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British Steel flags up supply chain intentions by Dave Laister Business Editor
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RITISH Steel bosses believe the new-look company will emerge as a leading force in the regional economy once again. A focused, smaller-scale operation headquartered in Scunthorpe, will be capable of maximising opportunities provided by a local supply chain, it has been stated. Commercial director Peter Hogg, in a first in-depth interview following the purchase of the long products business by Greybull from Tata Steel, has told how there are definite advantages to leading the business from northern Lincolnshire. Reflecting on the handover, with the flag-raising ceremony earlier this month adding to a sense of history in the making, he told how supplier and customer involvement was vital. He said: “It was a day like no other, a really good feeling. “The most evocative part for me was when we raised the flags, the two new British Steel flags. We had the longest serving employee on one, and one of the youngest apprentices doing the other. Both started as mechanical apprentices, just 44 years apart. It was something quite special.� And who witnessed it was key. “We had about 200 guests with us, a whole range of people, including the MP Nic Dakin and our high profile guest, Business Secretary Sajid Javid,� Mr Hogg said. “For us, it was important to have the customers and suppliers there. They are the people who got us to where we are, as well as our employees and the trade unions. Not every supplier or every customer was there, but they were represented, and they have stuck with us, they had a sense of belief in the business in quite difficult times, and it is great for them, as well as us, to see where we have
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A DAY LIKE NO OTHER: The flag-raising marked the transfer. got to. Our message was that we are grateful for the support given and that we now look forward and develop together. It was a great occasion, and for us, there is a lot to build on.� The £400 million financing package raised by Greybull will now provide a mix of working capital – as it secures raw material
to actually manufacture the steel – and investment support, to ensure the huge works are fully capable. Keen to stress the importance of driving cost efficiencies in the new era, Mr Hogg said: “The work we have done with suppliers in the last six months really shows us we can engage with them and work with them, and we can end up
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Jessica Leyland, from Bradford, who is on Premier Training’s books, also won AAT Student of the Year, completing her qualification in just seven months. And it comes as an online support forum for students, sponsored by Premier, gains significant traction. Launched more than a year ago by accountancy student Natasha Everard, it now has more than 3,200 members, and Mrs Crockett is delighted to help it flourish. She has also taken Natasha on as student resources co-ordinator, having been a distance learner with the Queens Road firm. Natasha said: “The website has been created and maintained by myself, a student, for students. “Through my experience of studying accountancy, I have tackled many issues and hurdles. I spent a lot of time researching and figuring out how to resolve them and wanted to share my experiences of how I overcame them. “This website was created with the intention of providing a one-stop centre for all information for studying, career development, IT updates, help guides and up-to-date news in order to help students become the person they aspire to become. “Since I became an employee of Premier Training, the running and the maintaining of this website and Facebook group, has become part of my role. Premier Training has kindly supported my project with their technical knowledge and invaluable free resources to help the website achieve its full potential.”
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Expectations exceeded with Humber Gateway
Month in Review Fossil fuel producer’s £4m green expansion ENERGY: New technology brought forward by a domestic fuel producer in Immingham could be expanded as it seeks to build on its green credentials with a £4 million investment, creating up to 40 jobs. Coal Products Ltd, the largest European producer in its field, has centred manufacturing on the dock estate, and is looking at bringing forward a new production and energy generating facility. Two years ago the business was awarded a Regional Growth Fund grant of £70,000 for research and development, as it brought more renewable content to the fuels it produced. A success, it is now being expanded, with different markets also in mind. The proposal, for the site off Western Access Road, has been submitted to North East Lincolnshire Council’s planners. Electricity generation would be at a 1.5MW level, with a grid connection also sought to export a substantial excess.
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HE closest offshore wind farm to the Energy Estuary has exceeded electricity generation expectations in the first full year of operations. E.on’s Humber Gateway, located a few kilometres off Spurn Point, had the 73 MHI Vestas turbines fully energised last spring. Aided by the particularly windy winter weather, it generated almost 854,400 MW hours of electricity to the end of May. The site which has a capacity of 219MW, enough to power 170,000 homes, and moved into full operation two months ahead of schedule. Operated and maintained from Grimsby, it was officially opened by Energy Minster Andrea Leadsom MP in September. Jon Beresford, Humber Gateway plant manager for E.on, said: “We’re very pleased to see such positive generation results in the first full year of operation which is testament to the efforts of our construction team, who reached the full generation milestone two months ahead of schedule and the smooth hand over to the operations team last summer. “Over the last year the operations team based in Grimsby Fish Docks have worked particularly hard to ensure the site's safe and effective operation including the successful completion of three monthly servicing as required for the first year of operation. This will now move to annual servicing, meaning the site is expected to power more megawatt hours of electricity going forward. “The wind farm has created
Engine specialist sails in PORTS: Marine and industrial engine specialist PME Group is gearing up to invest in a Grimsby base, at the request of a leading brand, as it eyes up demand created by offshore wind. The Dorset-based company is an official main dealer for German manufacturer MAN, developer of the diesel engine, and has committed to setting up a service centre in the town. It would be a third location for the 50-year-old company, and the first off the south cost, with an initial three jobs being created. PME also services combined heat and power units and agricultural equipment, with the team aware of opportunities in that sector too. In the marine division the team supports the RNLI, Ministry of Defence, as well as Princess Yachts and Sunseeker International. SPRING IN STEP: Jon Beresford at E.on’s Grimsby base, above, serving Humber Gateway. 47 full time roles plus five local apprentices who we look forward to welcoming on site later this summer once they’ve complete their first year of training in the classroom. “In our first year of operation we’ve also been delighted to have made a positive difference to 20 local projects through our Humber Gateway Community Support Fund and encourage
any community groups and charities in need of extra support to apply this year.� Humber Gateway team has also celebrated success after being awarded Best Renewable Energy Project in this year’s Humber Renewable Awards. � Grimsby Renewables Partnership Annual Conference 2016 launch details, see page 15.
