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Table-topping port figures broken down see page 12

Seafood industry nets vital stock risk ratings

Britcon completes prestigious contract see page 27

by David Laister

Business Editor

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NEW sustainability scoring system aimed at breaking through myths about the state of Britain’s fisheries is to be unveiled at this week’s Humber Seafood Summit in Grimsby.

Seafish, the industry authority, has been working on the online stock analysis tool, which Grimsby-based chief executive Dr Paul Williams said is based on “solid science,� with strong interest from the major processors.

It comes as the event as a whole, the fifth annual gathering of leading industry minds in the award-winning cluster, will be used to whet the appetite for the World Seafood Congress, a huge international coup for the town, when it arrives in 2015.

In a three-pronged launch the organisation’s latest film, The Business of Processing, will also be premiered.

Dr Williams, who put forward a staunch defence against sensational national headlines at the event two years ago, said: “We will be launching Rass – Risk Assessment for Sourcing Seafood – and the aim is to provide the main central resource for buyers looking to source seafood. It is not Seafish’s job to say what should and what should not be done, we are giving it risk factors.�

The online tool has been developed alongside Cefas – the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.

A one to five rating will be issued, with sustainability, management of stock, environmental impact and future prospects all under the microscope. It is hoped companies will then find a level they find acceptable and work to it. “There is solid science behind it

BEST FOOT FORWARD: Fisheries Minister George Eustice, centre left, is shown Grimsby Fish Market in the company of, from left, Grimsby Fish Merchants’ Association chief executive Steve Norton, Seafish chief executive Paul Williams, Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises chairman Richard Robinson, Seafish chairman Elaine Hayes and Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises chief executive Martyn Boyers, on a visit earlier this year.

Inside: Four-page Humber Seafood Summit 2014 special preview and that is really important,� Dr Williams said. “We are working with senior figures in industry who think it is going to be really useful, and we hope retailers get on board too. “If you are a big retailer and a customer says you shouldn’t be stocking something, they have the opportunity to say ‘Seafish, the industry authority, has said X, Y and Z, and you can look at the website’. It is something that can be referred back to.

“We are really pleased to have Cefas on board, they are the premier Government organisation dealing with stocks, stock assessment for the UK, and they have the people who are recognised internationally as being the authority on this. What they say, and their assessment, is hard to question.�

Asked about North Sea cod, the subject of national headlines that were laughed out of the summit back in 2012, on the back of claims about only 100 mature cod being left presented as fact, he said: “Stock status is still low, but management is very good, and future prospects are recovering.

There is the question that if you don’t source some of that, are you actually discouraging the recovery process?�

Of the summit as a whole, he said: “The event itself gets bigger every year and I think it will be a really good one-day conference in the way it always has been. “The evening before, the reception, I feel is going to be better than ever before. We have some really nice local businesses, with Tom Wood Beer, cheeses as well as seafood, then Paramount 21 (Devon-based frozen seafood food service supply specialist) coming up, to give it a bit more of a national feel. It is still a Grimsby event, based here and part of the local business � Continued on page 7 PLUS � Ethics under microscope – page 4 � Key note speaker interview – page 5 � Grimsby’s processors, pages 6-7

A SPECIAL event is being held to update companies on the progress being made by the Northern Lincs Broadband team, as superfast links snake across the South Bank.

Business@The Baths takes place on Thursday, October 23.

More than 10,000 properties can now take advantage of the benefits high-speed broadband brings, with more than 130 businesses already enjoying the free support programme being run to help firms maximise the potential.

Business support workshops will be on offer at the free event to show what assistance is available, with the chance to speak to other companies that have completed the programme.

Councillor Neil Poole, cabinet member for policy and resources at North Lincolnshire Council, the authority leading the project, said: “Superfast broadband is bringing a wave of opportunities. We want to spread the word on how it can make a difference. “We have reached many areas of northern Lincolnshire already so it will be great to hear from those that have access. “Our team is still offering free support and we want to reach out to those businesses that haven’t already accessed the brilliant support on offer.�

The event takes place between 2pm and 5pm.

Register online at www.businessatthebaths. eventbrite.co.uk For more details call 01724 296926 or email nlbb@northlincs.gov.uk.

SEPTEMBER’S CONTENTS: P6 Food 8 Energy 10-11 Chemicals 12 Ports 18 Business Support 19 Business Solutions 20 Training 20 Diary 22 Commercial Vehicles 23 Careers 24-28 Commercial Property

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News contacts Editorial David Laister Direct line: 01472 372249 email: dave.laister@gsmg.co.uk General Advertising Angie Atkinson Direct line: 01472 372281 01724 273187 email: angie.atkinson@gsmg.co.uk FUTURE FOCUS: Young Enterprise Company of the Year 2014 South Humber Area Final winners, The Scentsations team, from Tollbar Academy, New Waltham, with Telegraph business editor David Laister, guest speaker on the night, held at The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe. Below, Jane Howden.

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the company programme gives that bonus point. Employers want to see people putting themselves out.”

Originally from Stockport, Mrs Howden moved to northern Lincolnshire aged 13, studying at South Axholme School, Epworth.

She now lives in Crowle, and is a school governor at her son William’s primary school. Both there, and her former school, are signed up for YE programmes.

“I’m really hoping South Axholme do really well. That would be a nice write-up in the paper,” she laughed.

Mrs Howden worked at The Co-operative Bank in Doncaster for two years, before joining HMRC, originally in Scunthorpe. When the office there closed she moved to Imperial House in Grimsby. She initially dealt with tax queries, before working up to a managerial level.

Husband Peter is a self-employed builder.

Members of the business community wishing to volunteer, or find out more, should call Jane on 07917 185582 or email jane.howden@y-e.org.uk

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She now goes into schools and delivers programmes to primary, secondary and further education students. The flagship is the company programme, where pupils actually form a company and produce and sell a product, and a whole host of schools who have never had it Jane Howden had spent more before are now getting on board.

It means she is now making that than two decades with HM Revenue and Customs, working call to businesses across northern Lincolnshire. in Scunthorpe, then latterly “The likes of Toll Bar and Grimsby.

Cleethorpes Academy have been She answered the call for really strong supporters, and support when a circular was now we have Grimsby Institute sent around the tax office, and is now managing YE across the on board too. We now need the business advisers to support South Humber area.

“It is great, very, very different this growth, which can be a struggle to get. and a big, big step from HM “North East Lincolnshire Revenue and Customs where I had been for 22 years,” she said. Council is really behind it. They “I think a lot of my colleagues have paid for schools to have the thought I was slightly crackers! company programme, and they I had done some volunteer work are picking their schools.”

And she sees the attraction for them in November when from a pupil perspective. “Why Young Enterprise approached would you not do it? It is a work and put a call out, asking no-brainer. It is great, I wish I if anyone fancied doing had done it when I was at something. I went to North school. The final at The Baths Axholme and loved it. I really, really enjoyed it. I was then told Hall was fantastic. about a job going.

“GCSE grades are very important, but nowadays you “At first I said no, 20 years in need something different on civil service is as safe as you can get, but I just really fancied that CV. Having something like

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A SECOND Humber Local Enterprise Partnership Forum is to be held on Friday, taking place between 8am and 10am at Forest Pines Hotel, Broughton.

Businesses, partners and those with an interest in the work of the LEP are welcome to attend, with networking followed by speakers and a question and answer session.

Approximately 200 people

attended the first event on the North Bank in June, when views were captured to form this event.

Opportunities, business loans and grants and the skills agenda will be discussed.

Tim Rix, vice chairman of the Humber LEP board and managing director of JR Rix & Sons, will talk about why engagement is important and update on opportunities

for the LEP and the region, including the next round of bidding for the Local Growth Fund.

Board member and investment panel figure Stephen Savage, partner at Wilkin Chapman Grange, will talk about the Business Loan Fund and Growing The Humber fund achievements and the future of finance.

He will then join a panel of businesses that have used

the funding initiatives to take questions.

They can be posed in advance, via email to k.lead@humberlep.org, or put forward on the day.

Mike Parker, chair of the Humber LEP’s Employment and Skills Board, will also talk about the needs for the Humber, and what is being done to meet demand.

To register visit www.humberlep.org/events

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ATA Steel has become the largest company to acquire the British responsible sourcing standard for its construction products.

All the company’s products manufactured in the UK, including Scunthorpe plate, rail and sections, are now certified “Very Good” under the British standard BES 6001.

The Government will soon require all the construction projects it funds to be of such a level, and as a result sustainability-minded main contractors, architects and engineering designers are verifying where products are sourced, to demonstrate sustainability.

Developers can now select Tata products, confident they are fully certified, securing maximum credits under the responsible sourcing of materials sections of other standards, including high priofile BREEAM – the Code for Sustainable Homes – and CEEQUAL – standards that are also recognised overseas.

Peter Quinn, head of environmental policy and strategy at Tata Steel’s European operations, said achieving the certification over a six-month period had been a highly complex task.

“Tata Steel is leading the way in responsible sourcing and takes its environmental and social responsibilities very seriously,” he said.

“It is not always easy to validate sustainability credentials, but BES

PROPERTY: Plans have been announced to redevelop the site of Grimsby’s Ramsdens store, by the owners, together with Wykeland.

A 64,000 sq ft plan has been revealed for the Cleethorpe Road site, as the family of retail entrepreneurs seek to revitalise an area of the town they have traded from since 1946.

Third party retailers would be introduced to the site, with an outline planning application expected in the coming weeks. A public exhibition is being held at Blundell Park this weekend.

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SETTING THE STANDARD: Scunthorpe Plate Mill, where steel for wind turbine towers is produced.

6001 is an independently certified standard recognising companies that go that bit further to act responsibly and to promote sustainability.

“The standard not only assesses the sustainability of our own operations but requires us to demonstrate confidence in the responsibility of our raw material suppliers all the way back to the point of mineral extraction. The fact that Tata Steel already had effective processes in place to manage environment, safety, skills development, compliance assurance and responsible procurement helped us hugely in

securing certification relatively quickly.”

BES 6001 has been developed by BRE Group. Certification requires companies to demonstrate that they have systems and policies in place covering many aspects of environmental and social performance, including that their raw materials are traceable back to the point of extraction and that environmental and social responsibility is evident throughout the supply chain.

Jonathan Clemens, Tata Steel’s head of marketing construction and infrastructure, said: “Having our construction products certified

to BES 6001 enables us to benchmark our sustainability performance in the construction sector and demonstrate that we are continually improving in this area.

We now supply the widest range of construction products certified to BES 6001 and in the case of certain construction products we are the first company to have acquired this certification. As a result, more than any other steel supplier, we can offer specifiers, contractors and building owners the reassurance they need when meeting the UK Government’s requirements for sustainable development.”

Don’t get in a tangle over international online trade BUSINESSES of all sizes now have access to a new suite of services to help boost their international trade through online channels.

Trade Minister Lord Livingston last week launched the UK Trade & Investment online exporting package at the Autumn Fair at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.

It follows a pilot in which Tangle Teezer, the hair product from Grimsby-born entrepreneur Shaun Pulfrey, was just one of 100 brands to take part.

UKTI’s new e-Exporting Programme has been created to ensure British companies are best placed to tap into the huge opportunities, forecast to reach £60 billion by 2018.

The growth of technology has dramatically changed consumers’ purchasing habits with Britons themselves now spending approximately £91 billion a year online, making the UK one of the world’s leading e-commerce countries.

The Government trade arm is working with

international e-marketplaces including Tmall China, Amazon China, Japanese platform Rakuten and Harper’s Bazaar, offering companies the chance to increase their reach.

Lord Livingston said: “The UK leads the world in cross-border online sales, but there is still much more we can do to help British business seize this huge opportunity.

“UK products are great – it’s time to take them to the world.”

FOOD: Grimsby-based vegetable crisp brand Scrubbys has secured vital backing, bringing forward working capital to serve the recent Waitrose listing.

The Europarc brand is the first venture for Harrogate-based Granary Investment Partners, with a six-figure sum shoring up the accounts laid bare on Dragons’ Den. Husband and wife team John and Claire Brumby retain a majority shareholding, declaring the deal as “better than the Dragons could offer.”

TSC production boost

FOOD: Scunthorpe-based TSC is embarking on a £2.5 million project to boost production capacity, paving the way for a further 25 jobs.

The £50 million turnover business is behind the Glorious! soup brand, and part of the Billington Group.

It currently employs 400 people, with growth of 30 to 40 per cent anticipated over the next five years.

A total of £375,000 is being spent on sauce and soup sachets.

RAF base plan revealed

PROPERTY: North Lincolnshire Council is hoping a bid for the derelict Kirton Lindsey RAF base is successful, with proposals to create thousands of jobs with business, housing and leisure ambitions.

The 305-acre site, operated by the Ministry of Defence, is being disposed of, with Brown & Co acting as land agent dealing with the sale.

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Humber Seafood Summit 2014

Slavery, child labour and people trafficking under the microscope Humber Seafood Summit lands in town this week, with a host of national speakers and an international audience descending on Grimsby. Here Business Telegraph gets a taste of some of the key issues at the forefront of industry minds.

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LAVERY, people trafficking and child labour are some of the abhorrent procedures in developing nations being tackled by a new working group championed in Grimsby.

be issuing a joint report on current issues and initiatives and a statement of intent.

Mike Mitchell, technical and corporate social responsibility director at Young’s Seafood, where 30 species are sourced from five Representatives from across the continents, for more than 3,000 seafood industry have come together employees to prepare more than in support of a new all-stakeholder 300-million seafood dishes for UK task force, set up in response to consumers every year. growing concerns regarding Mr Mitchell, a previous speaker at unethical practices within the global Humber Seafood Summit and regular market. attendee, said: “At Young’s Seafood we Hosted by town-based Seafish, the are committed to using responsiblygroup includes Grimsby giant sourced seafood in our products and Young’s, together with major supermarket chains, smaller retailers, have been a part of various initiatives to promote ethical practices in the producers, suppliers, non-Government organisations, development bodies and charities, and is setting out to establish a common understanding of the issues, communicate the work currently going on to address them, and agree a clear agenda for action.

Commenting on the Ethics Working Group’s inaugural meeting, Seafish, chief executive Dr Paul Williams said: “Seafish is delighted to facilitate this important work and grateful for the support of our industry. The different sectors of the seafood industry often have very different agendas and priorities but the issue of ethics, and in particular the treatment of the people employed in the supply of seafood, is one that unites us all.

“That we have come together in support of such a bold agenda is a testament to the genuine concern we Mike Mitchell all share for our fellow humans and seafood industry. We’re really pleased our collective will to do the right thing.” to be part of this Ethics Working Group working together with other The Ethics Working Group is stakeholders to ensure we do all we currently agreeing a collective work programme and, in due course, will can to prevent unethical practices.”

At Young’s Seafood we are committed to using responsibly sourced seafood in our products and have been a part of various initiatives to promote ethical practices in the seafood industry.

SEAFOOD STANDARDS: A global industry needs strong ethics to win support and be a truly sustainable and responsible food sector. Operations overseas do not always meet the strict criteria British fisheries and employment law follows.

It follows an initiative nearly a decade ago that saw two major Grimsby processors play a prominent role in the thwarting of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by powerful trade group, the Food And Drink Federation. They helped save a vital cod fishing zone in the Baltic Sea, earning acknowledgement from Greenpeace.

The FDF is again involved, so too the British Retail Consortium and Aquaculture Stewardship Council.

The FDF Seafood Group, which boasts membership totalling £2 billion of buying power, said: “As responsible businesses, members recognise the need to share areas of common understanding on ethical issues impacting on the seafood supply

chain, to communicate our current work and agree areas of continuous improvement where necessary in the future.

“We therefore welcome the formation of the Seafish Ethics Working Group and look forward to working with it as a part of our continuing responsible supply chain management.”

Political and humanitarian input will come from the UK-based Environmental Justice Foundation.

It works to protect the marine environment, its biodiversity and the livelihoods dependent on it.

Steve Trent, executive director, said: “We are committed to promoting fair, equitable and responsible practices in seafood supply chains.

“Tackling the human and environmental challenges presented to the global seafood industry requires a commitment by all stakeholders to responsible sourcing underpinned by a clear and well-defined set of ethics.

“EJF welcomes the formation of Seafish’s Ethics Working Group to bring together multiple stakeholders to build consensus on this vitally important issue.

