‘Training’ page.

New Members

There have been 26 new members joining during April, May and June and details can be found on page 10.

Website

The website continues to be a useful site for information and to make online bookings and payments. I am glad so many of you are using it.

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.

You can also use the website to change your contact details, just logon and you will be able to access your record. If you cannot remember your logon details please 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 0845 603 5507 and I will endeavour to help.

I look forward to hearing from you.