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‘Playing to our strengths will ensure we can build a resilient future for steel’ SCUNTHORPE’S steelworks have come through the latest tough chapter in a colourful history, and come out fighting. Dave Laister spoke to commercial director Peter Hogg
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Hogg, who first stepped on site a quarter of a century ago. “There is an awful lot still to do.� Three weeks in to this new era, and it is clear that those working under a ‘new’ name, in a very familiar environment, are enthused but in no way blind to the challenges the UK steel industry still faces. The tidal wave of euphoria that met the completion of the deal to ensure a future for Long Products hasn’t washed over the issues. They can’t be painted over like the Tata logos, and concerns outside the gates, from currency fluctuation to Government strategy, remain out of the control, even if control of what happens within is so much closer now. But what this launch of British Steel is absolutely about, is accentuating the positives, be it the journey or the products that will ultimately decide just how successful this new venture can be. “One of the things we have all talked about was how it has made steel for more than 125 years, and it very much brings it home to us that this business has had to adapt itself many, many times to changing circumstances,� Mr Hogg said. “It has traded under lots of brands. There is no magic pill we can take that says ‘no problems at all for the next 10 years,’ we are sure there will be challenges and tricky situations to deal with in the future, but at the end of the day, we have gone through one of these difficult stages and come out fighting on the other side. “We have a shiny new brand name, which is
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launched. Rail sector head Richard Bell described it as a “great example of our innovation and development of premium products�. With the likes of HS2 and, potentially, HS3, on home territory, the mood is rightly upbeat. And construction is looking strong too. “We are pushing forward on this area, and the UK market in general is in pretty good shape,� Mr Hogg said. “The London high rise market is quite strong, our sections, beams and columns go into that. “There is increasingly more development outside of London too, and not just in office and commercial, but regional distribution. “Retail has changed in the last 10 years. While Tesco and Sainsbury’s aren’t opening big stores ,a lot more people are working on the supply of goods. A lot of business who had single national distribution centres are now moving to regional models. That’s changed the nature of distribution and it has a knock-on effect on a need for more sheds and distribution centres. Here we are happy to help.� Wire rod, also in the long products portfolio, has huge scope for added value, and technical competence far removed from the issues around commodity-led cheap dumping. “Wire rod has thousands of little applications, and a lot of it tends to end up in automotive and engineering applications, and it is a lot more European business, whether it is wire in suspension springs, tyre reinforcement or special components for engines. “There’s also the bedding and seating market. Mattress springs – it may sound like a vanilla market, a standard application, but people want comfort in a mattress, they want it to last a long
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very much a throw back, but everyone is pretty chuffed about, not just internally, but externally, we have had lots of customer feedback.� While optimism has abounded since June 1, there has been an exacting attention paid to what is good about long products, and where future revenues can really be derived. Mr Hogg said: “We have made some quite difficult decisions around products we are involved in and those we are not. “In the autumn we pulled out of making plate, something we did for a number of decades, and that was a pretty tough decision, but it was our weakest product area, and a product that has got a lot of supply competition in different parts of the world. “Really, the focus now is on core products where our position is strong, products we make are a bit more specific, and we have something we can build on and also defend. “The best example of that is rail. “It is a key product area for us. Virtually all the rail in the UK – 98 per cent – is ours, and then in France, where we have a rolling mill for steel made in Scunthorpe, we supply 85 per cent of the French network. “We supply rail a lot further. Half of what we make goes on to the two networks, the rest travels anywhere and everywhere.� High speed projects in Saudi Arabia, others in North Africa, North and South America, as well as Metro systems in Singapore and Hong Kong will all be running on specialised Scunthorpe steel. One of the first major product announcements was rail, with Zinoco, offering superior corrosion protection in harsh environments,
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� Continued from page one. “We may now be a smaller company than Tata Steel as was, but there is still a significant opportunity. “When working on a European level, sometimes the local element can get missed. That’s an opportunity for us, we are much better able to
make the most of being a significant local player, as opposed to a large company in Europe.� The nominal £1 purchase also includes mills in Teesside and France, the Immingham Bulk Terminal and a design consultancy in York. On how the £400 million will
be used, Mr Hogg said: “Steel is a high turnover business and does require a lot of working capital. The supply chain we have got is quite long, when it comes to raw material it can be iron ore from Brazil and coal from Australia or Canada. It takes a long period of time to get to the
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News Rail innovation underlines focus on ‘best in class’ TRANSPORT: Zinoco is a world-first product that is proving a massive boost to rail giants across the world. It offers superior corrosion protection compared to current rail coating technologies, meaning it can withstand all manner of conditions. The product was developed after calls from Network Rail for more durable protection. Since 2005, Scunthorpe’s steelworks has provided the vast majority of steel for Network Rail, and the direct response brought the innovation. Contracts for the new product, which was developed at the plant, have already been secured across the UK, Ireland and France. A new Zinoco plant has also been built at the Scunthorpe works’ rail and section mill. The automated facility means Zinoco rails can be coated more efficiently, and extensive testing shows it will typically outlast traditional uncoated rail by around five times in a broad range of aggressive environments. The name derives from the words 'Zinc for no corrosion'. Network Rail was looking for an impact-resistant product that would withstand minor mechanical damage and offer sacrificial protection to provide long term protection. Protection against stray current corrosion was particularly important. Sacrificial protection is an electro-chemical reaction which occurs when the anode sacrifices itself in favour of the cathode. The resulting flow of electrons prevents a corrosive chemical reaction. With Zinoco coated rail, the zinc rich (anode) coating corrodes in preference to the steel (cathode), therefore preventing the steel from corroding. The zinc oxide creates a strong barrier to further corrosion – in this way the protection of the metal is guaranteed, even when the zinc layer is slightly damaged.
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SLEEPING ON STEEL: Mattress springs with high consistency are in demand. A DAY LIKE NO OTHER: British Steel commercial director Peter Hogg addresses the 200 guests as the handover is completed from Tata Steel to Greybull. Above, rail in production. period of time. There is a focus on design, the springs go into the thousands, and it gets more and more sophisticated. The people that make these are looking for a very consistent quality, they want the behaviour of the spring to work.” Playing to strengths is clearly a new motto
emerging beneath the new branding. “In a nut shell that is the bit we are really focusing on,” Mr Hogg summised. “Tying to take the most advantage of the strong position we have got, and minimise the weaker positions.”
by an emerging regional force point where it is blended in our process.” As a new business it will also have to work to secure credit lines. When it comes to improvements in the plant, Mr Hogg – who joined the Scunthorpe works as an engineer in 1991, working up
through management positions – said: “The capital investment is against an agreed plan, and the primary focus in the early days of that is about underpinning the fabric of the business, the key bits in the upstream part of the business – whether that is the coke ovens, the blast furnace or steel plant
– the bits where if we don’t get it right, we can’t make steel. “They are the bits we need to take care of first, then the focus will move on a little but more closer to the customer, in terms of how we add that value. There are a number of projects in that plan, and hopefully we have the right mix.”
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As part of the day DS Smith transformed the floor of Ross House. The theme of the day may now be used in other areas of the business. Pete Ward, chief executive of Young’s Seafood, said: “We believe The Grimsbythat virtual integration, rather headquartered company invited than vertical integration, is the five suppliers to pitch an best way to remain agile and innovation or improvement concept survive in a dynamic, challenging directly to the Young’s board. retail market. It is about taking the Many of the ideas showcased are lead, being the architects of change likely to come to market soon, with and championing new innovative the company thought to be the first ideas, making them a reality and seafood processor to work in working together to bring them to partnership with suppliers to bring market. the innovation to supermarkets “During this event we saw some across the UK. really creative way to give suppliers ground-breaking ideas, with the Stuart Caborn, group purchasing the opportunity to showcase their potential to transform how people director, said: “To inspire people to prepare fish at home, and we’re ideas and lead change.� love fish now and for generations to very excited to take this innovation Suppliers taking part included come, we’re constantly developing to the next level.� Grimsby’s Ultimate Packaging, new ideas and innovation. Helen Nickells, head of packaging “We enjoyed a great day with our Jardox, Graphic Packaging development, added: “It is International, FFP & DS Smith. Dragons’ Den-style event; it’s a important that our partners have
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the ability to present the concepts direct to the operating board.� The suppliers that took part were Ultimate Packaging, Jardox, Graphic Packaging International, FFP & DS Smith. The event saw one floor of Young’s Seafood’s headquarters in Ross House, Grimsby, transformed into a Dragons’ Den-style warehouse for the day – the design was all supplied by one of Young’s suppliers, DS Smith. For suppliers, the event was an opportunity to impress at the highest level and to win over a key decision maker at Young’s in support of their product or concept. For Young’s, the day was about building relationships and promoting innovation. After a successful day, there are plans to roll out the Dragons’ Den style format to other areas of the business.
Celebrations are ‘on’ the bag as Scampi turns 70 CLASSSIC British scampi has been served up for 70 years. Grimsby-headquartered Young’s Seafood has commemorated the milestone, with the Ross House team launching special commemorative packaging, while seeking a sales boost with a digital and consumer PR campaign. Made with succulent langoustines fished off the coast of Scotland and Ireland, and wrapped in Young’s signature breadcrumb in Grimsby, families all over Britain have enjoyed Young’s scampi for almost three generations. It is thought scampi was invented as a result of a
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post-war lobster shortage. When a chef at Manetta’s restaurant in London called for lobster, Young’s offered langoustine – then more commonly known as Dublin Bay prawns – as an alternative. The resourceful chef coated them in breadcrumbs and deep fried them, and a British classic was born. Last week employees from the Young’s Annan site in Scotland, where primary processing takes place, and members of the senior leadership team gathered with the local MSP, councillors and representatives of Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scottish Enterprise, the NHS and many other key
organisations to celebrate, sample and explore the history of the British caught seafood. Young’s Annan site is now going from strength to strength producing 20 tonnes of scampi cores per week, employing more than 120 staff. Young’s Gastro Scampi has featured in the brand’s award-winning TV advertising campaign this year and Young’s is celebrating achieving its highest ever market share. Chief executive Pete Ward said: “We’re proud that Young’s is Britain’s favourite scampi, enjoyed by families for 70 years. This is a great opportunity to celebrate the continued success of Young’s Scampi
and honour the hard work our staff have put into redeveloping the site. I’d like to thank each and every member of our staff at Young’s Annan and those who have supported us from the local community. With significant market share, we look forward to inspiring even more people to enjoy scampi now and for generations to come.� Oliver Mundell, Member of the Scottish Parliament and his father, David Mundell MP, both hailed Young’s factory in Annan as a major success story for employment in the CELEBRATION PACK: Young’s constituency. Seafood scampi.