“It is now the responsibility of all group members to harness the collective will for improvement and turn that into meaningful and lasting improvement for those people employed in the supply of seafood.”

Quite a plateful: Itinerary for the fifth annual Humber Seafood HUMBER Seafood Summit 2014 schedule for 9am: Nianjun Shen, FAO, “Global Trends of Thursday, September 18, at Humber Royal Hotel. Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Implications Welcome, chaired by Dr Paul Williams, of Seafish for Food Security”.

8.30am: Introduction from Dr Paul Williams, Session One – Opportunities & Trends: UK Outlook chief executive, Seafish.

9.20am: Jonathan Banks, JB Associates, 8.40am: Key note speech from Mike Berthet, “Satisfying the Shopper and the Consumer”.

M&J Seafood, “A Foodservice Perspective”.

9.40am: Dr Tom Pickerell, technical director,

Seafish: “A New Approach for Informing Buying Decisions”.

10am: Jose Souto, Westminster College: “Understanding Sustainability Within the Professional Chef Sector”.

10.20am: Baukje De Roos, University of Aberdeen, “Health Effects of Consuming Two

Portions Per Week of Scottish Farmed Salmon Raised on Different Feeding Regimes”.

10.40am: Louise Vaughan, Acceleris/NFFO, ‘Let Them Eat Hake – Using the Media to Communicate Positive Messages on the Industry’ 11am: Q&A (to follow all sessions), then break.

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Nemo and fish fingers show work is required NEW research from Grimsby-based Seafish has revealed that children have a worrying lack of awareness when it comes to naming different species of edible fish.

In a poll of Britain’s five to 11-year-olds, carried out by the industry authority on seafood, nearly one-third (29 per cent) of children named “fish fingers” as an edible seafood, ahead of popular species haddock (18 per cent) and prawns (16 per cent).

More kids were able to come up with Finding Nemo favourite, clownfish (12 per cent), than mackerel (5 per cent), and sustainable species pollock and coley failed to feature at all.

Heather Middleton, Fish Is The Dish campaign director for Seafish, said: “Ensuring a profitable and sustainable future for the UK fishing community is Seafish’s primary purpose and encouraging the consumption of fish has a key role to play in achieving this. By educating children on the importance of seafood in their diet, we are helping to inform dietary

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NCOURAGING the eating of sustainable species caught in British waters will be high on the agenda of Humber Seafood Summit keynote speaker Mike Berthet.

Having carved out a career with M&J Seafood after training as a chef, the fish and seafood director of the Buckinghamshire business with major interests in Grimsby, is

I have got some very firm views on what I think will be the milestones over the next 30 years Mike Berthet keen to get hake where haddock is as provenance and food miles register with consumers.

It will be Mr Berthet’s first appearance at the event, but he is well versed in the strength of the summit, and his fellow speakers.

“I am delighted to be attending,” he told Business Telegraph. “This year there are some great subjects up for discussion.

“I will be talking about what we, the food service industry, are doing, and what changes are afoot.

children begin primary school.

However, teachers have previously indicated that educating young people on the importance of seafood has been difficult to manoeuvre into the school curriculum in an engaging way.

SPECIES: Mackerel It is about to roll-out the latest in salad, left, with Nemo a series of education programmes and father Marlin, top, across the UK, which will include and fish fingers, a teachers’ guide for close to 18,000 another proud schools across the country and Grimsby export. children’s learning materials and workbooks. Initiatives have previously been piloted in the town, and reported back on at last year’s Humber Seafood Summit.

Teachers and parents can also find more information on the health benefits of introducing fish into children’s diets, further way to address this.” decisions in the early years of details on sustainable species and Seafish aims to improve eating habit development. recipe ideas by visiting Seafish’s education around the “The results of our research have been largely positive but we consumption of fish, including the Fish Is The Dish website.

And this academic year’s new are all too aware that there is still health benefits it brings, the curriculum for English schools variety of types on offer and work to be done to improve now includes cooking, which education on the benefits of eating importance of consuming sustainable species. Research has Seafish hopes will further fish. However, we are hopeful the increase children’s interest in initiatives we will be rolling out in shown eating habits are formed eating seafood. the next few months will go some before the age of five, when

Keynote speaker was a top chef

I have been 30 years in the business, and 30 years with M&J, so I am going to have a quick look back over the last 30 years in the business, perhaps use some of the timeless stories, and then I am going to challenge ourselves and look forward over the next 30 years at what sort of changes and challenges we think we will have. It is a little crystal ball, but mostly real.

“We have had some enormous changes in the last 30 years, so it will be interesting to go through these. I have also got some very firm views on what I think will be some of the milestones over the next 30 years.

“Provenance, and why that has become more and more important within the food service sector, is one. We have a plethora of species landed around the UK. There are 40 or 50 edible UK species – a lot of which used to go abroad. There has been a focus on provenance and fishermen and suppliers of seafood have developed new markets. I think the encouraging thing for me is that, in supplying these, people are wanting local and are willing to experiment.”

Mr Berthet, pictured, studied catering at Bournemouth College of Technology on the first rung of his career ladder. He then moved to Germany, as Chef de Partie at The Konigsee Hotel, near Berchetsgaden in Bavaria.

Returning to the UK he joined the Merchant Navy, and had a spell on the QE2 with Cunard before

When M&J was sold to Brake Group in 2000 he stayed on, spending the following five years developing the fresh side of the business before moving to the seafood role.

“I have been responsible for the Grimsby factory on two or three occasions during my career, and in my work as purchasing director and marketing director I made frequent visits,” he said. “I know Grimsby very well and know a lot of the players very well as well, so I am looking forward to coming up.”

As well as leading the team in developing the direction and policies of both M&J Seafood and the wider Brake Group, he represents the food service industry on a range of committees, including Prince Charles’ becoming head chef at The Dolphin International Sustainability Unit; Hotel in Poole, eventually taking it Seafish’s Common Language onto The Good Food Guide in 1978. Group; City and Guilds Hospitality and Advisory Group; Aquaculture He joined M&J in 1984, holding a Common Issues Group; Sustainable number of roles, for a company Seafood Coalition; Discard Action then owned by husband and wife Group; Responsible Fishing team Jeff and Marion Archer.

Scheme Oversight Committee; It is clear that when he talks to Marine Conservation Society chefs, he has the experience on Independent Review Group and both sides of the filleting knife.

Fish 2 Fork steering group.

“I have been talking to the food He added: “I have travelled service industry for two to three extensively over the last 30 years in years about hake,” he said, giving an example of the local provenance search of new and underutilised factor. species from responsible fisheries “It is now back on certain menus worldwide to bring back to the chefs in the UK, enabling them to and a lot of chefs have never diversify their menus and mitigate cooked it before. We are having a the pressure on North European real push now to put it back out stocks.” there.”

Summit, taking place in Grimsby this week

Session Two – Aquaculture and Standards 11.30am: Andrew Jackson, IFFO, “Certifying Marine Ingredients for Aquafeeds”.

11.50am: Dan Lee, Global Aquaculture Alliance, “Moving From Responsible to Sustainable Aquaculture”.

12.10pm: Francis Murray, University of

Stirling, “Small-holder Opportunities for Third Party Certification; Experiences from the Bangladesh Shrimp Sector”.

12.30pm: Esther Luiten, Aquaculture Stewardship Council, “How Certification is Fuelling Change”.

Session Three – Scanning the Horizon – Trade and

Technology, chaired by Simon Dwyer.

2pm: Russia – Alexey Pchelintsev, Eurofish 2.10pm: Iceland – Jonas Vidarsson, MATIS 2.30pm: China – Claire Urry, China-Britain Business Council.

2.50pm: Norway – Jack-Robert Moller, Norwegian Seafood Council.

“Anti-virus is no good”… says who?

By Tony Pearson, HBP Systems Technical Director

There are plenty of people who think having a good anti-virus is all they need to exclude the digital threats roaming around out there.

And then there are those people who hold the opinion that anti-virus is pretty much useless in today’s world.

But who should you trust? Well, neither, quite frankly. At least not entirely.

First and foremost, an effective anti-virus is a must for any computer in use, from freemium based antivirus for personal devices, all the way up to corporate level anti-virus for business.

It’s worryingly complacent to say that antivirus is all you need for protection. However, it is a component of the essential basics.

Granted, the sceptics are on to something; the anti-virus of old would use a bank of historic data to identify viruses and Trojans as they attacked, based on known signatures, doing its best to delete or quarantine them to protect your system.

Nowadays though, that just won’t cut it.

Threats are more intelligent, dynamically evolving with the knowledge of how to skate under the radar. They could be sat dormant on your system and you wouldn’t even know it.

Instead, your anti-virus must be proactive.

Just like a car, you wouldn’t sit around waiting for it to break-down before you fixed it. You would perform regular maintenance and keep an eye out for any signs of trouble, and those same rules apply to your anti-virus.

A modern, intelligent anti-virus will therefore do everything possible to prevent a problematic situation. It’ll analyse the behaviour of a file as it comes in, as well as before use and when loaded, identifying common traits compatible with threat types.

It’ll also help you control programs, risky software, outdated browsers, even extensive web browsing; anything vulnerable that can be exploited.

Going beyond incoming activity, modern anti-virus will also monitor what’s outgoing to ensure confidential information isn’t being stolen.

Anti-virus can’t be lazy anymore. It has to do everything reasonable to stop threats before they reach the gate rather than the front door.

As long as it ticks those boxes, you’re one step closer to reliable security.

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RIMSBY’S largest private employer, Young’s Seafood, has lifted the lid on a recent reorganisation that has seen the town officially recognised as a centre of excellence for salmon within the UK-leading portfolio.

It was the first major announcement from Ross House since former chief executive Leendert den Hollander left for Coca-Cola.

Deputy chief executive Pete Ward has told how the business continues to roll on following a strong resurgence in the last financial year.

Mr Ward, who has worked his way through the ranks at the town’s biggest private employer,, gave Business Telegraph an update ahead of Humber Seafood Summit.

He said: “We have some very exciting plans around innovation streams, new products coming to market, and having recruited the services of a new advertising agency (Soho-based Quiet Storm), there are some exciting things coming out of that, too.

“It is more of the same! We had some very strong plans in place (before Leendert’s departure) and we are on track with our short term and long term strategic plans, and we continue to deliver against those plans.”

Looking over the units in the town, where more than 1,800 people work, Mr Ward said: “Grimsby is the spiritual home of the business, I have been here man and boy and we are always aware of the 200 years of heritage.

“In terms of strategy it is clear in this day and age, particularly in the retail grocery sector, that you have to have the absolute best end-to-end supply chain, technical knowledge, innovation and costs.

“We believe the way to achieve

VIEW FROM THE TOP: Pete Ward, deputy chief executive of Young’s Seafood Ltd. Above right, Terry Tuplin, new Marsden Road site director. that is focus. We try to focus manufacturing units on reasons why they exist, and being the best at what they can do. We then focus skills and investment to help people working there to have a very clear set of parameters.

“We have seen some really, really strong performance in salmon at Marsden Road, so we want to focus investment and effort around that category. That means moving the packing of white fish to Scotland, where much of it is processed already. We don’t foresee any job losses or disruption. Some people will be doing a slightly different role, but doing it better.”

The move created a new site director role, which has just been filled.

“The guy who was running

Marsden Road has moved to our Fraserborough operation, but one of the things that gives me a warm feeling within is when we can promote people internally into new roles, and create an environment of aspiration. A business of this size should be able to retain good people by giving a good career plan, and Terry Tuplin, who has been with us for 35 years, and led South Quay and Humberstone Road has moved to take that position.”

South Quay looks after meals and coated for the business, with Humberstone Road a “multi-temperature facility doing everything from cooking shellfish to producing fish fingers”. It acts as a multi-purpose site too, capable of handling lines where there isn’t

a constant, critical mass.

“We have done a review, and one of the things about businesses is if you don’t evolve, you end up a dinosaur, and we know what happened to the dinosaurs,” said Mr Ward, who is looking to build on the annual results revealed in the spring. Operating profit was up to £20.4 million for the 12 months to the end of September 2013, against £7 million in the nine month financial year of 2012, following a major financial restructure. Turnover was up from £425 million to £582.7 million, and margins enjoyed a near 2 per cent boost.

Of the summit, Mr Ward said: “We want to be associated with anything that furthers the reputation and success of the seafood cluster in Grimsby. We see Young’s as a fundamental part of the community, and particularly the seafood community in this area. We will have representation there and it is a great place to meet like-minded people, be they suppliers or customers. It is a fantastic thing for the region, and something we support with interest.”

The search is on for future fish technologists A THEME of this year’s Humber Seafood Summit will be next year’s World Seafood Congress, as it comes to Grimsby for the first time ever.

And while registration will be officially opened later this week, a special fund in memory of a highly-respected fish technologist, Peter Howgate, is already searching to fill an all-expenses-paid space for one young scientist.

The Peter Howgate Award constitutes grant funding for attendance of young fish technologists at the 2015 World Seafood Congress, from The International Association of Fish Inspectors (IAFI).

IAFI, with Grimsby’s Prof Mike Dillon, a past president and now secretary, was established in 1999 to serve the world fish inspection community. It promotes the exchange of ideas and information, fosters interaction, understanding and professional collaboration among individuals, organisations, and governments, disseminating knowledge about seafood and associated products’ inspection, and promotes advancement of the state-of-the-art in fish inspection research and education.

The organisation runs the World

groups to this part of the world, and this is what we want to do in 2015.

“I hope people here can help make this happen, and as president of the group that is this year hosting the event in Washington, I hope we can.”

The bi-annual five-day event has since been to Canada, and will be hosted in the main at Grimsby Institute’s University Centre at Nuns’ Corner, between September 5 and September 10.

The IAFI Peter Howgate Award is a tribute to Mr Howgate’s work and career, and a recognition of his immense and ongoing contribution to the field of fish technology and the people who work in it, both during his 35 years at the UK’s Torry Research Station, and thereafter. It covers travel, accommodation and the congress fee. The award was set up by fish technology professionals around Seafood Congress, and it was at the Seafood Training Academy and the world, with the help of the second Humber Seafood Summit in project director for Humber Seafood HACCP Discussion List 2011, that Prof Dillon told the Seafood Institute, where a Torry community and was adopted by audience what a coup it would be to Wing also pays tribute to the specialist work, Prof Dillon said: “I IAFI last year. bring the event to the town, and The deadline for submission of went on to work hard to ensure it hope we are going to host the happened. congress in 2015. We want to look at applications for the Peter Howgate how we can make this work. I know Award is March 31 next year. For Then vice-principal of research and enterprise at Grimsby businesses in this area always open more information, visit Institute, as well as chairman of the doors when we have brought www.peterhowgateaward.com FOCUSED: Prof Mike Dillon addressing the 2011 Humber Seafood Summit.

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Humber Seafood Summit 2014 Flatfish Mapping launch

HUMBER Seafood Summit will be the setting for the launch of a new industry-produced traceability project.

Grimsby seafood company Flatfish will showcase Flatfish Mapping to the sector.

The vessel-tracking technology will help ensure sustainable and environmental credentials are exactly what the end customers expect.

Directors Richard and Reece Stansfield are spearheading the programme, linking various web-portals and feeding in their own information to generate all the vital information, in real-time.

NEW BOSS: Simon Smith, managing diretor of Icelandic Seachill, who pioneered the brand launch of Saucy Fish Co. Right, salmon on the production line.

Saucy steams on as ÂŁ270m firm ‘welcomes’ new MD

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AUCY Fish Co is in rude health as the wider Icelandic Seachill business sets itself for a new

The best-selling Salmon with Chilli Lime and Ginger Sauce product scooped the Best Fish Award, having been voted for by readers and a panel of food experts and era. dieticians.

The brand that has become a Mr Smith, who is now assembling beacon for the wider industry a senior management team when it was the first fish dish to be following last week’s appointment considered cool by style icons, has into the role vacated by Malcolm now picked up a second nutritional Eley in the spring, said: “It’s accolade in the Healthy Food Guide fantastic to receive recognition Food & Drink Awards 2014. from health food industry experts.

It is all great news for Simon “We all know fish plays an Smith, the new Icelandic Seachill integral part of a healthy lifestyle managing director, who pioneered and this award – in a competitive the launch of Saucy, which makes category with many nutritious for a remarkable fish tale over the products – really demonstrates the past five years that Humber taste and quality of our products Seafood Summit has been ongoing. are second to none.�

The salmon is only 195 calories per serving, packed full of Omega 3 and is now sold in the USA and Australia.

Last year it won gold for Best Ready Meal in Health & Fitness and Women’s Fitness magazines last year, beating off products from Innocent and Kirsty’s.

Sold through Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Ocado and Co-op stores nationwide, the company is understood to be working on new store opportunities Stateside. “America is going well,� said Mr Smith, following the launch in March.

It is already in nearly 400 stores across eight states, as it is listed by Giant Carlisle and Giant Landover, with high hopes that more are to

come as it targets a 200-million Euros turnover for 2015. Mr Smith and the team aim to capitalise on double-digit growth in the sector, the most buoyant it has been in 30 years.

The business is also being shored up on the home front, too, with the loss-making meals division of the former separated Coldwater operation now having ceased production.

Earlier this month, Mr Smith praised the professionalism and pride of the former members of the 1,400 strong team for the way they conducted themselves until the end of the protracted consultation period, which first began in February.

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First British Fish Craft Championships delight all THE first event of a two-year hosting deal for the British Fish Craft Championships was well received over the August bank holiday.

The weather was kind to competition day Sunday, and visitors flocked to the tented venue in the grounds of Cleethorpes Leisure Centre. It will be back again next year, with organisers looking to line it up on the weekend before the World Seafood Congress 2015.

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Turning his attention to the other subjects to be covered, Dr Williams, pictured, said: “The World Seafood Congress will be a big element, and we will be getting on with the launch of this. It is a big event for us in 2015.

The call for papers is out now and we are starting to get applications from people to be speakers, and we will be pushing that to everyone at the summit. “We have a major sponsor signed up and we will be announcing that too, and outlining the

other packages that are available to people to support the congress. The big thing for me is getting that local involvement. It is important, there will be huge numbers of people coming from all over the world and we want local businesses not to just come, but to be part of the event.

Some could open their doors, show the new product development they are involved in, and I am sure some of the local businesses will. I find that is the great thing about local businesses, as Seafish here in Grimsby we are constantly asking to show people round, and they are always really welcoming.�

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GRIMSBY-based maritime business is helping customers make sense of the complex industry.

VITAL ADVICE: Allan Larsen, managing director of Consocius Consulting Ltd.

Allan Larsen, managing director of Consocius Consulting Ltd, believes his firm can steer customers through the numerous rules, regulations, contracts, responsibilities, operational matters and safety issues to consider when operating ships or using their services.

He said: “Consocius Consulting offers numerous maritime support services, backed by over 25 years of experience in the industry.

“Our staff has a wide range of expertise they can draw on in a wide range of fields, including ship and boat audits, certification against the Maritime and Coastguard Agency code of practice surveys, safety inspection and certification surveys, insurance and ship condition surveys.”

All services provided by the company are performed by qualified staff boasting Chartered Engineer Status, and are registered with a number of industry institutions – including the Fellowship of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), and The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), which Consocius is also a corporate partner.

Allan Larsen said: “Consocius

Consulting was conceived in January 2013 with the purpose of providing assistance and support with maritime matters, to ship owners.

“However, within a few months our client base had increased to include insurance companies, solicitors and even Lloyds Maritime Academy – who we have now been appointed course directors for and has 338 registered students around the globe.

“On the legal side, we also act as expert witnesses, reporting to the Crown Prosecution Service in personal injury cases.”

Company director Lynsey Wright said: “The diversity and range of our services provides local and global maritime customers with tailored services to meet their needs.

“We place great emphasis on providing high quality services to match those of much larger companies.

“But we feel we can provide these services with a more personal approach which benefits our customers, as we can focus in on their exact needs.

“It has been great to work with both owners of small pleasure vessels – helping them get insurance for their boats, and with much larger international companies, operating large vessels.”

The full range of services and contact details can be found at www.consociusconsulting.com

Professional’s advice for growing area industry AS THE Humber Port seems set for ever-increasing transfer and survey vessel activity, solicitor Andrew Oliver sets out his recommendations for those building, repairing and operating such vessels based on anonymised real life experience.

Andrew Oliver, a partner and head of renewable energy at pan Humber law firm Andrew Jackson, offered tips for new builds.

He said: “Ensuring the build contract is watertight is important for the buyer, the bankers and the yard.

“Generally, there are two models of contracts which are distinguished by how ownership of the vessel under construction is dealt with.

“In the first model, ownership of the vessel and its constituent parts becomes the buyer’s on signing of the contracts and payments of the first stage payment.

“The advantage here is that should the yard experience financial difficulties its administrators cannot claim the part built hull as an asset of the yard.

“The contract should also provide in such circumstances for the buyer to enter the yard to remove

the vessel for completion elsewhere.

“The alternative model is where the title to the vessel passes to the buyer on delivery – advantageous to the yard if using the vessel as security for their business.

“In such circumstances, the buyer’s position is protected by a refund guarantee from the yard’s bank guaranteeing repayment of stage payments made should the yard experience difficulties.

“It is essential that advice is taken well in advance of the build contract being agreed, and that any bank that may be called upon to finance the build is also comfortable with the terms of the build contract.”

Mr Oliver said repair and conversion was also key.

He said: “A contract is essential to any repair and conversion project and should set out the scope of the work.

“The most frequent disputes which arise relate to additional works, so there should be a clear procedure for agreeing to such works.

“The contract should also agree who is responsible for issues such as health and safety and vessel security.”

AN EXPERT RECOMMENDS: Andrew Oliver, a marine health and safety specialist lawyer with Grimsby and Hull-based Andrew Jackson solicitors.

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News We have reached that career maturity where we really have something to offer other companies James Southworth

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WO marketing professionals have joined forces to bring forward a new business to serve northern Lincolnshire companies keen to get their message across.

James Southworth and Joe Stoney have launched Outsource Now, uniting their varied experience from corporate and SME backgrounds, as well as creative and technical dimensions.

Operating out of The Admin Centre in Arkwright Way, Scunthorpe, itself a recently-opened privately-managed office space, Mr Southworth said: “My background is in large corporate organisations, first the largest global manufacturer of aerosols in Colep CCL, managing global communications, then more recently I have been working for Croda, managing communications for personal care.

“The culmination of our skills brought us together. We have worked with so many agencies that are technically-focused and so many that are more stylish and creative. We believe there is a place in the market where our offer can bridge that gap, and that’s our challenge.

“We are very driven by results, whether that is photography or search engine optimisation – it is all based around what it is the client is hoping to achieve.”

Both from Scunthorpe, Mr Southworth is a former Frederick Gough pupil, with Mr Stoney schooled in Gainsborough. They met at John Leggott College, and have been friends ever since.

Of the decision to start Outsource Now, Mr Southworth said: “It is a big risk, but it felt like now or never, and we have always had the passion.

“We have great experience doing

work for other people, and we have reached that career maturity where we really have something to offer other companies.”

Mr Stoney, who worked as a marketing consultant with a web design company, then Scunthorpe-based The Stocks Group prior to his last position with a Lincoln online jewellery business, added: “We know we can make a difference to small or large companies, even start-ups.

“In these hard times, which continue for many, marketing is often the first thing to go. We have been on the client side, we know we have to justify our existence with everything. I have worked with SMEs with limited or no budget whatsoever, so I am familiar with getting as much as possible a return on investment.”

The pair hope to build a team as the portfolio of work builds up.

Iron and Steel Institute’s season starts MANUFACTURING and technological developments in the global steel industry are the focus of the Lincolnshire Iron And Steel Institute’s 2014/15 programme.

Eight dates, including the annual dinner next April, have been confirmed, exploring the advancements that are changing products, operations and processes, with Scunthorpe’s huge works at the heart.

The season starts with the presidential address from Andrew Murray, director of engineering at Tata Steel’s Centre of Expertise.

Mr Murray, the incoming president, will present The Vital Role Of Technology In The Iron And Steelmaking Industry on Monday, October 6.

The talk, as all will, takes place at The Conference Centre, Tata Steel,

Scunthorpe, at 5pm for 5.30pm, with light refreshments served.

On November 17, Mark Denys, Tata’s mainland Europe director of technical strip products, will present Pathfinders Of Excellence: History And Challenges Of Research And Innovation At Tata Steel In India.

December 8 will see Automotive Product Developments presented by Kevin Edgar, head of marketing for engineering sectors at Tata.

Kicking-off 2015 is Jack Maclachlan, global head of metal solutions at Tata Consulting Services. He will present Manufacturing Excellence In Iron aAnd Steelmaking, ahead of Henk Reimink’s World Steel Association Perspective On Developments In Global Steel Industry.

March 2 will be the annual

TOP TABLE: Pictured at the 2014 annnual dinner, back, from left, Claire Freeman, secretary; Alfie Moore; Rev Peter Vickers and Andrew Murray, president-elect. Front, from left, Nik Dakin MP; Mike Wright, executive director of Jaguar Landrover; Jon Bolton, president and Vivian Vincent of Lindsey Lodge Hospice.

Young Members’ Lecture Competition Final, with Vacuum Induction Melting For Speciality Steels presented by Stephen Carey, manager of technology and

development of speciality steels, at Tata Steel, who will follow LISI’s annual meeting.

For more information visit www.lisi.org.uk

MARKETING FORCE: Joe Stoney, left, and James Southworth, who have launched Outsource Now.

Month in Review

MoU signed to bring halal hub to Grimsby

FOOD: GRIMSBY could become a halal meat hub as it builds on its fish-based status as Europe’s Food Town.

North East Lincolnshire Council, working together with the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia-based Halal Penang to explore new market opportunities.

A distribution centre is top of the list, with visits having taken place between the Humber region and Malaysia.

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Cristal recognised as a world leader in training

PRESENTATION: Jamie Scott, Cristal UK site director, front left, receives the Corporate Partnership recognition from IChemE deputy chief executive Justin Blades, front right, surrounded by Cristal engineers.

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RISTAL, the Stallingborough-based titanium dioxide manufacturer, has received official recognition for its excellent skills and training programs from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).

A mainstay of the local economy for more than 60 years, it now employs more than 450 employees.

Cristal’s Graduate Development Scheme is already accredited by IChemE. Its UK operation has now been awarded Corporate Partnership (Bronze) status by IChemE in recognition of its high quality training, and commitment

to professional standards and continuing professional development. They are just the eighth organisation in the world to receive this prestigious award.

IChemE visited Stallingborough recently, meeting with a range of Cristal’s chemical engineers.

IChemE deputy chief executive Justin Blades said: “Cristal has been investing in its UK talent for many years and we know it has ambitious plans to extend this commitment globally. This ethos and commitment is particularly evident for Cristal’s chemical engineers who have the ability to add value to its operations and set high standards for many of its

engineering, process safety and commercial functions.”

Cristal is well known in the area for being a passionate supporter of the local community with activities ranging from the sponsorship of Cleethorpes Air Show to local school visits aimed at inspiring young people to consider science-based careers.

Jamie Scott, Cristal UK site director, said: “We are delighted to receive Corporate Partnership status from IChemE – a public recognition of our sustained commitment to the highest standards in chemical engineering.

At Cristal we consider investing in skills, training and professional

development to be absolutely central to both our business and the careers of our employees.

“We are really proud of our apprenticeship, graduate and professional development programmes, coupled with our ongoing partnership with the University of Hull to help deliver an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering – the first in the region for nearly 50 years. We have been a major employer in the Humber region for more than 60 years and this latest accreditation from the IChemE reinforces our belief that the future is bright for the £6-billion Humber chemical industry.”

Hertel honoured for passing safety milestone A MILESTONE of 12 months – representing 140,523 hours without a recordable injury – has been passed by a team working for the construction and maintenance services company Hertel at Cristal.

To mark the event a special presentation was held at the site where Barry Ilott, Cristal’s site safety, health and environment manager, told the 65-strong Hertel workforce what a fantastic achievement it was.

He also highlighted the actions of Hertel employee Mark Osborne, and offered him special thanks.

Mr Osborne, who was carrying out confined space watcher duties, spotted a small smouldering fire and alerted all the people in the confined space to exit immediately and called the site emergency response team. His quick actions helped to prevent a

potentially serious situation.

Hertel’s head of health, safety, environment and quality, Chris Abbey, told the team: “This is an outstanding achievement and it is because as a team you are assessing and reassessing any hazards and challenging anything you feel is not right in order to remain safe. It is important to keep concentrating to maintain this performance.”

It comes six months after the same milestone was passed at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery at North Killingholme, as reported previously in Business Telegraph.

Andy Hindson, Hertel’s site manager added: “Everyone can be proud and it is because of you that we are celebrating this significant achievement.”

BIG SITE: Cristal at Stallingborough. Inset, Chris Abbey.

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WELCOME: Operations manager Paul Robson, left, and operations training co-ordinator Kevin Smith, right, welcome Total Lindsey Oil Refinery’s new process operators, from second left,Sam O‘Connor, Alex Rhodes, Josh Liddall and Sam Birkett. Inset, Adam McVeigh.

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OTAL Lindsey Oil Refinery has been an avid supporter of the Process Operator Apprenticeship programme, first developed in 2009 in partnership with Humber Chemical Focus and Hull College.

So far, the South Bank giant has offered employment to 13 apprentices who have completed the programme, and there are now 15 process operator apprentices from Year One to Year Three being sponsored by the refinery.

Five apprentices who completed their Process Operator Apprenticeships in July have just been given full-time positions as process operators with Total Lindsey Oil Refinery. Alex Rhodes, Samuel O’Connor, Samuel Birkett,

Joshua Liddall and Adam McVeigh started at Catch in September 2011, studying there for 15 months before arriving in North Killingolme in January 2013.

They then spent time in the classroom going through the basic operator training programme before joining shifts the following month. The programme allows apprentices to look at all areas of the refinery and learn on the job.

Hull College provided support on site to help them complete their NVQ Level 3.

Paul Robson, operations manager, said: “All five of these apprentices have demonstrated hard work and dedication to get to this point. They have a lot to learn during the three-year apprenticeship both through their classroom work and on-the-job training at the refinery.

They are a credit to the company

and we are delighted to be able to offer them these positions.”

So what do the new employees think?

Alex Rhodes said: “I have been welcomed with open arms by the shift and have been helped every step of the way by my co-workers and the training department. Total has an excellent reputation and I have been given a great start in life.”

Samuel O’Connor said: “The apprenticeship was great, especially once we came on site and started training on the process units. Everyone on shift has been great and I felt settled very quickly.

It feels brilliant to have been given a job. All of my work has paid off.”

Samuel Birkett said: “My apprenticeship was very challenging but enjoyable. My work colleagues have been brilliant in

teaching me the outside unit and equipment, and have given me any guidance when needed. I feel ecstatic to have been given a full-time position at Total LOR and to be working with such a good bunch of people.”

Joshua Liddall said: “The training at Catch gave us a good foundation for the apprenticeship.

All of the people have been helpful throughout. After three years of the apprenticeship I was happy to be given the job at Total LOR.” Adam McVeigh said: “The apprenticeship has definitely been the best thing I’ve done so far, due to the fact you get given great training, and all of the lads on shift are constantly there whenever you need any help. Getting taken on full time after three years makes you realise that all the hard work was worth it.”

Wind firmly in the sails as Catch welcomes trainees

OFFERING A WARM WELCOME: Bob Dickens, left, and Dr Tony Flinn. Right, the modifed tower at Catch.

LEADING safety training provider to the Renewables, Safety Technology Ltd, has this week accepted the first candidates at the flagship Catch facility.

Trainees have travelled from across the UK to the Stallingborough centre to gain RenewableUK and Global Wind Organisation (GWO) certification to work on onshore wind farms.

In a joint partnership announced earlier this year, as reported in Business Telegraph, Safety Technology and HCF are now offering the full suite of land-based GWO and RenewableUK accredited courses on the Catch site.

Bob Dickens, managing director of Safety Technology, said: “We only recently announced our intention to offer this

training at Catch, so I’m delighted to announce only a short time later the actual beginning of training.”

HCF manages Catch, and is a not-for-profit, industry-led partnership which supports the process, energy, engineering and renewables industries in the Humber region and beyond.

Dr Tony Flinn, chief executive of HCF, said: “As the Humber region becomes the epicentre of offshore wind energy supply, we want to ensure that we’re here to provide the maximum opportunity for local people to embark on valuable careers.”

Onshore work is also seen as a key stepping stone for offshore technicians, with more certification required to serve the needs of the North Sea.