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medium-sized business, we are working with some really serious blue chip companies.” What was the base of S&H Plant Hire has been completely transformed inside, maximising the use of natural light and creating a mix of open plan and A long-serving partner to some of enclosed office space, together with the biggest corporate names in the stores. food manufacture and retail “We have never had so much sectors, the company is applying 30 work in terms of orders, and we years of experience to an allied have increased capacity and industry that depends on clean and capability to take on the size and safe facilities. value of these projects,” Mr Walmsley said. Central recently purchased the neighbouring building in Wilton A team of 60, a combination of Road, Humberston, and after an directly employed and extensive overhaul – allowing it to sub-contracted labour, now work demonstrate some of its working nationwide, with the business capabilities – it added to the recently completing the project management team as it moved in. management and installation of a six week, 12,000 sq m distribution Gary Maddison has returned to site to serve central London, near the business he left in 2012 as the Heathrow. head of the pharmaceutical division, with Carolyn Sutherland It has also secured planning taking up a key procurement role. permission to add to the warehousing at the rear. Managing director Paul Walmsley said: “We want to “It helps us to meet a key element demonstrate to customers and our of our offer, in that we can respond potential clients exactly what we quickly,” Mr Walmsley said. “We carry a lot of stock and we have a are capable of. We are a
good working relationship with most of the manufacturers, and all are quite helpful in assisting with he business needs and requirements.” Understandably too, the company has installed 80,000 sq m of insulated panels from two suppliers in the past year. A Regional Growth Fund grant of £56,000 was secured to help with the expansion, with the team “really impressed” with the support offered by the local authority. A new computer system has also been installed to help drive efficiencies as the business grows. “The move gives us more freedom and more space, and the environment is a lot nicer,” said Mr Walmsley. “I want it to be a place that people enjoy coming to, and it will also be one of the most energy efficient, due to the composite panels we have used.” Of the appointments, and the new direction, Mr Walmsley said: “We were getting asked to look at more work in the pharmaceutical area and there is a level of support and assistance customers in that
sphere require to bring on line. “I have asked Gary to head up the pharmaceutical division, to try and get Central Insulations to be selected as a preferred installer, as we are with food companies. “By introducing the added value of dedicated project management we bring forward our ethos of getting into their business planning.” Of the procurement manager role, he said: “We have grown and we could foresee that we needed extra people in our central team to be more efficient. We want to be more efficient in the way we procure all the materials. Carolyn has come on board to be that dedicated person. “It is someone office based all of the time, it will be good for clients, and will also help us watch our costs more as well. “You can have 60 people out on various sites and the material demand can rocket. We are trying to act on this growth, which brings additional challenges, and this is a central role that can pull these elements together.”
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Reward has come after a fight for the right to vital investment
FUTURE ASSURED: Centrica’s South Humber Bank Power Station.
WORK is already underway to produce the vital parts that form the thrust of the power plant-saving £63 million investment at Centrica’s South Humber Bank, as recruitment continues to bolster the team. The huge decision, announced back in November, has brought long term security to the combined cycle gas turbine facility. David Laister reports
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WENTY years of power generation is looming at Centrica’s Stallingborough plant, and had strategic decisions not been reversed and major efforts not been made to secure a viable future, it may not have got there.
Having been put up for sale in May 2015 as a sweeping review of British Gas’ parent company and generating arm was completed, the decision to
offload the mid-Nineties arrival was reversed in February. It triggered a tough negotiation with a key supplier to prove there could be a future for South Humber Bank, one won and ultimately rewarded with the funds to keep it going for at least a further decade. Generation manager Lee Read has been in post for two-and-a-half-years, having started his career in power generation with coal at Cottam in
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Nottinghamshire. He followed the Trent and the Humber to the ‘Energy Estuary’ in 1998, as his current plant completed a first year. It was E.on’s North Killingholme station he arrived at first, before moving next door to Centrica’s plant on Chase Hill Road five years ago, then across Immingham to Stallingborough in late 2013. Within two years it was on the market, and his two previous stations were ear-marked for closure. But with the industry changing fast as new generation technologies came on board, but a future for gas still seen, he knew they had to act. “It actually started in June 2015,” said Mr Read of the ‘battle’ to prove South Bank’s worth, and a visit to Alstom, itself recently acquired by GE. “We took on the fight and took it to one of the largest companies in the world, to get them to reduce cost to give a long term future. We turned up
five months to negotiate that. We clearly set out the expectations of what we wanted to achieve.” It was signed off in the third week of September last year, with the investment decision from Centrica coming in November. “It was a good day in the office,” Mr Read said. “Through that year we had downsized the team, shut half the station, removed a number of roles and taken people through a full consultation programme. Almost everyone was at risk for a period of time. We went from a very poor start to 2015 to a very positive end. We could have been looking at a decision not too far away to close the site.” Now South Bank, built in two Lee Read phases from 1994 to 1999 and capable of producing enough electricity to negotiation was laying the foundation meet the needs of over one million to what ended up being one of the best homes, is recruiting to reach 66 positions. He hopes to have people in negotiations with a large contract post by October. provider. It was a one off, but they agreed it as a survival case. It took Winter contracts were also in Switzerland to talk about the technicalities of project management and turned it into a negotiation. “It was the survival option. That
We took on the fight and took it to one of the largest companies in the world, to get them to reduce cost to give a long term future
NERVE CENTRE: Lee Read, generation manager, in the control room.
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subsequently won, and next year it will return to full service ahead of the major works in early 2018. The 1,285MW output, some of which was pioneering work with Alstom back in the day, is drawn from five gas turbines and two steam turbines. The overhaul will see the scores of vital blades on each turbine replaced, vital elements in the “suck, squeeze, bang, blow� process which sees nearly 50 million cubic metres of air drawn daily in to a 21-stage compression process, ahead of the combustion with 15.7 million kwh of gas in the huge cylinders. “Work began in December,� Mr Read said. “It takes 18 months from placing the order to having the parts delivered. They will arrive from the back end of next year, to start in March 2018.� Engineering manager Phil Horner will lead the work, and the plan is for a 90 day turnaround, with a mini contractor village created off Hobson Way, as at peak 750 workers will be on site. “It will be a busy place,� he added. And while it will now a secure future, and a slightly increased output – to 1,365MW – it is a future very different to that envisaged when the 128 acre plot was brought forward by a consortium known as Humber Power Ltd in 1991. Once predominantly part of the UK’s base load, it is now classed as a flexible plant comes on as demand requires. “National Grid dispatches us, and typically we come on for the morning peak,� Mr Read said. “In 2009 phase one came on five times a year, now it is 250 times a year.� There are criteria around how long it must be on when it does, to ensure it is cost-effective, but there is also an established timeframe it needs to be off for too, to ensure the plant is protected and not put at risk. “It is redefining how we work,� Mr Read said. “Maintenance has intensified. The amount of work we have to do to keep ready for the next start has increased too. We have to be
EMPLOYEES across the site welcomed the decision by Centrica to invest in South Humber Bank. It came amid major contraction, with E.on and Centrica closing North Killingholme sites, while along the industrial corridor Cristal reduced numbers and Total Lindsey Oil Refinery prepared to drastically reduce capacity and head count. Joe Milnes, 62, is production support co-ordinator, having worked for Centrica since 2002, having started in the power industry in 1970. “I think people welcome the investment for two reasons,� he said. “There is obviously the job security, but also the pride in the power station that people have. “It is great to see the plant being looked after, and a longer life for it than it may have had. “It is an industry you can stay in, there are so many different roles, as I have found through my career.� Mr Milnes started as a craft apprentice and then instrument technician at Thorpe Marsh Power Station in South Yorkshire. He moved to Drax, switching from engineering to business-related roles, leaving the Selby giant in 2000 to join a small company in Harrogate behind the trading systems brought in to the industry as a result of privatisation. It was a system that was installed at South Humber, and he moved to Stallingborough as trading support manager, carrying on the initiation of the system and its management. Dave Dyer, 28, joined just two years ago, and is mechanical
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GENERATION GAME: Joe Milnes, left, and Dave Dyer at Centrica’s South Humber Bank Power Station.