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HE importance of Grimsby and Immingham as a vital trading gateway has been flagged up by Humber ports director John Fitzgerald, following the Government’s release of the official statistics for 2013 this past month.

The dual complex, owned and operated by Associated British Ports, is once again top of the ports for the whole of the UK. It enjoyed a 4 per cent increase in volumes, taking it to 62.6-million tonnes.

Sister Humber ports Hull and Goole were also boosted, up eight per cent to 12.2-million tonnes.

Together they confirm the central role that the Humber ports in general, and Immingham in particular, play in the economic life of the region and country.

Mr Fitzgerald said: “The Port of Immingham has once again managed to grow its business while the UK port sector as a whole stagnated. This is testament to the efforts our customers make to move traffic through this vital gateway.

“Since 2000, throughput at Grimsby and Immingham has grown 20 per cent on the back of hundreds of millions of pounds of private sector investment in infrastructure and equipment. Our customers, the region and the UK’s economy as a whole need ABP to continue to invest in Immingham to develop facilities that support trade and deliver jobs.”

ABP’s ports on the Humber support 23,000 jobs in the area and contribute £1.5 billion to the regional economy, with ABP Grimsby and Immingham alone supporting 14,000 local jobs and contributing almost £1 billion.

A series of significant investments by ABP in the Humber ports has driven development of the business. Last year saw the opening of the £26 million Grimsby

SWINGING SIXTY MILLION: Humber International Terminal at Immingham, where the bulk of the 62.6-million tonnes have been welcomed. Picture by Susanne Hakuba Photography. Inset, John Fitzgerald, left, and Ray Oxby.

River Terminal to support the growing vehicle handling trade and ABP is investing £150 million in biomass handling facilities at Immingham and Hull in a Humber-wide agreement with Drax Power Ltd. Not only is Grimsby and Immingham the biggest port in the UK when it comes to tonnages handled, it also plays a leading role when broken down by category.

With 20 per cent of the UK market share, much of it coal, the 23.9-million tonnes of dry bulks passing through in 2013 put it top of the table there, and with 15 per

cent of the roll-on roll-off market, it is second only to Dover – where 98 per cent of the trade is made up from that sector.

For liquid bulks, predominantly oil, it is third in the UK, behind Milford Haven, a specialist facility, and Southampton.

The dual port also dominates in all three international freight route types, EU, non-EU short sea and non-EU deep sea, with a 14 per cent share in each.

Councillor Ray Oxby, portfolio holder for regeneration and skills at North East Lincolnshire Council, said: “This is fantastic

news, and once again shows how our ports are continuing to grow in importance and are punching above their weight. Grimsby and Immingham ports have an excellent European and indeed worldwide reputation as high profile, efficient and cost effective gateways for international commerce and are key to the sustainable economic growth of North East Lincolnshire. I will ensure NELC remains fully committed to supporting continued investment in the ports and their associated logistics operations.”

Bucking the trend, Rayner has been driving for the long haul ONE of the UK’s first female lorry drivers, Rayner Bellamy, is celebrating 25 years in the industry at Clugston Distribution.

There has been a lot of talk recently about women working in male-dominated industries like logistics and engineering, with the overall feeling being that more needs to be done to encourage change in these sectors.

It is no secret that within the logistics industry, women are largely unrepresented, particularly as drivers and have been so for many years.

According to Women In Logistics in the UK, only 22 per cent of the entire workforce in the logistics industry is female, compared to 46 per cent in industry as a whole.

Ms Bellamy said: “If we want to attract more women into logistics, changes need to be implemented at a grass roots level. Women are not encouraged to look into certain careers from a young age, and there is no real direct

gender roles and is actively encouraging a more balanced representation.

The Brigg Road company currently employs two female drivers in the petrochemical division and one in the cement division. The latest fleet supervisor recruited to the team is also a woman.

As a corporate partner to the University of Hull Business School, Clugston Distribution also employed Rhianna Hall on a year-long internship in a business development and marketing function.

Sue Chapman, transport supervisor at Clugston Rayner Bellamy Distribution, who has worked in the industry for 20 years, encouraged to be one. More said: “There are many reasons needs to be done within for women not entering schools and colleges so that logistics, poor flexibility and girls are more aware of all the inflexible working hours need opportunities available to to be addressed in order to them.” create a more female-friendly Scunthorpe-based Clugston Distribution is leading the way, working environment. This is something that Clugston does however, when it comes to well for all of its employees.” challenging the perceptions of route into the logistics industry.

“I was lucky, I knew from a young age that I wanted to be a lorry driver and I think that unless a woman really knows she wants to be a lorry driver then they will never be

Unless a woman really knows she wants to be a lorry driver then they will never be one

Sharing and celebrating success in local business

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HAT began in the garden shed of an Immingham Docks stevedore is now a thriving family business, operating on a global scale as a highlyrespected marine and dredging contractor.

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Chairman and founder John Morton heads an extensive operation that has now seen three generations engaged in day-to-day activities, and a lot of

into a contract with what is now Immingham Bulk Terminal, working for Westminster Dredging.

“That was in 1972, and we spent another two years working for another company, putting the big cranes on there, working off a steel jetty and taking everything out by barge.”

Incorporated in 1974, leading to today’s 40th anniversary special publication, Mr Morton recalled: “We expanded all the time, we just kept getting more and more work.

I had a gang of men, most of them self-employed or dragged out of the

Introduction others besides, ensuring the UK’s busiest trading estuary operates smoothly while helping create port infrastructure the world over.

“The green garden shed at the bottom of the garden of our bungalow in East Halton, that was the nerve centre,” recalled Pat Morton, John’s wife, a director in the business, before Mr Morton picked up the story that now spans the globe from a base still a short walk from that wooden beginning.

“I worked on the docks and we had a small holding at East Halton at the same time,” he said. “I was doing general stevedoring, and while I was working we purchased this little tug, The President, from Leeds Co-op. We brought it across, painted it up and entered

pub if they were unemployed!”

Jobs ranged from cleaning up rail wagons for varying loads, to – following the addition of a second vessel, The ‘Olan’, a safety / work boat – servicing the terminals.

After the first year, Mr Morton left his job in Immingham and set up Humber Work Boats, with Pat doing the books.

Like many members of the family, she has also leant her name to a vessel, in her case one that changed the direction the business was going, setting a course full of new horizons.

John developed the vision of a self-propelled back hoe dredger the ‘Pat M’, a vessel capable of not just dredging and manoeuvring, but sailing under her own power,

Owners and founders John and Pat Morton able to work operational shipping channels with little disruption.

“There weren’t any about when I did that, but there have been at least a couple built since,” Mr Morton said.

“When I suggested it, they all said ‘it won’t work’ or ‘it won’t do this’ or ‘it won’t do that’, but it did, and it hasn’t stopped working for 12 years!

“Being short of money gives you great ideas. Big companies go to a ship yard and select what they want and hand over vast amounts of cash. We have never been in that position so we have had to cut our cloth accordingly and come up with cheaper but workable solutions.”

The ‘Pat M’ is currently working on harbour developments in South America, a concept alien to Mr Morton when he launched, piloting that first tug himself.

“I would have never thought about working on the other side of the

world. Maybe Europe, perhaps some work in France, but we keep going further and further away chasing work.”

Still in the business three mornings a week, and more if required, he is immensely proud of the strong team assembled at North Killingholme Haven.

“We are very busy on the Humber, and I am lucky I have got a lot of excellent men. Various people have had a go at catching us up, but they don’t get near because of the skills built up over the years.

“I am very proud to have three generations working, and hope it continues,” he added.

Son Elliott and daughter Sally are on board as directors, with granddaughter Abigail the welcoming face of the business in the reception and grandson Ryan a key member of the Marine Civils team.

HWB Through the Years

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NCORPORATED by John and Pat Morton in 1974 after entering into a lease on North Killingholme Haven, Humber Work Boats had set sail on a journey, with course and destination throwing up surprises for the husband and wife team who began it.

John had become a director and co-shareholder alongside Simons Group in Killingholme Wharfage Company, which developed and operated facilities at the Haven.

When he sold his shareholding in 1989 part of the settlement was the acquisition by Humber Work Boats of the land and river frontage which has been its base ever since.

He developed the marine business into a full-blown marine contracting

operation by adding a marine civil engineering arm and with it an experienced marine civil engineer, Kim Harrop, as Contracts Director in 1987. He remains in that position today after 27 years. As a result the company developed both the size of the fleet and the type and value of marine-based contracts undertaken. A heavy lift crane barge ‘Mortlift’ was acquired from the US Army for use in and around the Humber ports on a variety of heavy lift projects, providing the mechanical muscle required for some of the biggest, and highest priority jobs the industry regularly provides.

The offices and fabrication shop were built in the early Nineties to house this expansion. In addition in 1994 the company invested in a new cutter suction dredger, the John M, built in Holland by De

Hollandsche Ijssel and multicat / crane barge ’Rebecca M’, built on the Humber at Hepworth’s in Paull, to enhance its activity base.

To enhance the commercial side of the business, David Symon was appointed as financial director in 1998. Financial, marketing, management information and quality systems were developed by him to take the company forward into the millennium and he was appointed managing director in 2002, a role he still performs. The reliance on the River Humber as the main source of revenue was identified as a possible weakness and an investment strategy was put into place to eliminate this.

John’s concept of the world’s first self-propelled backhoe dredger the Pat M gave HWB a vital innovative edge too, and this was realised as she was built in Holland at

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UMBER Work Boats Ltd is a family-owned private company which has been trading since 1974 as marine and dredging contractors. The company owns their three

a fleet of vessels for different types of marine works both around the UK and overseas.

Vessels include multicats, work boats, light and heavy lift crane barges, and backhoe and cutter suction dredgers.

and a half acre facility at North Killingholme Haven on the south bank of the River Humber which incorporates spacious office accommodation, a 10,000 sq ft fabrication shop, 250 metres of riverside frontage and extensive yard space. The company has developed its services significantly in recent years in local, national and international markets. The company owns and operates

With its highly experienced workforce the company offers bespoke solutions to its well established and ever expanding local, national, and international customer base.

Overview Heavy Lift Crane Barge Mortlift berthed at North Killingholme Haven

Vessels are available for river, harbour or coastal work either on a charter or contract basis.

The vessels are manned by fully professional and very experienced crews who are adept at providing marine solutions to our expanding client base.

Current services offered include: • DreDging – backhoe anD cutter suction, capital anD maintenance DreDging • Jetty repair, construction, anD Dismantling both in timber anD steel • pile Driving anD pile removal • FenDer removal repair anD installation • heavy liFts • steel Fabrication anD welDing • awkwarD loaD transportation • revetment anD stone placing • ploughing anD beD levelling • Diving support • work boat anD saFety boat hire • steel work boat anD multicat repair, builDing anD conversion • hyDrographic surveying services • water monitoring

The fabrication shop at North Killingholme

Shipyard De Donge and delivered to North Killingholme in 2002. Key dredging management came on board in the shape of Dredging Manager Julian Bridgewater and Hydrographic surveyor Jon Steed.

Turnover has been built steadily since from ÂŁ1.6-million in 1999 to its present level of ÂŁ6-million.

The overseas customer base was widened significantly as the backhoe dredger began to work exclusively overseas in the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands, the Canaries, the Azores, North Africa particularly in Algeria and Morocco, and currently in Venezuela in South America. The quality of service and solutions-based approach to customers resulted in other fleet vessels being awarded export contracts in North Africa.

However, Investment would not have been possible without an experienced, skilled and loyal workforce over the years, and the company is grateful for the substantial contribution made by people such as general foremen

Ivan Raithby, Mick Hindle and Andrew Mawer, skippers such as Steve Thurston, Trevor Harrison and Howard Beisly, and the skills of Jon Lee, Stuart Cadman and John Mumford to name but a few.

HWB has invested in an additional 25 people since 1999 to augment the existing workforce, many of whom are still employed at the company. Training programmes are a vital part of staff development and the company is developing an apprentice culture to ensure skills are passed on for the future, to the extent where it has engaged with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for bespoke apprenticeship training for boatmen.

Recently the company has focussed on building steel work boats and refurbishing its own distinct ‘Jotun Orange’ fleet in house. Two MCA class three vessels have been completed – Abigail of Grimsby and Dawn M of Grimsby, while MV Ryan H is currently undergoing a major refit.

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A – Rebecca M replacing dock wall plates in Immingham.

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C – Shipyard workers at sunset.

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UMBER Work Boatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cutter suction dredger, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;John Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, has recently completed a 24-day desilting campaign to clear the channels at Hedon Haven and Stone Creek on the River Humber. The dredger worked 24 hours a day clearing a kilometre of channel and removing 20,000 tonnes of silt.

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The works allow effective drainage of the surrounding land on the North Bank of the Humber.

Keyingham Internal Drainage Board commissioned the work to allow the land drain network to discharge efďŹ ciently to prevent future ďŹ&#x201A;ooding.

Cutter Suction Dredger John M dredging at Hessle Haven

HWB and the Environment Prior to work commencing and to support the application for a dredging licence, Humber Work Boatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hydrographic Surveying Division undertook a pre-dredge

survey and on completion of the campaign, a post-dredge survey of the project locations to establish riverbed levels and quantities removed.

Humber Work Boatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hydrographic surveying manager, Jon Steed, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The project was a triumph of local co-operation requiring both input and funding from Keyingham, Preston and Otteringham Internal Drainage Boards, the Environment Agency, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hedon Town Council, The Crown Estates, and Hull Waste

Water Treatment Works Community Fund. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Humber Work Boats completed a similar project involving Cutter John M in 2009 to clear these same two channels, which underlines the need for regular waterway maintenance of the River Humber ďŹ&#x201A;ood defence network. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the next few months the John M will be further aiding local ďŹ&#x201A;ood defences by clearance maintenance dredging at East Halton Haven, Stone Creek and Hessle Haven.â&#x20AC;?

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HILE glamorous locations may not be all they promise when working in marine construction, be it the Azures, Balearics or Canaries, a black tie bash on the home front in 2012 provided some surprise prestige.

For Humber Work Boats turned muck into cut glass at the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards that year, winning both the Forrester Boyd Award for Business Excellence and the Barclays International Trade Award.

The jubilee-themed bash became more cutter suction than diamond set, as the company that has been involved in port and harbour construction and maintenance since before Her Majestyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s silver jubilee celebrations earned the highest plaudits at a 500-guest gala dinner at Grimsby Auditorium.

Record turnover and proďŹ ts wowed judges, with export work accounting for just under half of the ÂŁ6.62 million generated.

Interviewed in the night of the

win, Mr Morton said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are marvellously proud. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For many, many years we have worked ever so hard. I am really proud of everyone who works for us. The night was fantastic.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Morton also praised Managing Director David Symon.

He said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;David has led from the front for many years now, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really pleased with his contribution to the business.â&#x20AC;?

Mr Symon returned the tribute on a joyous evening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it

in North Africa, with record sales revenues, contributing signiďŹ cantly to record turnover and proďŹ ts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was no thought given to the competition other than making sure the entry form was thoroughly and accurately completed. The company wanted to be seen by the judges in the best possible light. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the company was shortlisted ahead of the event we were surprised and delighted, and when the Barclays International Trade Award was announced it was

is a reďŹ&#x201A;ection of what John, the founder and owner, has put into the company over the years in terms of risking his capital, and his life by putting all his efforts into one particular venture, the Pat M, the main thrust of our export drive.â&#x20AC;?

Looking back on the awards, a crowning moment for a truly local company, Mr Symon said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Humber Work Boats entered, it was prompted by strong export performance

surreal as the company video â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which had been fun to make â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was shown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very well put together and gasps of approval were heard at the table. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Just like the Oscarsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was one of the comments passed around!â&#x20AC;?

Still harbouring no thoughts of winning, with members of the team having checked out the websites of their rivals, and seen previous accolades awarded to them, Mr Symon said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;When it was announced â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the winner is Humber

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Work Boatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; there was a mixture of stunned disbelief and whoops of delight. The presentation was a very proud moment for the owners, directors and staff.â&#x20AC;?

But that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To the surprise of everyone at the table there was another award open to every entrant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Business Excellence Awards. In a ďŹ&#x201A;ash another Humber Work Boats video appeared on the screen and the disbelief and whooping started up again,â&#x20AC;? Mr Symon recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On reďŹ&#x201A;ection, the feedback from customers, suppliers and third parties has been very positive and the whole experience was a culmination of hard work and dedication being recognised. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be pitted against stronger and larger companies from different business sectors and come out on top gave the company a real boost in terms of the future. The company would encourage any business which has performed well to enter for an award. The outcome can be very rewarding, but even if success is elusive the application presents the opportunity to assess in detail your companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance and have it judged by experts.â&#x20AC;?

Winners of the Forrester Boyd Award for Business Excellence and the Barclays International Trade Award.

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HWB and the Future

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Kim Harrop Contracts Director and David Symon Managing Director

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HE burgeoning renewables industry and emerging international infrastructure projects are the focus for Humber Work Boats as it embarks on the second 40 years of trading.

With the Humber the scene for the offshore wind farm windfall, Humber Work Boats is keen to play a prominent role in the construction phase on both banks, with Greenport Hull and Able Marine Energy Park quite literally

on the doorstep.

David Symon, Managing Director, said: “There is a tremendous amount of optimism in the Humber currently with the proposed Greenport Hull and Able developments. We have completed infrastructure work already for Dong Energy and Centrica, and the construction phase is definitely where we are at in terms of this new industry.”

Renewables is once again uniting the North and South Banks, just like a project early in HWB’s history.

“The initial work boat company was hugely successful on the back of the Humber Bridge build,” said Mr Symon. “There was a lot of service work involved, supplying safety boats, transportation of materials and crew as well as more complex marine work.”

That window of opportunity is mirrored currently, only HWB now has extensive has extensive dredging and marine contracting experience.

“It is a very capital intensive business and it is unusual for a relatively small family company to be able to generate enough capital organically to fund investments needed for expansion to make to get where we are and keep going. It has got to be recognised that a fleet such as ours deteriorates through age, and you have are constantly looking to balance the destination of investment capital between new and old. It is fascinating the way the business has developed over the years..

Underpinning this expansion

has been the achievement of ISO9001, OHSAS14001 and ISO14001 accreditation, necessary for dealing with changing legislation and with larger corporations.”

Expanding infrastructure and the associated increase in vessel activity, means that facility repair and maintenance demands also charts highly.

“The big players on the Humber, the Oil Terminals, Associated British Ports and Cro Ports, rely on HWB to provide solutions to difficult problems and emergency situations, if they occur, as well as for ongoing capital and maintenance work .

“Without HWB on the Humber they would probably have to turn to the Dutch for help which given the critical time taken to mobilise suitable plant would be an expensive exercise.”

Mr Morton said the political and economic environment in the UK and Europe has made business planning difficult, but underlined his philosophy. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and we

don’t lie down. I have met a lot of people in the business I wouldn’t have wanted to be in the trenches with, but I have also dealt with some excellent people.

“We are certainly helping this area to keep trading, and in an emergency situation we have always been able to assemble a team, be it Christmas or on a Sunday in the middle of a Bank Holiday weekend.”

While much of the marketing focus of the business is on the work in the water, land-side there is a huge support operation based within the dedicated fabrication workshop.

Elliott Morton, John’s son, is Health and Safety director, and looks after the sprawling yard.

It hosts shot blasting, welding, fabrication and blacksmith trades, making it virtually selfsufficient.

Elliott said: “There’s not much we cannot handle here. We have a lot of steel expertise and we still work with big timbers for jetty repairs, with the large chain saws and deep drills that many people just don’t carry any more.

“We work 24/7 52 weeks a year, and it is a hugely interesting job.”

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GRIMSBY office supplies company is enjoying a major period of expansion – allowing it to provide an even better service to its growing numbers of customers.

Office Friends, based in King Edward Street, Grimsby, has opened up an exciting new era in its business life and

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is looking forward to attracting plenty of interest from new and existing customers.

As well as its Grimsby branch, Office Friends is also located on Foxhills

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Industrial Estate Scunthorpe.

The company now has its own in-house printing department, meaning that it can now provide a complete service for customers old and new.

Internally, a whole host of commercial printing requirements can be provided for customers, including non-carbonated pads, sheets for invoices and receipts and delivery notes with part for the customer and part for the company.

Leaflets, booklets, “with compliments” slips, letterheads business cards and single-sided or double-sided flyers can also be provided.

The print shop can provide both litho and digital print.

Jonathan Laud, the print shop’s sales account manager, said: “The print

shop has been a well-established business for more than 38 years.

“What makes us unique in our print shop is that we have got 100 years of print knowledge among our staff.

“There is a total staff of six at the print shop. We have all worked our way through the ranks.”

He said there was an impressive amount of print machinery there, including colour litho and highresolution printers and copiers, booklet makers, a collator, a large guillotine, a numberer, perforator and scorer, a folder machine and a drill hole puncher.

“It’s good to provide companies with everything from paper clips to your computer, he said.

“It’s good to work in a family-run business.”

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The new division of the company, Office Friends Systems, provides managed print solutions, allowing customers to buy or rent equipment, such as a printer or photocopier, with a maintenance contract that looks after all the running costs.

Julian Eaglen, sales director for Office Friends Systems, said that the maintenance contract ensured that equipment was monitored for customers so that, for example, toners could be replaced when they started running out.

“We can provide the equipment and run it cheaper than they can do it themselves,” he said.

“We take away all that pain and let them get on with doing their job.

“There are quantifiable savings to be made.”

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The copier team, Jonathan Laud, apprentice Ed, Danny Brewer and Julian Eaglen.

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The same service is offered for digital printing, photocopying and scanner systems, ranging from basic machines to ones that run in large production rooms.

IT hardware and software can be provided for everyone, including schools and commercial organisations.

“We can provide equipment, networking and service back-up – anything a company needs in terms of IT,” said Julian.

Document management systems can be set up so invoices and purchasing documents can be electronically filed by automating the whole process and so avoiding a mass of paperwork.

“We can save 90 per cent of manual handling for invoices and purchase

documents,” said Julian.

Telecom systems, including Toshiba, can be supplied, ranging from a single handset to a multi-user system with as many headsets as needed. Voicemail can also be provided.

Service contracts can be set up for anything the company supplies, including photocopiers, printers telecoms and software IT. Julian said he was delighted that the new arm of the company was being supported by UTAX, an English company that has the well-known Japanese giant Kyocera Corporation as its parent company.

“We were very pleased and proud to be accepted as a dealer by UTAX and

we plan to become one of the largest dealers in the UK,” he said.

“They are a big brand. They are very much like us. They want to deal with people who will look after the products.

“They know they can trust us. You live and die in this business by customer support.”

Shaun Wilkinson, of UTAX, said: “I am delighted to offer my congratulations to Julian Eaglen on his new business venture, Office Friends Systems Ltd. “I have known and worked with Julian for the last eight years.

“Julian worked in a previous dealership where the UTAX range was sold with great success, therefore it is a real pleasure that Julian has chosen to work with UTAX in his new venture.

“Both of our companies share the same values of putting the customer first, delivering great value and constantly delivering service above and beyond the expected norm.

“It is no accident that both Julian and UTAX continue to be successful in what is still a challenging economic environment.

“Our respective business models continue to evolve so that we can anticipate and meet the needs of our

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We offer the full solution, which is what we have always wanted to do.“

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growing customer base.

“Our customer first work ethic will help to ensure the successful future of Julian and Office Systems.”

Julian and his colleague, Danny Brewer, who is the service director, joined the well-established Office Friends team in April and are pleased that they are now bringing yet another new perspective to the company.

They already had close links with Office Friends managing directors Rob Mearns and Helen Horder through their work elsewhere but the link-up now means that operations have been further strengthened.

“We decided to join up with Office Friends and we have set up Office Friends Systems with them,” said Julian.

Much of the work is carried out from the bases in Grimsby and at Mercia Way, on the Foxhills industrial estate at Scunthorpe, but the company covers the whole of Lincolnshire and further afield

across the whole country.

About 25 people are employed at the Grimsby and Scunthorpe branches.

“The reason why I wanted to join up with Office Friends is that they were a similar company to us,” said Julian.

“They are a family-oriented, customerfocused company and I like their work ethos.

“We are very pleased with how it is going. I started working for a small family company which has grown over the years.

“I have always worked on a local level. We believe greatly in building relationships.

“I have worked in sales for a long, long time and I don’t believe that sales is always about profits. It’s built on relationships.”

The company aimed to provide the right equipment to customers at the right price, said Julian.

“It’s about fine-tuning and matching equipment to companies’ needs,” he added.

Office Friends could help make a big difference to the costs of companies by looking with them at what the buyers working for them might think were already cheap running costs, said Julian.

“It’s only when you go in and identify what they are paying that you can make a big difference to their bottom-line,” he said.

“We let them get on with what they know best and we do the rest for them.”

He added that, when he joined Office Friends, a realistic business plan was set out for the first year of Office Friends Systems – but this was exceeded in only the first four months.

“Because we are customer-focused, you do live and die in this business by the quality of your service,” said Julian.

“We do what it says on the tin. We have got national customers already and we have got customers in London.

“From a business point of view, due to the financial constraints of today, we know and understand that it’s extremely hard to set up a new business.”

Danny said: “I am very pleased to be involved. We want to provide the sort of family atmosphere that our customers want.

“It’s going extremely well. We are actively growing the service side of the business.

“We have done installations in

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“We have recently taken on an apprentice and we are looking to expand that side of the business.”

Rob Mearns said that, as well as the new printing and managed print solutions services, Office Friends could also

provide everything that a customer could possibly want for an office, including printing machines, furniture and stationery.

As part of the service Office Friends offer free planning and design for office refits, with free consultations to see what a customer wanted in their office.

The service includes 3D images to give an idea of how things would look and a presentation of the proposals being suggested.

“We will go in and talk to them about what they want,” said Rob.

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“We do some plans for them and we do 3D images so they can see what the office is going to look like with different corporate images.”

Helen said: “Companies have no need to go anywhere else. We can get them whatever they need for the whole office.

“We offer the full solution, which is what we have always wanted to do.”

Rob said that the company provided a full account management service for large companies.

“We want companies to know that we can now compete with the nationals,” he said.

Helen added: “Our aim is to be able to provide a competitive service locally.

“Our vision is to continue to grow our already good, solid, local company.

“We will continue to offer the same service as long as we can, with the support of the local community.”

The company is in the process of setting up a new telesales team.

“We are actively looking for experienced staff,” said Helen.

Rob said: “Over the last two or three years, we have taken on seven apprentices throughout the business, which is proving very successful.”

Helen said: “We see them as our future.”

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HE shop in King Edward Street is a key part of the Grimsby business.

Among the staff are shop manager Trish Booth and supervisor Leigh Mardling.

The shop has flourished since the closure of the nearby Staples shop and Rob said the business was quick to see the opportunity for increased sales in the light of the closure.

“We jumped in quickly and it’s going very well,” said Trish.

Business cards can be printed and the shop also offers a same-day laminating and binding service.

Leigh added: “We do it while they wait, which makes it popular.”

Office furniture, chairs, desks, filing cabinets, card, paper, printers, laminators, printer cartridges and an exclusive range of wooden educational toys.

Leigh said that university students find the range of products provided particularly useful.

Many popular, everyday brands of pen are available, including Bic and Pentel, and the shop is an agent for Sheaffer pens, including the Ferrari range.

Sales director Adam Scott runs the sales team and is in overall charge of corporate accounts for Office Friends.

He said that the key to this side of the business was its very friendly approach to customers and good pricing.

“We like to think of ourselves as a bit of

a one-stop shop,” he said.

The aim is to mirror what corporate companies could provide but to offer competitive rates and a customerfocussed service.

Regular reviews are provided to customers with the aim of identifying optimum savings that could be made for them, based on their usage of materials.

“We always keep our eye on the latest products to come on to the market,” said Adam.

“We may be able to find one of our own-brand alternatives which may offer savings.”

Discounts are also provided from manufacturers’ recommended retail prices.

“We have standard discounts that are as high as any in the area,” said Adam.

He said that sometimes it could cause a company serious problems if a particular item was out of stock but Office Friends always aim to find a speedy replacement.

“Our ethos is that we act as an additional procurement arm for our customers,” said Adam.

“We have some very happy customers.

We love the fact that our ethos is to look after them.

“People do like dealing with local businesses. We obviously manage to retain our closeness and relationships whilst matching what

a corporate supplier would do.

“We can give them a family-run local business. We don’t have a faceless call centre.

“We have very good staff. Some of them have been with us for 20 years. We have great expertise.

“We can save people money as a total spend by conducting regular reviews.

“We are very often saving people significant sums throughout the year by managing their account properly.

“That’s the best way you can save customers money. It’s very much based on their total spend.”

A full online ordering service for stock can be provided, with varying authorisation levels for customer companies, ranging from more junior staff logging in to place orders to senior management approvals.

“We can work with any system that they use internally to make their life as simple as possible,” said Adam.

“We have our own drivers in the Lincolnshire area offering a next-day delivery service. ”Currently supplying several clients with Multiple locations we also provide nationwide delivery services.”

There are many people without whom we wouldn’t be where we are today. One person who has been key to our success is Leonard Booth from Pelham Chartered Accountants who guided us through with his expert help and advice.

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 01472 245522 www.pelhambusiness.com Leonard Booth, partner at Pelham Accountants in Grimsby, paid tribute to the expansion of Office Friends.

He said: “I’ve been involved from the word go, 11 years ago this November.

“I’ve been an accountant for over 40 years so they came to me when they were trying to get into business and we managed to strike a deal and

they’ve gone from there.

“They knew the sale and warehouse side of it but they needed to know how to run a business in those early stages.

Eventually opportunities to expand came up and since then the growth has been rapid.

“They approached me two years ago with the latest expansion in mind and now there’s a real synergy there.

“The business has gone from strength to strength. They have streamlined their site and managed to sustain that success. They needed to be nurtured but now they have the confidence.

“It’s been a super transformation and there’s no reason why it shouldn’t continue.”

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MAN who puts the Humber’s heavy industry into sharp focus every day of his working life is celebrating 25 years behind a camera.

Michael Lee joined his father David’s eponymous firm as a 16-year-old back in September 1989.

Having helped out in holidays the two-generation team has now gone full circle, With Mr Lee Snr stepping in when his son is away. And while weddings were the mainstay of a business born in Barton 51 years ago, it is the river, the refineries and the industrial expansion that rings the companies bells nowadays.

Today, Mr Lee shares a selection of his work with Business Telegraph, a regular canvas for his photographs as clients rely on him to illustrate happenings from some unforgiving environments in northern Lincolnshire and beyond.

“I joined my dad straight from school when I was 16,” he recalled. “I learned how to process films, print skills and other elements. It is a massive difference to now, when pictures can be handed over to the client in seconds.

“I remember the first vessel coming to Humber International Terminal in Immingham (June 2000). I had to hot-foot it back to Barton, scan the negatives then wait for a dial-up connection to send them to Associated British Ports’ head office.”

He remains heavily involved with the port giant, and is currently amassing a huge collection for Immingham Renewable Fuels Terminal, the £75 million invesmtent to serve the biomass import needs of Drax, with regular construction shots and a time-lapse video. He is also eyeing up Greenport Hull too, having already supplied aerial views to help with planning and worked with Siemens for investment announcement coverage.

“It is a particularly busy time for the

Humber, which is great,” he said. Mr Lee has worked for newcomers Dong Energy, the sub-contractors it has used for Westermost Rough and other projects, and the new owner of Immingham Combined Heat and Power Plant, Vitol, too – both at South Killingholme and on the continent.

Last year, as David Lee Photography toasted 50 years as a business, he won Industrial Photographer Of The Year for the Yorkshire Region of the British Institute Of Professional Photography.

PROUD GALLERY: Clockwise from top left, Above the Clouds – the Humber Bridge; The Queen at Port of Hull; Michael Lee, the man behind the camera; Work ongoing at Westermost Rough offshore wind farm and Prime Minister David Cameron, Siemens chief executive Dr Michael Suess and ABP chief executive James Cooper at the investment announcement for Greenport Hull.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Business Solutions

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The upcoming event, which will represent its fifth anniversary since beginning back at the start of the economic downturn in 2009, is being widely anticipated to once again be a hit with businesses and professionals from industries of all shapes and sizes.

Last year educate2013 was the biggest and most resourceful to date, attended by more than 100 delegates who hearted for 45 speakers and exhibitors, as organisers HBP Systems took it beyond the four walls of the head office to satisfy the increasing demand from businesses in and around the region.