SEAFOOD: Major expansion plans have been revealed by independently-owned seafood firm Flatfish Ltd, as it celebrates being named as the UK’s Fish Processor Of The Year 2016. A proposal to double the footprint of the operations on Grimsby’s Stirling Street is being brought forward, with the neighbouring New Clee Industrial Estate acquired, to create the space for the multi-million pound development. Still at an early stage, it would lead to further job creation and a substantial volume increase for the business, founded by managing director Steve Stansfield back in 1979. His team, which expands to 120 at the height of the North Sea plaice season, works closely with skippers fishing in British waters, with many buoyed by the positivity surrounding healthy quota increases and strong stocks. It was named UK Fish Processor Of The Year at Fishing News’ ceremony ahead of Skipper Expo International in Aberdeen.
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lead technician on site. His father had worked at the plant since it headed towards commissioning in 1996, and he joined from Novartis. He said: “There was a lot of relief about job security. I had left a business that was quite secure. As soon as I found out
sharper on investment and cost, spending on the right things at the right time, a lot of operational maintenance rather than waiting for big shutdowns. “It has gone from working on a 12 month cycle to a 24 hour cycle, and even that is not at all predictable.� It involves decision-making on which parts of the plant to run too, ensuring maximum lifespan is achieved “I would say it has actually made working far more enjoyable and exciting. Ten years ago you would walk in and it was on. Now we don’t know whether we will or not, there is a lot of work going on, and I think if we asked, the majority of the team would say they prefer it.� Solar and wind have made a huge difference. While renewable and clean, they are not constant like gas, coal or nuclear. And while the latter two are big turnaround beasts, gas becomes the go-to when the wind drops or cloud covers. “Now the market place can lose 50 per cent of generation without any warning,� Mr Read said. “Now we are sat waiting in the background to fill
we had been invested in there was incredible relief that we would be here for some time, and long enough to keep progressing in my career.� A future assured, Mr Dyer is now looking forward to getting married to his fiancee Stacey next year.
the void when it drops off. It is the ‘trilemma’ of low cost, low carbon and security of supply, and it is all about changing business strategy to make sure it will work. “This is the challenge that has caused the Government and the big six energy companies a real issue, trying to think of the strategy, the long term solution. “Centrica is working with Government to find the right medium to long term solution. A company like Centrica needs to invest in the right plant at the right time. The ÂŁ63 million being invested in South Humber is an element of right place, right time, to generate from a fairly low carbon generation over the next 10 years. “We can be part of the solution of all three issues, and we don’t feel uneasy about wind and solar. We still believe we are a really important part of the overall energy mix. When it comes to security of supply we have got to do our bit, we have got to be more flexible and more reliable, and that is the reason why the investment is so important.â€?
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POWER: A ÂŁ162-million power plant has been officially opened in North Lincolnshire. Brigg Renewable Energy Plant is a straw-burning biomass facility on the former sugar factory site at Scawby Brook. It has been fully operational since January and generates enough energy to power 75,000 homes. It is owned by BWSC North Lincs Ltd (BNLL), which is a joint venture between Danish organisations PensionDanmark, Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
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RISTAL is moving full steam ahead with a site-wide programme to take them to world-class operation in Stallingborough.
In a competitive environment which is becoming increasingly difficult for all titanium dioxide (TiO2) manufacturers, it was paramount for the manufacturer to drive down the costs of production and increase efficiency in all areas, while maintaining their primary focus on safety. TiO2 prices have seen a global sharp decline in recent years, only now beginning to see signs of a potential recovery. It sparked a major programme of strategic initiatives to fundamentally improve the competitive position, both in comparison to Cristal’s other sites and rival TiO2 manufacturers. In order to run plants in the most efficient way, using the minimum raw materials and operating as flexibly as possible, Cristal recognised i has to have personnel engaged and operating at the highest level. A new strategic plan incorporates all of these important elements. With more than 50 major strategic initiatives, Cristal is not only focusing on what it is doing, but also the way it does it, and one of the key focus areas in this programme is culture. Early in the process areas of inconsistency in work and communication were identified, and one of the greatest challenges was to change this into a consistent, recognisable and positive force. To be successful, the team determined the need to analyse and improve how they communicate, support, innovate and ultimately choose to think differently. This means changing mindsets to that of
SITE-WIDE: The initiative involves all at Cristal, Stallingborough. their view of how business can be fierce competitors, and leveraging conducted in the modern talents, abilities and strengths to turn the Stallingborough plant into environment.” a truly world-class organisation. As part of operating flexibly, the Jason Nichol, Cristal’s Finishing plant has been trialling a number of new TiO2 products which will Plant Superintendent, who is serve the UK and European market. leading the Culture Change plan, One of the new products will be said: “We embarked upon a programme of inspiring initiatives used in plastics and another in the production of matt emulsion paints, that leveraged every single person on site and searched out every drop the latter to be sold into the UK. Site director Rob Sarracini said: of passion and drive from those “The new plastics product is people. We re-imagined what currently supplied to our UK communication should be, how it customers from our Cristal plant in impacted people and how they Saudi Arabia so to be able to could internalise and produce it here in the UK will be a re-communicate our messages. real forward step for our Crucially, we are also reminding Stallingborough plant. people how to enjoy their work by creating inspiring and engaging “There is a long way to go in activities and topics that challenge changing our culture to reflect
exactly what our people have told us they want, but the early indications are that the initiatives and activities being conducted so far are creating a buzz of excitement in the workplace. We are broadening our product base, pushing productivity rates and making a significant change in the culture of the organisation, enhancing the positive ‘can do’ attitude of our people. “Our aim is to be world class not just in operating our facility but also in the way our people adapt quickly to business needs, own our own destiny, engage with each other and truly shape who we are as a business and workforce.”
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LEARNERS on a recently developed Gateway to Engineering Programme have successfully completed the course. The programme, which has been developed on behalf of Job Centre Plus, offers those seeking employment in the engineering services and process industry sector the opportunity to gain key knowledge and skills in engineering and best practice while in a work setting. In addition to the main engineering programme candidates are also taught key employability skills, such as contributing to a team, interview skills and equality and diversity laws. Steven Bennett, senior trainer consultant for industrial programmes at Grimsby Institute, said: “This programme has been developed as a result of the hugely successful Fast Track to Process Technology programme that saw almost 90 per cent of candidates move into
long term, full-time positions within our industry. We hope to have similar success with the Gateway to Engineering Programme, which was designed in consultation with our industrial partners and around a nationally recognised City and Guilds engineering qualification and based on practical, hands-on skills.” It was delivered at Grimsby Institute’s facilities at Catch in Stallingborough, the beacon training facility for the process industry. Those studying on the programme were also visited by industry leaders who gave learners advice on how to successfully apply for jobs within the oil, gas and chemical sectors. Sally Riley, skills advisor for Job Centre Plus, said: “We are grateful to the Grimsby Institute for providing this training opportunity to jobseekers. The Level Two qualification, together with the accreditation elements
POSITIVE FEEDBACK: Steven Bennett, senior trainer consultant for industrial programmes at Grimsby Institute, with lerners, left, Darren Hall, and, right, Alan Dawes. contained within the oil and gas, renewables, workshop sessions where training, will equip the pharmaceutical/chemical we shared ideas and worked group with skills for the industry and food as a team, which has helped local labour market, as well manufacturing.” to broaden my as gaining the transferable Learner Alan Dawes, who understanding of best skills that will cross over completed the course, said: engineering practices.” into other sectors including “I really enjoyed the
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Month in Review New community solar energy scheme launches ENERGY: Investors are being encouraged to pledge their support to a new community-led renewable energy project that has been labelled as “the future” of green power. The Grimsby Community Energy project will see local investors pledge cash to pay for the installation of solar panels at non-domestic properties in Grimsby free of charge, for the installers to then pay back the investors with the income generated. The idea of the project, which was launched by the Freemen of the Borough, is for the community to create its own energy and pocket the rewards. It is being marketed as a 20 year plan and at the launch, potential investors were shown the ins and outs of this scheme. There are already around 500 similar projects up and running countrywide with around.