And having once again chosen to host the event at Forest Pines Hotel in Northern Lincolnshire, the team are extremely confident of the biggest, most informative year to date, with more expert speakers, exhibitors, software and IT on the cards to experience, alongside more opportunities for local businesses to get involved with their support.

Heading the preparations is commercial director Phil Denham, who explained the ethos behind educate and what delegates can look forward to.

He said: “educate is dedicated to helping businesses not only learn about, and experience, how

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various cutting-edge IT and business software can enhance their business, but also pick up tips and tricks on areas such as marketing, legislation, and human resources from local and national experts in those fields.

“It truly is a fantastic opportunity for local businesses. The event began during hard times, helping ambitious businesses in and around the Humber come together and share ideas to drive business success, and today those values are stronger than they’ve ever been going into a bumper year.”

Taking place across the full day on Friday, November 7, educate2014 is open to businesses and potential sponsorship partners looking to succeed at the front of their respective industries by adopting the latest proven practices and technology.

Phil Denham added: “We are effectively doubling the size of educate this year.

Delegates will have even more opportunities to speak with representatives from industry-leading brands who will be joining 20 to 30 exhibitors, as well as the option to test the latest technology with their own hands.

“From accounting software such as Sage and Pegasus, to HP and Microsoft tablets, Sophos UTM security and Kamarin Computers, there will be something on show for everyone in the business.”

For more details on the event and to reserve your place, please visit www.hbpsystems.co.uk/educate, GROWING: HBP Systems’ business growth event ‘educate’ returns to Scunthorpe on or contact Hannah Moss on Friday, November 7.

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We have taken on two more apprentices, one of which is an auto locksmith because the car key cutting is doing so well as we are more competitive than the main dealers. Along with another joinery apprentice.

Richard Ellis, Red Security & Hardware company director

STRENGTH TO STRENGTH: Red Security & Hardware Store, in King Edward Street, Grimsby.

THE ever-expanding Red Security & Hardware continues to go from strength to strength.

The rebranded company of Richard Ellis, who has built the business up from scratch, is Grimsby’s one-stop shop for security, hardware and all fixtures and fittings in between.

Red has diversified from architectural ironmongery to a whole host of solutions for both the retail and trade market.

Initially on E-Factor’s Enterprise Village, Mr Ellis has moved the store just a few hundred yards to King Edward Street, where a former engineering workshop has been dramatically converted as part of a £45,000 investment, which was further expanded at the start of the year.

As well as a shop offering an expanded range of hardware and security for professionals and residents alike, Red can now offer bedrooms and kitchens.

The expansion has seen the firm take on five new apprentices altogether, with two only recently coming on board.

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Business Support

WARM WELCOME: Jason Stimson, third left, who has been taken on as a gas apprentice by Mr Therm of Dunstall Street, Scunthorpe is pictured with company owner Chris Taylor and gas fitters Mark Brocklesby and Mike Storer. Picture: David Haber Buy this photo at www.thisis photosales.co .uk/scunthorpe or by contacting 08444 060910.

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SCUNTHORPE heating firm has its eye on the future after taking on a new apprentice and embracing social media.

MCS registered, which is an internationally recognised quality assurance scheme which certifies technologies used to produce electricity and heat from renewable sources.

Mr Therm Ltd has been installing Managing director Chris Taylor boilers and domestic gas said they can cater for those who appliances since 1994. are interested in heating their The Dunstall Street showroom home in a renewable way offering has gas fires in numerous styles the installation of Viessmann solar with aesthetic appeal and high heating systems, which are efficiencies of up to 90 per cent. effective in cutting C02 emissions therefore leading to savings on The company, which recently annual water bills. celebrated 20 years of trading in Scunthorpe, is a registered The company has recently supplier of manufacturers such as employed one new apprentice Ideal, Baxi, Visessmann.

Jason Stimson, who will join Mike Storer and Mark Brocklesby, who Demonstrating they are on the work as gas engineers. front foot environmentally, the company is in the process of being Managing director Chris Taylor

said: “We took on a new apprentice because we are looking to expand and move forward.

“Hopefully he will stay with the business and we can help him develop as an engineer.”

The company is also embracing social media and have recently set up a Twitter account in a bid to reach a new audience.

They will offer tips and advice, making people aware of safety measures.

Mr Therm covers a vast range of areas of business such as offering service contracts with various degrees of cover.

They start from £19.95 per month subject to survey.

Boiler upgrades and full

installations are available, while solar thermal can be an addition to any upgrade and is slowly proving more popular.

Mr Taylor said: “Repairs and maintenance of systems become more advanced and technology moves forward.

“The power flushing of heating systems will improve the efficiency of any boiler and radiators, helping customers control the costs of their gas bills.

“We also carry out installations of showers, fires and surrounds and gas stoves, as well as alterations to fireplaces and bathroom suites required.”

Contact Mr Therm by calling 01724 271313, 07889974548 or email ttherm7@aol.com.

store builds on success Richard Ellis, company director, said: “We have taken on two more apprentices, one of which is an auto locksmith because the car key cutting is doing so well as we are more competitive than the main dealers. Along with another joinery apprentice.

“We have also engaged with North East Lincolnshire Council in regards to their graduate employment programme, and we are looking at employing a marketing graduate through this scheme.

“We are growing month on month as we take advantage of the local economic upturn, and we are diversifying accordingly to suit each sector as it grows.”

They have also boasted recent success with their recent competitions with the Grimsby Telegraph, where they received more than 1,000 entries.

Readers had the chance to win a bathroom worth up to £1,500 or a kitchen worth up to £4,000 by collecting a number of coupons in the newspaper.

They also recently launched their third competition, which

gave readers the chance to win £1,000 to put towards a new wardrobe.

Richard Ellis added: “The competitions have been fantastic and it has been a great opportunity for readers to win big.

“We have received an excellent response to all our competitions and on both occasions we had deserving winners.

“We focus on quality and all of our bathrooms and kitchens are designed from scratch in our design centre.

“Our staff are all industry specialists with lots of experience. One of our staff even has 45 years of industry experience!”

Drop in and visit the store today, or for more information visit the website at WeAreRed.co.uk or call 01472 803720. ● For more business stories online, head to www.grimsby telegraph.co.uk/business

GOOD BUSINESS: Owner of Red Security and Hardware Store Richard Ellis, right, with branch manager Tony Hartles.

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OCAL training organisation Cert Ltd continues to find success for local young people looking to gain employment through the traineeship and apprenticeship programmes.

Thanks to newly-acquired confidence and self belief, Daniel Carling has secured a full-time paid apprenticeship with Lincs Woodlines.

Daniel signed up for a five-month traineeship, which gave him the opportunity to increase his skills, knowledge and gain invaluable experience, which ultimately saw him succeed in moving onto a paid apprenticeship shortly after.

Daniel’s traineeship and apprenticeship was created and supported by Immingham-based training company Cert Ltd, which are supporting young people across the whole of Northern Lincolnshire.

Daniel said: “The Traineeship was extremely helpful in giving me the opportunity to develop the skills and confidence to move into employment.

“Prior to coming onto the traineeship programme, I had applied for a number of jobs, but the thing that always let me down was the lack of experience.

“That is why the Traineeship was an ideal opportunity because it gave me the chance to gain that

YOUNG SUCCESS: Delighted apprentice Daniel Carling, right, is presented with a Galaxy tablet by Abdi Farah, from Cert Ltd.

experience which then gave me the edge when applying for the position at Lincs Woodlines.”

He added: “I would recommend the traineeship to any young person who wants to gain valuable skills and experience within the workplace.”

Daniel was presented with a

Samsung Galaxy Tablet from Cert, as recognition for his performance, dedication and successful completion of his Traineeship.

Abdi Farah, from Cert Ltd, said: “Traineeships are a fantastic way for any young person who is interested in gaining experience, developing their skills and

boosting their qualifications.” ● If you are interested in finding out more contact Abdi by calling 077750 28475 or e-mail abdi@cert-ltd .co.uk.

Follow Cert on twitter at @Certtraining for all their latest traineeship and apprenticeship vacancies.

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Curtains raised on a perfect conference venue

YOU must have heard by now that the Parkway Cinema in Cleethorpes is not only a venue for screening blockbuster movies, but also a corporate conference and presentation destination.

The businesses, on Kings Road, has seen growing demand from corporate clients, who wish to use the venue to stage conferences for specialised audiences.

Managers at the Parkway have recognised the importance of the business community and, as a result, offer quality facilities, which are ideal for a whole variety of businesses, organisations, local authorities and individuals.

All the elements clients need to make their conferences professional are provided for by the Parkway; there is the very best in audio-visual equipment with technical hands available to link up any presentation you may have.

So whether that is client presentations from CDs, memory sticks or laptops the possibilities are endless.

In addition, there is a stage where panel discussions can be held if desired.

A selection of microphones are on offer

PRESENTATION DESTINATION: If you’re looking for an effective venue, that’s a little bit different, then look no further than Parkway Cinema, in Cleethorpes.

including hand-held and clip-on. And, of course, there are all the comforts of a cinema experience, like your choice of popcorn, various other snacks and, most importantly – comfortable seating.

So your conference can be as formal or informal as you like and all rooms are sound-proofed, so there is no danger of other people

overhearing information about products or services.

Delegates can also take advantage of various catering options in a dedicated area after the conference has concluded.

If you’re looking for an effective venue, that’s a little bit different, then look no further.

The number of screens available and the flexibility

of the rooms means the venue can host a conference for up to 300 people in Auditorium One, but is equally comfortable for smaller numbers.

There are lockable changing rooms with ample space to house guest speakers, plus tea and coffee facilities.

All packages are tailored to suit your needs whether

that involves bringing your own technical staff or your own external catering.

For more information, contact manager Andrew Cooper for a consultation on 01472 204085 or e-mail: conferencing@ parkwaycinemas.co.uk or log on to www.parkwayconf erencing.co.uk

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ES, September is here and we are already telling you about Christmas!

But, whether you like it or not, corporate festive events are already on many peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and if you have not given it any thought you may well find that the first choice for your company has actually gone, already booked up!

PARTY TIME: Have you organised your office or company party yet?

CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHTS at The Humber Royal Hotel includes 3 course meal & tea or coffee

Thursday 4th December Gimme ABBA ÂŁ28 pp Christmas fare menu.

Another new introduction is Lunch With Santa for the children â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if you have staff with young ones, maybe that would be a great family treat. They will be held on the two Sundays before Christmas, December 14 and 21. This will include a present for each child and a mini disco.

Meanwhile, in Grimsby, there are lots of venues. The Humber Royal is very popular and will no doubt be getting booked up quickly.

Its Party Nights will be catering for groups, large and small, with pre-dinner drinks, a three-course meal, mince pies ... and music!

Good rates on rooms and breakfasts are also available. The hotel also has Santa Sunday Lunches â&#x20AC;&#x201C; perfect for a family treat.

The Beachcomber, Humberston, has always been a favourite for those who love to have a great Christmas party, and this year will be no

exception with festive events planned.

Other venues, too, offer exceptional service and are really putting themselves on the map â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Laceby Manor being one of them, a business that has transformed itself in the last few years in terms of its venue, its food and its service. It is hosting a number of tribure nights, including Robbie Williams, Adele and Abba for that extra special Christmas party, as well as a full festive menu.

However, if you are part of a business with its headquarters in the heart of the town, you may well be searching for a venue within walking distance.

St Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hotel, with its six versatile function rooms, could be the perfect venue for you and your staff.

Whatever your choice, remember to book early and enjoy a very Happy Christmas and great New Year.

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Within The St. James Hotel, Grimsby We at the St. James Hotel know how to help you celebrate over the festive period. We have the ideal location and a tempting choice of menus

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Fri 19th Dec

3-Courses for ÂŁ10.95 per adult From Monday 24th November - Wednesday 31st December (Excludes Christmas Day & Boxing Day)

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Saturday Disco Night Fever

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Sun 21st Dec

ÂŁ22.50 per person | Available Saturday 6th & 13th December

Party Night Stay Over Rates

ÂŁ25.00 per person bed & breakfast ÂŁ15.00 single supplement applies Enjoy your night without having to worry about the drive home and make it a weekend retreat

Lunch with Santa ÂŁ19.50 Adult. ÂŁ12.50 Children, includes a present from Santa & mini disco

Christmas Day

Lunch ÂŁ65.00 Adults ÂŁ32.00 Children Age 4-10

New Years Eve

Sparkle & Mistletoe Dinner ÂŁ34.00

Christmas Day Lunch

ÂŁ47.00 per adult | Children aged up to 12 ÂŁ16.50

Boxing Day Lunch

ÂŁ13.95 per adult | Children aged up to 12 ÂŁ6.50

New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve Celebrations Join us here in The Chantry Restaurant & Bar for our special New Years Eve celebrations. Start the night with cocktails and delicious antipastiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in our bar before moving into the restaurant for our gala buffet. Continue late into the night with our resident D.J â&#x20AC;&#x153;popping & boppingâ&#x20AC;? you into the New Year!

New Years Eve Buffet & Disco only ÂŁ45.00 per person Get the party starting from 7.00pm onwards Stay over for only ÂŁ80.00 per person inclusive of buffet, disco, bed & full English breakfast

Christmas Menus are available every lunch & evening in our restaurant

Saturday 6th December Rocking through the years ÂŁ35 pp Thursday 11th December Drifters & Motown ÂŁ30pp Friday 12th & Saturday 13th December Pure Magic ÂŁ35pp Thursday 18th December Michael Buble &Robbie Williams tribute night ÂŁ30pp

Saturday 20th December Tina Turner ÂŁ35pp

Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunday Lunches

ÂŁ13.95 per adult | Children aged up to 12 ÂŁ6.50 Bring your child and receive a complimentary gift from Santa & his elf helpers!

Available December 7th, 14th & 21st

Rock & Pop Around the Christmas Tree ÂŁ32.00 Includes Christmas Fayre Menu

Friday 5th December Gimme ABBA ÂŁ35 pp

Friday 19th December Blues Brothers ÂŁ35pp

Festive Lunches

Ultimate Christmas 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night ÂŁ32.00 Includes Christmas Fayre Menu

Corporate Christmas

Tuesday 23rd December James bond theme night ÂŁ28pp

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While many still like the idea of a traditional treat, a meal and a night out, as near to December 25 as possible, it is a fact that the run-up to Christmas can be one of the busiest times of the year for some.

Therefore, you do find that actually Christmas can start as early as mid-autumn as companies will decide to celebrate early â&#x20AC;&#x201C; often combining the traditional event with, maybe, an awards evening of celebration of success.

Entertainment venues across the area will cater for many, many varied requests for both large and small parties, but please make sure you think now if you want to dictate your event.

Venues looking forward to a bumper autumn and winter season include Stallingborough Grange, which has a variety of Christmas events planned, featuring live music for the first time.

There is a Michael Buble tribute night on Friday, December 5, an Ultimate Christmas 70s night on Friday, December 12 and a Rock And Pop Around The Christmas Tree night on Friday, December 19. All will include the hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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COMMERCIAL vehicle dealership in South Killingholme has reached the pinnacle in its field – and now it is aiming to stay there.

DSV Commercials on Eastfield Road picked up the coveted MAN Large Dealer Of The Year Award – beating off competition from other MAN dealers in the country.

Dealer principal Chris Marshall said the accolade was recognition of the dedication and excellence of the company’s 25-strong team.

He added: “This is the recognition of a team performance. It is not down to any one individual. It is down to everybody in the team putting in excellent and sustained effort.

“I know we have got some of the best employees in the area but to be recognised as being the best is the just reward that we deserve.”

He said commitment and attention to detail were the major factors in the company’s success, adding: “It is really down to having everybody on the team engaged and performing to a consistently high standard.”

The dealership’s commitment to staff development is exemplified by the recent graduation of aftersales manager Les Smith with a diploma in Applied Business Studies.

Mr Smith completed the course over an 18-month period, attending classes at the University of Worcester for three days each month.

The diploma was run by senior executives with extensive industry experience, and Mr Smith said it had given him invaluable guidance on how to develop the business.

He said: “It was fantastic. I got a lot out of it – not only the course itself that gave me so much

TOP NOTCH: Director of DSV Commercials, Chris Marshall and right, after sales business manager Les Smith, are delighted after the firm scooped the MAN Dealer Of The Year Award.

Picture: Abby Ruston background knowledge but sharing ideas and experiences with fellow MAN network members.”

Mr Marshall said: “The course is aimed at middle to high-level managers and it has given Les the tools to do his job more effectively, efficiently and to maximise

profitability.”

Looking to the future, Mr Marshall said the aim was to maintain the high standards achieved in the past year or so.

“We want to use this success as motivation and encouragement to press on developing the business,

continue to win awards and cement the future of the business for the next 25 years.

“We are in tough trading times but with the commitment of the team I am confident of repeating the success which we have recently achieved.”

Company has new tractor units all wrapped up

It is important to look at the effect of our carbon footprint on the environment. We work closely with Grimsby Van Centre to maximise the opportunities to source the most up-to-date vehicles in the market and give us the best economic performance Chris Marshall

DSV Commercials have been buoyed by the return to the MAN brand of Beelsby-based Fenwick Brothers.

The farming company has purchased two new tractor units from the South Killingholme dealership, both featuring an eye-catching livery produced by Revolution Wraps of Lincoln.

Chris Marshall, dealer principal at DSV Commercials, said: “They have got all makes in their fleet so it’s nice to see them return to the brand after a number of years.”

DSV has also been busy upgrading its own fleet of vehicles, replacing its parts van with a more fuel efficient model.

It has purchased a new long wheelbase Ford Transit from Grimsby Van Centre to replace its two-year-old Citroen Berlingo.

The new van is larger than its predecessor, allowing it to make the same number of deliveries in fewer journeys, and

NEW VEHICLESales manager Graham Sykes, of Grimsby Van Centre, hands over the keys to a new parts delivery van to parts supervisor Simon Bradley at DSV Commercials.

Pictures: Abby Ruston has a higher fuel efficiency.

The Ford boasts “stop-start” technology, meaning that the engine automatically switches off

when the van is stationary.

Mr Marshall is expecting a saving of around 10 per cent on fuel costs.

He said: “It is important to

EYE-CATCHING: One of the newly-branded tractor units, which Fenwick Bros Ltd are taking delivery of.

look at the effect of our carbon footprint on the environment.

“We work closely with Grimsby Van Centre to

maximise the opportunities to source the most up-to-date vehicles in the market and give us the best economic performance.”

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Nick’s welcome return after in-house role PAN-HUMBER law firm Andrew Jackson is welcoming lawyer Nick Fraser back as a consultant.

Formerly an employment and pensions lawyer, for the past ten years he has worked in the role of in-house solicitor and group company secretary for the UK operations of German pharmaceuticals and chemicals company Merck KGaA. During this time Mr Fraser, pictured, has also chaired the board of trustees of three defined benefit pension schemes and led various projects to wind up, merge and restructure a number of defined contribution and defined benefit pension schemes.

Mark Pearson-Kendall, managing partner of Andrew Jackson, said: “We are delighted to welcome Nick back to the firm.

“His highly-specialised pensions expertise will complement our existing services to private clients and business clients requiring corporate and employment law advice. Nick’s extensive recent experience of working for a global corporation, combined with his legal skills and knowledge, means that he will be able to deliver real insight and understanding of the commercial and legal requirements of our clients – and he is already re-establishing many of the close client and professional relationships that he enjoyed when he was previously at the firm.”

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NEW APPOINTMENTS: Jenny Kennedy and Mark Elton have joined Henderson Insurance Brokers.

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COMMITMENT to local recruitment and investment in continual development is paying dividends for Henderson Insurance Brokers Ltd.

period of continued growth for Henderson, which has seen the company outgrow its three-storey office close to Humberside International Airport. As a result, the company is in the process of opening a second office nearby to The Grimsby-founded company accommodate the group’s has recently added to its accounting function. home-grown talent with two key It will be the 12th office, having new appointments at the group’s grown from its original single main administrative office in office start-up in Grimsby town Kirmington. centre. Henderson now employs New employees, Jenny Kennedy more than 350 staff across the UK and Mark Elton, have taken up and invests heavily in training positions as account executives with at least 20 per cent of the within the general insurance team. workforce undertaking Both bring a wealth of experience work-related study and with more than a quarter of a qualifications at any one time. century of combined broking Founder and chief executive Joe under their belts.

Henderson said: “Our company It is the latest development in a ethos has always been simple; to

employ the best people and put customer service at the heart of everything we do. Staying true to these two core principles has helped us to achieve consistent growth and success. I am extremely proud to have watched and supported the development of employees, from school and college-leavers to directors, who help shape our business and its future.

“It is also very rewarding to attract talented people like Jenny Kennedy, who has been a loyal employee to a competitor for 14 years. Gaining the experience of people like Jenny and Mark Elton is important in ensuring that our business continues to evolve in line with our clients’ needs.”

Glasses raised at expanding jar and bottle firm GRADUATE Sam Graves has joined Grimsby business Pattesons Glass Ltd as an advertising and marketing executive.

From Waltham, he studied sports business management at the University Of Lincoln and this is his first role following his degree course.

Sam said: “Pattesons is an exciting business and the first few weeks have been very different to university life. I know the theory, now it is about implementing it, it is a steep learning curve but I am enjoying it.”

Also on board is Durham-based Tom Borgiel, recruited from within the industry as an external sales representative.

David Mann, managing director of Pattesons, said: “This is the first time we have had a person focused on being on the road, travelling up and down the country, visiting new customers and old, trying to get us in to certain markets we are not currently in.

“It is all part of our five-year business plan. We want to build a team really. These are two new roles, but we envisage more.

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what you get from advertising and marketing, but we want to make sure we are the major players in our field, and that we stay one step ahead of the others.”

Two new markets have recently been entered with a supermarket-stocked coffee company and some products for the discount retailers.

“The business is going really well,” said Mr Mann. “Growth this year is around 40 per cent up on last year, and we are now working with a lot of national brands.”

Pattesons won the North East Lincolnshire Economic Investment Award at the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards in 2012, following the radical expansion and overhaul of the premises on Estate Road 8 on South Humberside Industrial Estate. This year it has sponsored the World Jampionships 2014, as previously reported in Business Telegraph.

It brought together a key market with Grimsby’s historic business Ticker. The preserve-focused competition came to a close earlier this month.

TEAM GAME: David Mann, right, welcomes Sam Graves to Pattesons.

BATEMANS’ APPRENTICES: Clare Pritchard, Scott Lawrence and Harriet Hanson,

Apprentices say cheers!

LINCOLNSHIRE family brewer Batemans has seen real success through its apprenticeship programme, with three members of the team progressing through the company and continuing their education while at work.

They originally arrived on temporary work experience placements, but showed such promise that they were given full-time positions.

Clare Pritchard, who joined Batemans on an administration apprenticeship, has just completed her NVQ Level 2 in business and administration, and now plans to progress on to Level 3. She currently works in the accounts department.

Harriet Hanson is a fellow administration apprentice, and alongside her Level 2, which she has just completed, she has attended training that will specifically help her job role, including cellar quality and wine-tasting courses. She now works in the profit partnership area of the company, and manages the recruitment of new tenants, while helping to organise brewery events.

Scott Lawrence was the third person to join the Batemans scheme, as a transport operations apprentice, and was assessed for his NVQ Level 2 in business and administration at the brewery and Skegness college.

He also completed manual handling, pub and cellar management and first aid training courses.

Harriet said: “I love working at Batemans and I’ve never felt so appreciated. The work is very varied which I enjoy, and I relish the responsibility I’ve been given. It has been great to earn more qualifications while working, and Batemans has already said they will support me if I want to progress on to a higher level such as a diploma – I really feel like part of the family!”

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Premises secured for new recruitment firm

KEY OF THE DOOR: An official key handover took place from Lawrence Brown of Scotts hands the keys to Jose Stewart, director of Humber Recruitment, for new premises in Burgess Court, Victoria Street, Grimsby. Also pictured, centre, is Emma Wilson, marketing. Picture: Abby Ruston

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HE Government’s response to the recent consultation process on zero carbon “allowable solutions” for new home building has now been published.

The self-set target of 2016 for all new houses to meet the stringent targets is looming, with developers to be given the choice of how to comply, by using renewable technologies to reach the standard, or by paying an offset fee.

A national design framework for allowable solutions will be drawn up and the Infrastructure Bill 2014-2015, which is currently being debated, will grant the Government the power to enforce the framework through the Building Regulations regime.

Solicitor Laura Lougher, who specialises in property at Grimsby’s Wilkin Chapman Grange, said: “The option for developers to pay a fee to offset their carbon emissions is controversial. Some environmentalists and renewable technology material suppliers believe that this is allowing developers to take the easy option.”

Nearly half of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions come from the built environment, so improving the energy efficiency of, and reducing carbon from, buildings is essential in enabling the Government to continue its contribution to tackling climate change.

Miss Lougher said: “Existing housing is far behind the homes currently being built in terms of efficiency. If the money paid by developers to offset their carbon rating is to be used to upgrade existing buildings, the overall savings will be significantly higher.

“There is also an argument that giving developers the option to pay an offset fee, instead of having to install renewable technologies, will help to drive commercial competitiveness in the renewable market.

Suppliers will be encouraged to provide solutions as efficiently as possible to persuade

developers to choose their products, rather than paying an offset fee.”

Further consultation is required on the criteria for allowable solutions, a price cap for the option to pay into an offset fund and the thresholds for a small site exemption.

“There is some way to go before these issues are resolved and the law is finalised, however, the current proposals recognise that it is not always technically feasible or economically viable to achieve zero carbon emissions through on-site measures alone,” Miss Lougher added.

Chris Carr, joint managing director of Cleethorpes-based Carr & Carr (Builders) Ltd, and chairman of the Federation of Master Builders, Home Builders Group, said: “In terms of the energy efficiency of homes now being built, it should be recognised that the house building industry has come a long way in a short space of time. We now have among the tightest energy efficiency standards for new homes of anywhere in Europe. Ask someone who has moved into a house built in the last couple of years, and the chances are they will tell you their energy bills are very low.

“We’re now at the point where, certainly when building anything more complex than a simple box-like home, to make further energy improvements and still sell at a price which is attractive to most homebuyers, is technically very difficult. It has always been recognised that meeting zero carbon on site would be impossible in most cases, so the ‘allowable solutions’ element was always envisaged as part of the solution.

“Small sites, which tend to be built by smaller firms, face particular cost disadvantages in delivering the on-site requirements, so a proposed exemption does makes sense. Taken as a whole, the proposed zero carbon framework is still very ambitious, but it recognises the reality of what is actually deliverable.”

HUMBER Recruitment, the recently-launched Grimsby firm, is reaping the rewards of early success, taking on new premises in the heart of Grimsby town centre.

Originally based at E-Factor’s Business Hive on Dudley Street, the growth means that they are now moving into Burgess Court in Victoria Street, in a move described by director Jose Stewart as “breathtaking.”

Miss Stewart said: “When we established the firm we expected slow and steady growth but we have been inundated with enquiries and as a result of our success have now taken on new premises to help us meet the growing demand.”

The premises were let to Humber Recruitment by commercial property firm Scotts, ironically neighbouring her former employer, Manpower.

Lawrence Brown, partner at Scotts, said: “I have known Jose for years. We both used to work at the same building, Hampton House, and I saw her a few weeks

ago when she was launching Humber Recruitment. At the time I said to her that if she needed new premises to give me a call but I was not expecting it quite so quickly!”

The new premises enjoy a big display frontage together with modern workstations for the consultants and excellent interview and assessment facilities. The premises will also have a fully modern functional training room.

Miss Stewart added: “These premises give us an opportunity to continue to grow the business.

I am sure that we will soon be regarded as a major success story for local business in the area.”

As reported last month, she was inspired by entrepreneurial events held over the past year, and intrigued by the renewables revolution. Humber Recruitment focuses on ports and shipping, renewables, engineering, chemical and pharmaceuticals.

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PASTURE STREET • Industrial Property • 1800 Sq Ft On Ground Floor • 970 Sq Ft On First Floor • Reception Area • Ideal For Car Repairs / Tyres • Yard To The Rear • Epc Rating E

IMMINGHAM

MANBY ROAD • Freehold Development Site • Excellent Location Just Off Manby Road (a1173) • Serviced Plots From 0.20 Ha (0.5 Acres) • Total Site 2.39 Ha (5.91 Acres) • Suitable For B1 • B2 And B8 Uses • Design And Build Opportunities Available • Epc Not Required

LOUTH

CASTLE WAY • To Let £23,000 Pax • Industrial Unit • Fairfield Industrial Estate • Part Of Larger Site • 633.83 Sq M (6,821 Sq Ft) • Epc Rating C

HUMBERSTON

WILTON ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE • Produces £24,000 Pax • 1 Years Remianing Tri Lease • Workshop • Single Storey With First Floor Mezzanine • B1/b2 Use • Includes All Fixtures And Fittings And Business Assets • 2 Full Height Sliding Doors • Three Phase Electricity • Freehold • Epc Rating F

INGHAM

HIGHCLIFFE FARM • Eco One • State Of The Art Building • Panoramic Views • Excellent Car Parking • Ground Floor Offices 2925 Sq Ft Each Suite • First Floor Offices 3,025 Sq Ft Each Suite • Rainwater Harvesting • Photovoltaic Panels • Renewable Insulation • Epc Rating A

£120,000 Freehold

Price on Application Freehold

£23,000 To Let pax

£250,000 Freehold

POA £4 per sq ft To Let pax

GRIMSBY

£30,000 Freehold

CLEETHORPES

£125,000 Freehold

CROMWELL AVENUE • Detached Single Shop Unit • Has Been Used As A Fishing Tackle Shop For The Last 40 Years • Suitable For A Variety Of Uses • 77.7sqm (836.36 Sq Ft) • Epc Rating D

GRIMSBY ROAD • Investment Property • A2 Use For The Commercial Aspect • 3 Bedroom Flat Above • £125,000 Freehold Or • To Let £5,000 Pax • Prominent Corner Position • Epc Instructed

NEW

£525,000 Freehold

HABROUGH

STATION ROAD • Hotel / Business For Sale • 2 Bed Owners Living Accommodation • 14 Beds All With Ensuites • Paddock To The Rear • Car Park • Site Area Approx. 1 Acre • Freehold • Easy Access To The Motorway • Epc Rating C

GRIMSBY

RICHMOND ROAD • Ground Floor Retail • Leasehold - 99 Years Remaining • Neighbouring Residential Area • Potential For Change Of Use Subject To Planning • Epc Rating D

SCAWBY BROOK, BRIGG

SILVERSIDES LANE • Development Land With Full Planning Consent For Up To 44 Plots • Land Partially Developed With Road Up To Base Course • 3.9 Acres (1.6 Ha) • No Requirement For Social Housing • Epc Not Required

NEW

£62,950 Leasehold

NEW

£1,800,000 Freehold

With Offices at

HUMBERSTON

WILTON ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE • Investment Property • Rental Income Of £103,440 Pax • Freehold £1,100,000 • Available Units Currently 3f • Epcs On All Units Available

£1,100,000 Freehold

GRIMSBY

£650,000 Freehold

GREETWELL

£350,000 Freehold

SOUTH HUMBERSIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE • Industrial Investment • 1079 Sq M (11607 Sq Ft) • Food Processing Unit • Established Industrial Estate • 10 Year Lease From Jan 2006 • Copies Available • Passing Rent £75,000 Pax • Epc Rating C

KIRTON ROAD • Owner Occupier Opportunity Or Investment • 5 Apartments • Could Be Converted Back Into Large Bungalow • Epc Rating D - Pine Lodge • Epc Rating E - Front Lodge • Epc Rating E - Lodge End • Epc Rating D - The Den • Epc Rating E - Pine Cottage

GRIMSBY

INDUSTRIAL ROAD 7 • 3.6 Acres Or 6.1 Acres Land • Freehold • Price - £150,000 Per Acre • Epc Not Required

BRIGG

EUROPA WAY • To Let £8,250 Pax • Photo Of Example Building Only • Brand New Business Park • Europa Way • Ancholme Business Park • Development Of Newly Built Industrial Units • New Court Yard Terrace, Fully Fenced • Units From 139 Sq M To 464 Sq M • Negotiable Lease Terms • Rents From £8,250 Pax

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£150,000 per Acre Freehold

£8,250 To Let pax

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Commercial Property

Mega projects hit key milestones

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WOOD YOU BELIEVE IT: Clugston Contructionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leeds waste-to-energy project sees the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest timber arch being erected.