M&S switches suppliers FOOD: A significant number of seafood jobs, together with at least one factory, are at risk in Grimsby after Marks and Spencer switched suppliers, taking some work out of the town. Icelandic Seachill’s 30-year association with the high street giant is coming to and end, and while the largest chunk of work has been retained in the borough – with Five Star Fish now preparing a £6 million investment and the creation of up to 100 new roles – more than double that figure are understood to be under threat. Other contracts are going to southern Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, in what was in part, a shock move for all the work to go. The £60 million switch will hit Icelandic hard, wiping off more than a fifth off the firm’s turnover in the short term.
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CELANDIC Ambassador to the UK Thordur Aegir Oskarsson has been invited to deliver the keynote speech at the 2016 Humber Seafood Summit.
Taking place on September 27 and September 28, the over-arching strapline is supply and demand, with the North Atlantic nation remaining the key exporter to Grimsby. Registration has now opened, with the town’s Humber Royal Hotel hosting the evening reception, ahead of The Pier, Cleethorpes, welcoming international delegates for the full day’s conference. Julie Snowden, English account manager for organiser Seafish, the industry authority, said: “The three key themes for the 2016 Humber Seafood Summit are the seafood consumer, aquaculture and trade. Discussions will include consumer trends, aquaculture developments, seafood trade, supply chain development, product integrity, reputation and global outlooks.” This year’s event, back after last year’s hosting of World Seafood Congress 2016, will see the results of new research also presented. “We have looked at the UK seafood consumer, we have new data, new research, nothing that has ever been done or seen before,” Miss Snowden, pictured, said. Seafish has worked with Kantar, IGD and Technomic to produce it, with Seafish’s new chief executive, Marcus Coleman, to welcome delegates for the first time. Alex Olsen, group project manager for sustainable production within the Espersen Group is also confirmed as a speaker, so too Tara McCarthy, chief executive of BIM, the Irish Sea Fisheries Board. Tim Pickerell, Seafish’s technical director, will also look at the role of aquaculture, and where the industry needs to go as it matures. Cluster organisation Seafood Grimsby & Humber is also on board assisting with the development of the event. To register, or for more information, email julie.snowden@seafish.co.uk
SEAFOOD: Grimsby-headquartered Young’s Seafood has celebrated proudly serving up British classic scampi for 70 years. To commemorate the milestone, the Ross House team has launching special commemorative packaging. Celebrations were also held in Annan, Scotland, where primary processing takes place, ahead of coating in Grimsby.
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Ragged Edge, for 16 years owned and led by Ian Mackenzie, is to be taken on by Justin Atkin, currently head of commercial on the Humber for Associated British Ports. Mr Mackenzie, who served for more than a decade as divisional managing director of Exxtor Shipping Services Ltd, established Grimsby-based Ragged Edge as a resource for companies operating in maritime trade. He recognised they were often under-resourced, and provided a service to help develop new business and manage projects as required. Recruitment was added two years later, and the business has gone on to work internationally. He said: “Relationships with customers and contacts have helped the business go from strength to strength since I founded it in 2000, and many companies and individuals have made use of our specialist recruitment, commercial consulting and project management services, for which I am sincerely thankful. Now it is time for Ragged Edge to announce a new development. “At the end of August I will be
important challenge. Justin Atkin, a well-respected member of the Humber shipping, logistics and business community will be taking over the reins here when I retire. “I am delighted that Justin will be Ragged Edge’s new owner. Very well-regarded in our sector, Justin brings extensive expertise, great new ideas and a well-deserved excellent reputation among both customers and colleagues to his new role. “I am looking forward to working closely with Justin to introduce him to our clients and ensure a smooth transition for the business.” Mr Mackenzie said he wanted to thank the many people he had worked with, adding: “The loyalty, friendship, enthusiasm RETIREMENT: Ian Mackenzie. and support has been much appreciated and I am confident retiring as managing director. As that it will be extended to Justin and to Ragged Edge as it moves you can imagine identifying a forward. “I know that Justin, ably assisted by our recruitment consultant Jane Bayliffe, will continue to provide our clients with the very best of service, taking the business forward and developing our contribution to this vital economic sector.” Mr Atkin, who was schooled in Barton before going to university in Hull, was previously head of Ian Mackenzie bulk operations for Grimsby & Immingham, moving to the successor to take Ragged Edge pan-Humber role in January forward has been a massively 2011.
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Weights and measures to ensure safe passage of shipping containers CHANGES to the rules around the weighing of shipping containers come into force on July 1. The new legislation will apply to all types of containerised ocean freight and will affect exporters, freight forwarders, hauliers, container operators and shipping lines. Setting it as the topic for Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce’s latest World Trade @1 session ensured a full house, with former Chamber president and North Sea ferry captain, Russ Garbutt, joining forces with Sam Minall of Myton Law to present on the issue. Capt Garbutt, explained why the Safety of Life at Sea regulations (Solas) are so important, while Mr Minall outlined the new rules and explained who will be responsible. Mr Minall said the key changes were that the obligations will be international, there is a set methodology for verifying the gross mass of containers, and there is a requirement for the shipper to sign the gross mass declaration. The shipper will be held responsible if an inaccurate declaration is made which could result in a criminal prosecution. He told how there is an exception if a container is trailerised and driven on and off a ro-ro ship engaged in short international voyages, but added that sea carriers may apply the requirements more widely. The amendment to Chapter VI of the SOLAS Convention, requiring the verification of the gross mass of
FREIGHT FOCUS: Russ Garbutt, left, and Sam Minall. Right, container traffic handled in the Humber. packed containers, is being introduced following a number of high profile incidents where inaccurately declared container weights have been identified as a contributory factor of incidents at sea, most notably the MSC Napoli disaster in 2007. The UK flagged container ship ran into difficulties in the English Channel. Mr Minall said: “If operators fail to comply with this new regulation they may face criminal penalties. Failure
to comply could also lead to significant commercial repercussions for shippers who fall foul of the requirements, with containers which are delivered at the port without the required documentation potentially being left on the quay, incurring storage charges, or weighed by the carrier at significant extra expense. “Any weighbridges used to establish the weights of trailers would have to comply with the regulation requirements.” The enforcement authority in the
UK has indicated that they will be applying a “tolerance” of plus or minus five per cent on the declared weight of a container and its actual weight. Mr Minall also recommended that companies keep documents longer than the six-month period required by the regulations in case there were any queries which came to light. He told the audience that they should communicate with their counterparts in the transport chain, and if they do that in good time, then
it should be okay. The event was held at North Ferriby’s Hallmark Hotel. Serena Leonard and Alan Bates of Flixborough-based Jotun Paints Europe Ltd, said it was a leap into the unknown for many. “These new regulations are going to bring delays and added costs. At the moment these costs are unknown and we don’t know which port or terminal will charge so we don’t know what to recharge to our customers.”
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£300,000 plan to restore a Grimsby marina is on course, with capacity nearly reached on the first phase as further works begin soon. More than 20 vessels have taken up permanent moorings at Alexandra Quay, as the second summer dawns on a site that had laid dormant for nearly a quarter of a century. Marine engineer Ian Clifford, who has secured a 21 year lease on the long stretch of quayside fronting Alexandra Retail Park – between Corporation Road Bridge and the A180 crossing – is pleased with the progress so far. The first 40m finger pier for boats to moor to was floated out to the existing piles – until then isolated reminders of a former use – in January last year, by the road that eventually did for the original yachting sanctuary. “It is going well. There’s plenty of room to do more, but I’m pleased with where we have gone, from nothing,” said Mr Clifford, who spent 23 years at sea in the Merchant Navy. Deliberately choosing the A180 end of the large site to aid visibility of the project, keen to woo pleasure boaters and sports fishing as the beach launchers head out of town from Cleethorpes, more piers are to be added this summer. “That will increase the capacity. We are trying to attract the winter moorings, and cod fishing
BEGINNING OF THE END: Works well underway on the A180 road bridge back in January 1983. Below, 33 years later, and reader Steve Mercer captures the re-emergence.
is a big opportunity for us. “We have had a couple of boats come up from Norfolk last winter. It is a good market for us. I didn’t realise at the time, not being in the industry, quite what a big thing that is. I thought this would be more of a summer thing, but that brings a full year-round demand, with pleasure boats in the summer and the sport in the winter. “I hope we can attract some of those who do beach launching. I know Bridlington doesn’t launch from the beach between October and April, so I hope to build on that.” Scapa Pilot, a vessel rescued from the Royal Dock when an accommodation barge came adrift when the huge tidal surge hit back in December 2014, has been salvaged and is to be transformed into an office and floating chandlery. For now though, Mr Clifford operates out of a caravan and his van, as he continues his mobile marine mechanic business alongside the marina. “That is still keeping me very busy, though I work on boats here too,” Mr Clifford said. “I love it down here, and they, the boat owners, seem to love it too. It is a fabulous place to be when the sun is shining, and it is great to hear the people down here talking about the fishing and their travels. They love it down here. There is no hassle. There is a sense of it coming back to something, and the pleasure fishing is a real opportunity.”