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CUNTHORPE contracting giants Brit- record. Our first gas-to-grid AD plant is now con and Clugston have both hit major operational as a showcase for both the ReFood brand and also the AD industry as a whole both milestones on large-scale projects.

Britcon has completed a ÂŁ20 million anaerobic digestion plant for ReFood at Widnes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the biggest gas-to-grid plant in the UK, while, slightly closer to home, the largest ever timber frame structure of its type to be built in the UK has been installed at a waste-to-energy plant in Leeds.

The Widnes plant is the second for ReFood in the UK. Britcon was appointed to deliver the complex and highly specialist project following successful completion of the first plant in Doncaster, for which it was also recently appointed to deliver a ÂŁ1.85 million extension.

John Whitmore, Britcon construction director, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have built a strong and trusting relationship with ReFood across the UK and are delighted to be considered a valued partner as it seeks to expand existing operations.â&#x20AC;?

The scheme has seen 1,000 international workers employed over an intensive 18-month build programme.

Paul Morris, operations director at ReFood, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once again Britcon has delivered to very exacting standards on an extremely specialist and demanding project. We are delighted that the Britcon team has completed this project on time and on budget with an impeccable safety

in the UK and Europe.â&#x20AC;?

Work has been progressing on the 42-metre high arched timber structure since early June for Clugstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leeds Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility. It is built in collaboration with partner CNIM, under contract with Veolia, for Leeds City Council. It is scheduled for completion next summer.

Clugston Construction project manager Tony Wing said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have progressed at the facility in Leeds as expected. Everyone who is working on site is proud to be part of such an exciting project.â&#x20AC;?

Manufactured using Glulam laminated timber â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one of the most sustainable building and construction materials available â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the material was not only chosen for its structural qualities, but also for its sustainable and aesthetically pleasing properties.

The design of the facility comes from internationally renowned architect Jean-Robert Mazaud of Sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;pace Architects in France. The frame has been supplied by German timber specialist, Hess Timber, whose recent work includes the D1 tower in Dubai and the Museum of the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris.

LOUTH 01507 602264 GRIMSBY 01472 362020 LINCOLN 01522 511665 MABLETHORPE 01507 473476 SKEGNESS 01754 766061 SPILSBY 01790 752151 SUTTON ON SEA 01507 441166 WOODHALL SPA 01526 354111 www.tes-property.co.uk www.rightmove.co.uk

CHARTERED SURVEYORS & COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CONSULTANTS

LOUTH

LOUTH

GRIMSBY

Unit 23, Nottingham Court

Unit 9, Nottingham Court

The Cooperage, East St

* Approx 946 ft²/88 sqm * High eaves approx 4.25/14ft * New leases available * Reduced rental in year 1

* 1 X 2,000 sqft/ 186sqm units * Building suitable for industrial/commercial uses, subject to appropriate consents * High eaves approx. 18ft/5.5m, suit a variety of uses subject to consents * Approx 12700 sqft/1180 sqm on 3 levels, * Available on new lease terms, by negotiation, Incentives by negotiation * Yard/car park approx. 7334 sqft/682 sqm * Ripe for development, EPC Rating G

TO LET

TO LET

RENT ÂŁ8500 p.a.x.

RENT ÂŁ3,750 p.a.x.

NEW MARKET HALL

New Market Hall

TO LET

RENT/PRICE

By negotiation

GRIMSBY

48, Eastgate

413, Weelsby Street

TO LET

FOR SALE

* 2 units available, From 121 sqft to 348 sqft * High Street retail premises arranged over 3 floors, EPC Rating D * Former shop store and yard, Approx 33.91 sqm/365 sqft plus enclosed yard * Rents from ÂŁ4000 p.a. exclusive of outgoings /VAT * Approx 950 sqft/88.3 sqm ground floorl, Secondary approx. * Former fishing tackle and bait business premises, EPC Rating F * Suitable for a variety of uses, subject to consents, EPC rating C/D 860 sqft/80 sqm * Suitable for alternative uses, Reversionary ground rent interest in 2 adjoining * Call 01472 362020 Ref JP * Highly visual prominent frontage flats

RENT ÂŁ4000 p.a. RENTAL PROPOSALS ON ÂŁ25,000 p.a.x.

GRIMSBY

GREAT GRIMSBY BUSINESS PARK

18 Cleethorpe Road

Fiskerton Way

TO LET

PRICE ÂŁ22,000

85-89, Pasture Street

TO LET

FOR SALE

* Period office building, Approx 1029 sq ft/95.6 sq m * first floor office accommodation, Approx 1040 sqft/96.73 sqm, in 2 offices * 3 potentially separate retail units, used as office accommodation, EPC Rating G * 5 offices on 2 levels, Close to Victoria St North/ * Air conditioning to part & CH, DG, category 2 lighting, * Approx 606 sq/66.32 sqm of sales space (gross), Units from 178 sqft - 224 Westgate * Meeting room available by appointment, Designated Parking, New Lease sqft (16.6 - 20.8sqm) or multiples thereof, Each unit has separate access from * EPC Rating F available, EPC Rating C the frontage

RENT ÂŁ5500 p.a.

GRIMSBY

Site, Railway Street FOR SALE

* Former motor trade sales pitch, Workshop/office and LPG facility * Overall site approx 0.64 acres/0.25 hectares (SSTS) * Suit alternative uses subject to appropriate consents, * EPC Rating E

COMPLETE: ReFood anaerobic digestion plant at Widnes is handed over. From left, John Whitmore and Paul Morris; with Britcon staff Richard Hattee, site manager, Pete Cawkwell, project manager and Ryan Dixon, site quantity surveyor.

RENT ÂŁ150 p.w. exclusive

LOUTH

GRIMSBY

Unit 4 New Market Hall

TO LET

2, Town Hall Street

FOR SALE

* Niche retail unit, in established New Market Hall location * Professional, town centre office accommodation, Approx 1214 sqft;/113sqm * Approx 320 ft/29.8 m * 8 offices on 2 levels with some flexibility, including a strong room and archive * Traditional shop front space * EPC rating C * Many period features, Gas central heating, Freehold, EPC Rating E

Offers on ÂŁ200,000 RENT ÂŁ4,500 p.a. + VAT incl service charge

Offers around ÂŁ110,000

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Modern self-contained industrial / business unit of 145.25 sq m (1,562 sq ft) approx.

Excellent specification including fitted office accommodation, lighting and security alarm. ● Located on a prestigious flagship business park with good access to the A180/M180. ● Available for immediate occupation. ● EPC Band E

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FROM £7,000 PAX TO LET

INDUSTRIAL GRIMSBY

INDUSTRIAL SCUNTHORPE

Unit 5A Gilbey Road ●

Modern self contained industrial unit of 232.82 sq m (2,505 sq ft) approx.

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Clear span warehouse/workshop with office/trade counter area.

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Designated servicing and parking for 6 vehicles.

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Prominent and accessible location close to the A180 and Grimsby Docks.

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EPC Rating C.

FOR SALE/TO LET £120,000/£12,000 PAX TO LET

Units B1 & B2, Mercia Way

£12,375 PAX

INDUSTRIAL/OFFICES SCUNTHORPE

Modern self-contained industrial premises of 165.54 sq m (1,781 sq ft) to 323.46 sq m (3,480 sq ft) approx.

Popular and well-established industrial location with good road access to M181, M180 and the national motorway network. ● Available either as one or as two individual units. ● Available for immediate occupation. ●

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TO LET

RETAIL SCUNTHORPE

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Suitable for various uses

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Approx. 54.78 sq m (590 sq ft) plus first floor storage

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EPC Band C

TO LET

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Excellent opportunity.

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Due to Re-location

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Established

Self-contained open storage site of 0.34 Ha (0.84 acres) approx. ● Hardcore/tarmac surface. ● Fully fenced and gated compound. ● Popular location to the edge of Scunthorpe town centre benefiting from good road access to the A18 and M180. ●

RETAIL CLEETHORPES

NEW

83 High Street

Prime town centre retail premises of 204.41 sq m (2,200 sq ft) approx. ● Prominent position on the pedestrianised High Street close to Sports Direct, Primark, HSBC and Lloyds Bank. ● Available for immediate occupation. ● EPC rating D. ●

RETAIL/OFFICE GRIMSBY

Rear of Plot 21, Warren Road

62 Eastgate ●

Former Off License premises providing 92.04 sq m (990 sq

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Prominent location within Louth town centre.

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Would suit a variety of retail or possibly office uses,

ft) approx.

subject to consent.

£7,500 PAX TO LET

£15,000 PAX

RETAIL BRIGG

RETAIL

NEW

2-4 Market Place

Substantial town centre property Excellent opportunity in need of work ● Prominent location overlooking the Market Place ● Large former Co-Op Food Store on ground floor ● Upper floors comprising residential, ancillary and storage space ● EPC Band C ●

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NEW

221-229 Grimsby Road ●

Extensive retail/showroom premises of 292.34 sq m (3,145 sq ft) approx. with ancillary accommodation to the rear.

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Popular and prominent location on Grimsby Road (A180)

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Consideration may be given to sub-division.

with car parking/servicing to the rear.

£295,000 TO LET

OFFICES SCUNTHORPE

NEW

REF 10281SL/1

REF 7208SI/1

RETAIL CAISTOR

OFFICES SCUNTHORPE

RETAIL

NEW

ON APPLICATION TO LET

£18,000 PAX FOR SALE/TO LET £275,000/£27,500 PAX FOR SALE

35 Oswald Road

NEW

£9,000 PAX FOR SALE/TO LET

REF 10300SR/1

Prominent town centre location

REF 10247SR/1

Ground floor shop unit

SCUNTHORPE

Substantial engineering facility.

Adjacent to Port of Immingham ● Approximately 5,694.25 sq m (61,293 sq ft) ● Mixture of offices, workshops and stores ● Including craneage and parking ● EPC Band E. ●

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NEW

2 Market Place ●

Kings Road/Middleplatt Road

FROM £4,950 PAX

LAND LOUTH

REF 10315SR/1

£28,000 PAX TO LET

GAINSBOROUGH NEW

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REF 10229SR/1

TO LET

Versatile premises Unit 6B - 179.55 sq m (1,933 sq ft) ● With parking ● Land/yard also available separately ● Easy access to the M180, Crowle and Scunthorpe ● Available on new leases ●

REF 9498SO/1

Unit6BandLand, WharfRoad,EalandIndustrialEstate REF 9362SI/1

Modern self-contained industrial premises of 580.28 sq m (6,246 sq ft) approx. ● Fitted offices, reception/trade counter and clear span warehouse/workshop. ● Ample servicing/loading and parking areas. ● Fully fenced and secure site. ● EPC Rating C.

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INDUSTRIAL

REF 10023SI/1

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REF 8794SI/1

Prominent corner position.

Well-established industrial estate. ● Good road communication links to Scunthorpe town centre and M180 motorway. ● Suitable for various uses (subject to planning). ● Approx. 391.08 sq m (4,317 sq ft). ●

NEW

Unit 1 Ginetta Park, Dunlop Way

£8,500 PAX

NEW

Oak House, East Common Lane

INDUSTRIAL IMMINGHAM

Unit 10, Pegasus Square, Europarc

REF 10330SR/1

INDUSTRIAL CROWLE

Warehouse/industrial premises Each unit approx 232.25 sq m (2,500 sq ft) so 464.5 sq m (5,000 sq ft) total ● Good access to M181/M180 and wharf facilities along the River Trent ● Available on a new lease individually or as a pair ● EPC Band D

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Unit 3, 1-2 Britannia Court, Queen Street Ground floor lock-up retail premises of 106.98 sq m (1,154 sq ft) approx.

Planning consent for A1 retail and A3 Caf"É©/Restaurant ● Available upon new lease following completion of subdivision works ● Rent £8,950 per annum ●

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£25,000 PAX TO LET

£8,950 PAX

OFFICES SCUNTHORPE

NEW

REF 10240SR/1

SCUNTHORPE

Units 30 & 32 Bellwin Drive

£60,000 PAX TO LET

SCUNTHORPE NEW

01724 282278 or648888 01472 267513 01482

INDUSTRIAL

REF 10273SI

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REF 10090SI/1

Modern detached premises of 1,800 sq m (19,375 sq ft) approx.

Clear span building with 5.25 metres eaves height, one full height roller shutter door and one dock leveler. Fitted lighting and gas warm air heating ● Extensive car park/servicing being fully enclosed and having secure boundaries and two separate gated access points. ● EPC Rating D.

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REF 10353SI/1

4 Snowdonia Avenue

www.pph-commercial.co.uk

INDUSTRIAL GRIMSBY

NEW

REF 10234SI/1

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INDUSTRIAL FLIXBOROUGH

SCUNTHORPE NEW

OFFICES

NEW

only.

SCUNTHORPE

OFFICES GRIMSBY

OFFICES GRIMSBY

TO LET

GroundFloorOfficesPegasusSquare,PegasusWay Modern ground floor office premises of 102 sq m (1,098 sq ft) approx Excellent specification incl fitted kitchen, WC facilities, air conditioning, suspended ceiling incorporating Cat 2 lighting and double glazed windows ● Dedicated parking set within pleasant landscaped grounds ● Popular and highly desirable location upon Europarc with good road access to the A180/M180

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ON APPLICATION TO LET

OFFICES/LEISURE SCUNTHORPE

NEW

REF 10169SO/1

REF 2902SO/1

Modern refurbished office suites from 27 sq m (292 sq ft) to 154 sq m (1,658 sq ft) ● Excellent specification including double glazing, suspended ceiling with fitted lighting and heating ● Attractive landscaped grounds with car parking, shared kitchen and WC facilities ● Popular and accessible location close to Junction 4 of the M180 ●

¢ Modern high quality managed business suite 115.38 sq m (1,242 sq ft) with excellent voice and data communication infrastructure ● ¢ High speed broadband internet access ● ¢ Fitted heating, lighting, carpeting and carpeting and on site car parking facilities. ● ¢ Prominent and accessible location with good links to the motorway network ● ¢ Use of well equipped conference and meeting rooms

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£105,000 FOR SALE/TO LET £169,500/£12,000 PAX TO LET

NEW

Queensway Business Centre, Dunlop Way

Normanby Gateway, Lysaghts Way

Former Tukes Cafe with conferencing and meeting room facilities providing 719 sq m (7,736 sq ft) approx.

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Available upon new Lease.

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Would suit a variety of alternative uses such as offices, leisure, restaurant/licensed premises and training.

£12,000 PAX TO LET

Self-contained modern two storey office premises 169.4 sq m (1,823 sq ft) approx.

Gas central heating, double glazed windows, suspended ceilings incorporating fitted lighting. ● Car parking for 7 vehicles. ● Available upon a new lease.

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ON APPLICATION TO LET

PUB/CLUB BARTON

NEW

3-7 Brighowgate ●

Unit 6, Plot 9 Exmoor Avenue

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Former working men¨"És club/function venue/bar

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Two bedroom flat Car park, garage and outbuilding

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Popular location

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Approx. 517.22 sq m (5,567 sq ft)

£32,500 PAX FOR SALE

£9,000 PAX

MIXED USE

NEW

The Coronation Club, Rowland Road ●

REF 9940SO/1

Detached former doctors' surgery of 162.07 sq m (1,743 sq ft) approx. ● Two storey property with car parking to the rear for 8 vehicles. ● Rare opportunity to purchase or lease multi-functional premises in close proximity to the town centre ●

31 Fleetgate

Excellent purchase opportunity.

Substantial town centre premises.

Currently used for education/training purposes and commercial laundry. ● Potential for various other uses (subject to planning). ● Approx. 236.62 sq m (2,547 sq ft).

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£175,000 FOR SALE

The Region’s Award Winning Commercial Property Agent

REF 10251SR/1

the rear.

FOR SALE/TO LET £140,000/£14,000 PAX FOR SALE

58E Cottage Beck Road

REF 837SO/1

4 car parking spaces to

Semi-detached two storey office premises with parking for 8 - 9 vehicles. ● Available for immediate occupation. ● Popular office/professional area within easy reach of Grimsby town centre. ● EPC Rating E ●

REF 10288S/1

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22 Dudley Street

REF 10320SO/1

(1,562 sq ft).

REF 10341SO/1

Approx. 145.09 sq m

REF 10326SO/1

location. ●

REF 10214SO/1

professional/retail

£190,000