OFFSHORE WIND: A £500,000 investment in Grimsby has paid off for diving specialist Reds, after it won a 15-month contract covering the construction of Race Bank offshore wind farm. The framework agreement with developer Dong Energy was clinched in part due to the team’s proximity to the port, having doubled the initial forecasted investment in the offshore support base on South Humberside Industrial Estate. It is the first significant contract since the Warwickshire-headquartered business headed north, and makes it four consecutive years of Grimsby-mobilised work. Starting this month, Reds will provide “call off” dive support, reacting to any unforeseen eventualities during the build out of the 91-turbine 580MW wind farm.
Tar site changes hands DEVELOPMENT: A Former tar distillation plant in Scunthorpe has been sold by the American owners Koppers to the Essex-based Industrial Chemicals Group Ltd. The new owners are now exploring opportunities for the future development of the 20-acre site in Dawes Lane. It was sold along with a sister plant in Port Clarence, Teesside. ICGL, which last year reported a near £100 million turnover, supplies chemicals to the UK water treatment and detergent industries. Koppers ceased distilling coal tar in Scunthorpe in 2010 but continued to use the site for blending, packaging and distribution. At one time the town was the biggest producer in the UK of tar – a by product from the steelworks – and employed 85 people.
Mobile fishmonger’s net SEAFOOD: The latest element in a project to help support and boost Grimsby’s mobile fishmonger fleet has been launched. Grimsbyfishnearyou.co.uk gives homeowners nationwide a website where they can quickly and easily find a supplier to their neighbourhood. It was presented to the board of Seafood Grimsby & Humber, the industry cluster organisation, this past month, and follows the creation of a specific code of practice and a push on hygiene ratings. Studies prior to the project launch estimate the niche part of the seafood sector could be worth £10 million to the local economy, and a desire to build on this is clear, with the marketing and standards push also helping to raise the reputation further of the town's top export.
GSA to double team size PROCESS: A Brigg-based firm is set to double its workforce after getting a £500,000 equity boost. Family business GSA Environmental works to enhance environmental standards for oil refineries and power producers across the world. It currently employs 10 people but is now looking to create a further 10 jobs over the next three to four years after securing Finnce Yorkshire investment. As well as creating the new jobs, the company will use the cash to plan the building of a commercial-scale metals recovery plant.
Anaerobic plant cleared ENERGY: Up to 25 jobs are set to be created after plans to build a £3.5 million anaerobic digestion plant were approved. North Lincolnshire Council's planning committee backed the application by Corrboard UK to build the 500kw plant at Normanby Enterprise Park, between Scunthorpe and Flixborough. It should be operational by 2017, and will produce electricity for the factory, with excess exported to the National Grid.
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Prize guy Scott’s delight after winning award Grimsby Institute Engineering Apprentice, Scott Wrightham was pleased to learn he had been awarded the Grimsby Institute ECITB Apprentice of the year 2016. Scott who works for Iris None Destructive Testing (NDT) who are based in Immingham, won the award after successfully completing his training with the Grimsby Institute where he was based at the Catch Engineering training facility in Stallingborough. Scott was successful in completing training on testing and inspecting welds and heat treatment to ensure the safety of plant pipework and equipment. Scott added “The evening went extremely well, at first I was a bit nervous but James Danby along with Emma Newton and Luis Bello from my company made the evening a lot easier for me. “It was a surprise to receive the award as I’ve only got my head down and done whats been asked of me by my company.” Scott was presented with his award at the Humber Chemical Focus (HCF) annual dinner which was held at the Hallmark Hotel in North Ferriby.
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AWARD: Scott Wrightham, centre, with Grimsby Institute Director of Industrial Programmes James Danby and Gill Alton, chief executive of Grimsby Institute Group. Attending the evening was Gill Alton, Chief Executive of the Grimsby Institute Group, who presented the award. Gill said: “It was a pleasure to present Scott with our ECITB apprentice of the year award at the
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LEADING LIGHTS: Left, Triton Knoll project director James Cotter, who is likely to speak at Grismby Renewable Partnership’s annual conference. Above, more than 200 people attended last year’s official GRP launch at Grimsby Town Hall. Below, the line-up of guest speakers at that event.
THREE South Bank organisations won big at the Lincolnshire Energy Awards this month. Scunthorpe-based Flixborough Eco Technologies landed the Small/Medium Energy Business of the Year Award and the Renewable Energy Installer of the Year Award, with Laura Birkett also shortlisted for Apprentice of the Year. The company has grown its turnover from £55,000 three years ago to more than £400,000 – bucking the trend at a time when many SMEs are suffering from the changes in subsidies for solar installations. Its battery system, which stores energy from solar PV and wind, helped it win the Small/Medium Energy Business of the Year accolade. Technical director Stuart Turner said: “We have had to diversify with the change in solar incentives. “We have taken the opportunity to see it as a
WINNER: Flixborough Eco-Technologies.
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on board, everyone is very excited to hear the plans for the future with the size of the wind farm they are hoping to construct, that could be served from the Grimsby area.” Offshore infrastructure is already consented, with a decision on the RWE and Statkraft are bringing land-based works anticipated soon. forward Triton Knoll, a 900MW Dong Energy and Modal – project that dwarves all that has Grimsby Institute’s dedicated come before it. logistics training centre –will also It could feature up to 288 wind present, so too ABP, Rapid turbines. Accommodation and diving specialist Reds. Ray Oxby, leader of North East Lincolnshire Council, another Humberbusiness.com, the sponsor, will also address the dedicated business website from free-to-attend event, with Great the Grimsby & Scunthorpe Grimsby MP Melanie Onn also Telegraphs, is official media handed a VIP invitation. partner, and will report live from the conference, taking place at Chris Holden, director of GRP Grimsby Institute on July 28. and centre manager for AIS at Stallingborough, said: “We are very A ‘first’ birthday party will pleased to announce RWE as the follow, also at the Nuns Corner platinum sponsor, they will explain campus, celebrating a full year to the partnership how Triton since the cluster-uniting body was Knoll is developing. officially launched, with a successful event at Grimsby Town “We are delighted to have them
response for sponsorship, and organising it all has been made so much easier by the fact we are building on last year’s success. “The feedback from that was so positive.” With onsite parking and additional facilities, the switch along Bargate to Grimsby Institute is seen as enhancing the experience for delegates. Last September it excelled in hosting World Seafood Congress. Other key sponsors include Torque Solutions, Windpower Support, Q Hotels, Bridge Hall last summer. As a working McFarland, Hodson & Kauss and St group it has been operational since James’ Hotel. 2008, marketing the town’s GRP members will be offered capabilities and bringing together places this week, with passes existing businesses with an opened up to the public at a second emerging industry. stage. “In anyone’s mind in the industry, “It is a great opportunity for this is shaping up to be a very anyone interested in the strong day indeed,” Mr Holden burgeoning wind power industry, said. and the support it requires,” Mr “We are very pleased with the Holden added.
positive for the industry, to invest in the long-term rather than short-term financial gains.” An organisation which created one of the greenest markets in the UK landed the ultimate honour of Business of the Year. It was a triumphant return to the awards for The Enrolled Freemen of Grimsby, after the group was highly commended in 2014. They own and operate Freeman Street Market and have also expanded the use of the site with a £1.4 million business and digital hub. Energy is generated through solar panels, with an
WINNER: Enrolled Freemen of Grimsby. air to water heat pump and low energy lighting used, with rainwater harvesting also in place. It all combines to cut energy bills for traders and tenants by up to 40 per cent. Stephen White, chairman, said their next plan is to put in electric car charging points that are solar powered. He said. “We have done a lot in two years, we have doubled the amount of solar panels on the market. In the summer, we are generating for all of our energy needs.” Humber ports giant ABP’s pioneering work in the renewables sector saw the company take the hotly
Support of offshore wind industry is underlined OFFSHORE wind opportunities are at the core of North East Lincolnshire Council’s economic strategy, those in the industry have been told. Business-facing support from the local authority was also outlined to members of Grimsby Renewables Partnership at the latest meeting, with inward investment manager Helen Thompson and sector development manager Emma Toulson explaining their roles. “When people hear of the council, they sometimes
TEAM NELC: Emma Toulson, left, and Helen Thompson. think just street lights and bin collections,” said Miss Toulson. “There is a lot of support for business. “In North East Lincolnshire we have a
strategy being developed. We have identified key sectors for the area that if we spent the most effort on we will get the best return in terms of jobs and investment. Right in the middle of that is energy and renewables.” Outlining the strong support voiced by chief executive Rob Walsh, leader Ray Oxby and director of economy and growth, Angela Blake, Miss Toulson said: “Investment in renewable energy generation is very, very positive, it is seen as a
really new and exciting opportunity to breathe new life into the town.” Responsibilities for employment, skills, environment and infrastructure were touched upon, with the importance of “making the place a place where people want to invest in,” stressed by Miss Toulson. Elaborating, Mrs Thompson said: “The council is moving towards an enabling role, trying to put the infrastructure in place to help growth, to create jobs, and attract
investors and help existing businesses.” Examples were given of the investments in Port of Grimsby East, alongside ABP in lock gates, “seen as instrumental to the renewables sector to get more vessels in the port,” and with Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises for the ongoing slipway refurbishment programme. “It is an essential marine maintenance service for the sector; we listened and helped support that,” Mrs Thompson said.
WINNER: Associated British Ports. contested Innovative Development of the Year category. Judges heard how it had worked hard to support its renewable energy customers. Investments including dedicated biomass storage facilities built by Lincolnshire firm A Torn Construction, and new lock gates in Grimsby, which allow offshore wind operations and maintenance activity to take place around-the-clock. Organised by the Lincolnshire Echo, the awards were handed out at a gala dinner at Lincolnshire Showground’s Epic Centre.
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driving force of the business. In the milestone year, they are now looking forward to new achievements and challenges, which everyone involved is excited by. Managing director Debbie Bright has thanked David Everatt and his colleagues from Forrester Boyd, for their professional but friendly and reassuring service during a transitional period for the business. “David’s advice and expertise is valuable assistance to the directors in terms of planning for the next 20 years,” she said. Truck Links continues to invest in new fleet vehicles and trailers and also in its workshops and maintenance facilities. After investing in a new workshop pit lane, the company became a DVSA Authorised
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WINNING work as a result of the ongoing offshore wind energy investment in Grimsby has seen town company Hammond & Taylor add training provisions to the supply of inspection and testing services and equipment. In a meeting with Dong Energy, business manager Ashley Wright was asked about developing a bespoke training course for safety equipment the company provides. “I was thrilled they had asked us to look into this for them and I wasted no time in getting things sorted,” Mr Wright said. He spoke to Chris Holden, centre manager for AIS in Stallingborough. He spent a day putting the bespoke course together with him. Mr Holden said: “It was great to be able to work with Ashley on this project, we were only too happy to help. Hopefully this will lead to great things
with potential new enquiries and local businesses working together.” Mr Wright checked and signed off the course before it was presented to Jim Donkin at Dong Energy and Danny Mair from Siemens. Both parties were happy with the course and wasted no time in running it, with 12 technicians undergoing the training at the HCF Catch site that same week. “Ashley turned it round very quickly, we were very impressed.” Mr Donkin said. Enquiries have also now been received from Siemens with regard to the Centrica-owned Lincs wind farm “Now that Hammond and Taylor has this course which is specific to some of our products, it could be something we expand on further while working with Chris at AIS to plan and carry out the course,” WELL-WORKED: Ashley Wright, right, with Chris Holden, outside Dong Energy's Westermost Rough offshore wind farm operations and maintenance base. Mr Wright added.
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t’s been a whirlwind few weeks for Ashbourne’s Chef de Partie, Connor Berney, who has reached the final two in a prestigious cooking competition. Last month, Connor entered the HEYHA (Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitality Association) Copper Saucepan Apprentice Chef of the Year competition, now in its 10th year. The widely-respected competition for young chefs, is to showcase rising talent in the local area. Entrants must have been in the industry for no longer than four years, and must devise their own menu, reflecting their individual talents, whilst also using local, fresh ingredients. Connor found himself competing against 11 other budding chefs on MondayJune 6 at Hull College, where they each had to prepare, cook and present their dishes to the judging panel. Incredibly, Connor was selected as one of the two finalists, who now each have to prepare a main course and dessert on the main stage of Beverley Food Festival in October, where the ultimate winner picks up the coveted Copper Saucepan, a cash prize, and a day in the kitchen of Winteringham Fields. A delighted Connor said: “I still can’t believe I got down to the final two, I’m actually pinching myself ! We had to submit our menu beforehand, and I was thrilled just to get through that stage to be honest. But now, to be selected as one of the final two, out of twelve competitors makes me so proud, and I’d like to thank Andrew and of course my kitchen team for supporting me throughout this process – I couldn’t have done this without them believing in me.” Hotel owner, Ashley Lidgard said: “We are all so proud of Connor and what he has achieved. We’re big believers in helping talent grow to its full potential, and we’re seeing this happen very quickly with Connor – no doubt also down to the excellent kitchen team he is working with. We all wish him the very best of luck for the final in October.”
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Catering will be just ‘SO’ at nine-day festival VINCERE Hospitality has lived up to its Latin namesake, and won something particularly close to its heart – and home. Despite the company working with venues and locations UK wide, they were delighted to learn that they had been awarded the catering contract for SO Festival, the region’s leading outdoor cultural nine-day festival. “It is such great news,” said Richard Matthews, General Manager for Vincere Hospitality. “We are a Lincolnshire based company, and we make the most of our central location, taking on work across the country. “However, to be selected to provide the catering for all of the event staff and performers at this highly prestigious, major local
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Festival’s value and impact on the local economy.” Brainchild of local hotel owner Ashley Lidgard, Vincere Hospitality is an outside catering and events management company, borne out of necessity, when the outside catering business offered on site at his two Lincolnshire based hotels became too much for them to handle. Since its inception, the company has grown from strength to strength, offering not only a one-stop-shop for events catering and management, but also its eye catching “silver bullet” catering units that can also serve as mobile bars at large scale events and festivals. Visit www.vincerehospitality .co.uk for further information.
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Neil Williams is head of the UAS Resource Group and was on the South bank of the Humber to present a drone day. The HCF Catch facility in Stallingborough was the venue, with the day itself organised as part of Biz Week 2016. Business people were invited to go along and see what potential drones might have for their business. Mr Williams said it was his belief that drones would become “commonplace”, and warned that those who do not consider using them will be in danger of being ‘left behind’. “The Humber Bank has some very large infrastructure and heavy industries, so there is a lot of potential for using these devices,” he said. “They can be used for maintenance, inspections and surveying – the possibilities are endless really. “The purpose of today’s visit is to show Catch’s membership what drones can do.” Catch’s clients were invited in to their state-of-the-art facility to be given a demonstration featuring two drones – one priced at £38,000, the other a more affordable £2,500. Drones are increasingly being used around the world for offshore rig inspections and building topographic maps. Buildings in need of inspection would require scaffolding to be installed, costing the business thousands of pounds. Mr Williams added: “They would not require scaffolding, which is very costly, or a helicopter which is even more expensive. Plus the drones are equally as good at getting images. “I’m sure it will become commonplace in the next decade or so. It’s already in use in a lot of industries. “You see a lot of headlines about drones going up in front of planes and that sort of thing, but what we
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LOOKING UP: Dan Vegh and Lucy Morgan from the UAS Resource Group fly a drone. do is use professional, qualified and licensed pilots who are going into heavy industry. “It’s not like we’re using toys, these are very expensive pieces of kit.” He also said, in the medium to
long term, drones would be a very effective way of cutting costs. Paul Keln, of Centrica Energy, was left impressed by the technology. “I think they have massive potential,” he said. “At the moment
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Month in Review Scrubbys brand sold as couple hope to see it fly FOOD: The husband and wife team behind vegetable crisp brand Scrubbys have sold the brand. John and Claire Brumby established it four years ago, basing the business in Grimsby. After launching at the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards and at farmers’ markets in the immediate area, the Elsham couple went on to secure listings with major retailers Ocado and Waitrose, winning awards for taste and branding. However, an appearance on Dragons’ Den in July 2014 laid finances bare, revealing a £145,000 investment that had yet to make a profit for the pair. Yorkshire-based Granary Investment Partners subsequently came on board with a six figure finance deal, but more was required to lift it again, and having recently ceased trading after the business was put into administration, a deal has been reached with Wolverhampton-based AIB Foods for the brand.
ROOMS WITH A VIEW: Barry Flint, new general manager at Humber Royal Hotel, Grimsby. Below, Anne Bennett.
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UILDING business on the back of major investment is front of mind for new Humber Royal Hotel general manager Barry Flint.
“Obviously, it has already had a lot invested in it, the refurbishment had taken in the whole business. Two decades after taking his first “This role now is more hospitality role at The Pelham Suite – about getting more just yards away from the Grimsby business in, be it venue – he has returned at the helm of corporate events, the hotel, which has one of the largest weddings and other function rooms in the area, backed up functions, while taking by 58 bedrooms. the restaurant forward Now he is looking at making the too. There is a lot to sink most of the fully refurbished Little my teeth into.” Coates Road facilities, and the Mr Flint moved from impressive vista across Grimsby Golf Laceby’s Oaklands Hall Club. Hotel, having arrived back in North His predecessor, Anne Bennett, has East Lincolnshire to join former swapped the fairways for an apartment college pal Steven Bennett. overlooking a Spanish golf course after He had previously been at The Royal nine years at the helm of the hotel. It Cambridge Hotel, and prior to that was a period of huge change as it was Hertfordshire. bought out of administration and “It was The Oaklands that attracted transformed, me to come back, now this place has but there will be little time spent encouraged me to stay,” Mr Flint admiring the view by Mr Flint. added. “The Oaklands has built its “The opportunity came up and it was reputation, that was all there was do to good to be able to take somewhere on,” there, here there are still people I speak to who don’t know what it is like he said.
inside, they just see the outside. “Just short of £3 million was spent three years ago, everything was done. The view over the golf course is brilliant. Now we need to make the most of what we have.” Plans for a further 40 bedroom addition, which would transform the front of the hotel, have been approved, but the business case needs to be made first. “The plans are still there, but we have got to secure the firm business to pay for it,” Mr Flint said. “The owners are very forward-thinking with the hotel.” He said June would be an exciting month as he brings people in to fill vacancies or bring in positions he feels are important. A total of 250 people can attend weddings, with conferences taking up to 300 people. “I am open to anyone coming in and asking ‘can you do this, can I have this here?’ he said. “Challenge the venue, and we will see if we can fit it in.”
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SEAFOOD brand The Saucy Fish Co has recruited leading dietitian Dr Sarah Schenker. A regular expert contributor to programmes across all mainstream media, she will be working with the Grimsby team as official dietician. Bosses at Icelandic Seachill believe she will provide an authoritative voice on
the benefits of eating fish as part of a healthy balanced diet, encouraging and inspiring consumers to eat more fish, more often. Dr Schenker said: “I am always encouraging people to consume more fish within their diets so it’s great to be working with a brand which provides a fuss free range of fish products which can be
prepared easily at home.” She will be providing nutritional advice via Saucy’s social media channels and through The Dock, Saucy’s online monthly magazine, while also becoming involved in the development of Saucy’s seasonal recipes. Saucy brand manager Anne Laudage, said: “We’re
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OUNG’S Seafood Ltd has appointed a new foodservice director in a bid to drive growth in the division. The company has prioritised the development of it as a key strategic pillar of its plans to grow sales. Adrian Greaves will now lead it, having previously held a number of senior and board level positions representing foodservice across United Biscuits, Heinz UK and McCain GB. Pete Ward, chief executive, said: “I am pleased to welcome Adrian to our team. He brings a wealth of foodservice experience and expertise, which will help us to achieve our strategic plans. We want to inspire people to enjoy fish now and for generations to come with great quality seafood. Adrian will play a key role in making this vision a reality with our foodservice customers, from restaurants to schools, and from hospitals to fish and chip shops.” As reported in Business Telegraph in April, the foodservice sector is enjoying the best period it has known since the recession struck. In a special presentation
delivered in Grimsby by industry authority Seafish, manufacturers, suppliers and operators in the sector were told how in 2015, UK consumers made 11.2 billion visits to a foodservice provider, up 1.3 per cent, with spend up 2.6 per cent to £52 billion. This gave an average spend of £4.60 per visit, also up 1.3 per cent, with the number of purchases up by the same margin, too. “Every element on the measure is positive or static, and that is the first time in the last five years,” Jack MacIntyre, senior account manager with specialist consumer analyst NPD Group enthused. Quick service restaurants, including fast food, coffee shops, sandwich shops and fish and chip shops, were up 1.9 per cent, accounting for more than 50 per cent of the market at £6 billion. Most recently Mr Greaves led his own foodservice consultancy. He said: “I am delighted to be joining Young’s Seafood at this exciting time in foodservice and I look forward to growing the foodservice business with both existing and new customers.” SIGN SAY IT ALL: Adrian Greaves arrives at Young’s Seafood Ltd.
Sales boost for award-winning salmon specialist GRIMSBY salmon specialist JCS Fish has appointed Luke Medhurst to its commercial team. The move is part of the company’s continuing drive to build both its foodservice business and retail sales of its BigFish Brand salmon products. Luke, 26, joins the Murray Street operation as business development executive. Born in the region, he has been working in sales since his early 20s and joins JCS from Alpine Fine Foods in Hull, where he was consistently their top salesperson. He said: “Everything about JCS is exciting and
it is fantastic to work at a company where the positivity of the management and the team can be felt throughout the business at all times.” Last month the company won the ABP Business Growth category in the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards. JCS founding partner and director, Louise Coulbeck, said: “We need great people to fuel our growing business and were delighted to find Luke, particularly since he is a local lad! “His enthusiasm is tangible and it is great to be able to welcome him on board.”
Coffee specialists make move with Euro vision UK coffee sourcing, roasting and packaging specialist, Lincoln & York, has recruited a European sales manager as part of plans to expand its supply to the continent. Franz Foerster, pictured, joins Elsham’s private label coffee roaster after more than three decades working in the international coffee industry. German-based, Franz has worked for global players as an international business developer and sales manager in both out of home and foodservice markets. Having previously lived and worked in Switzerland, Austria, Singapore, Kuala-Lumpur, Hong Kong and the US, he has a wealth of experience in the global coffee industry and speaks fluent English as well as German. He has been brought on board to establish Lincoln & York in new markets on the continent. The strategic move follows the installation of the UK’s largest coffee roaster in 2014 at Elsham Wold Industrial Estate, ensuring the business is primed with capacity and well-equipped to service high volume requirements. James Sweeting, managing director, said: “We are very pleased to have Franz join the team at such an exciting time for the company. With the largest roasting capacity in the UK, it is a clear next step for us to increase the businesses we supply with private label coffee in Europe and beyond.” Lincoln & York works with customers to create bespoke blends and packaging. Coffees are sourced from more than 40 origins and available in a range of certifications including UTZ, Fairtrade, Organic and Rainforest Alliance Certified. The company was named at one of Europe’s best coffee roasters at the European Coffee Symposium in 2011 and currently supplies customers in France, Holland, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine and Singapore. Mr Foerster said: “I am delighted to have joined the team at Lincoln & York. Private label coffee is an attractive concept to foodservice operators in Germany and I look forward to opening doors and starting longstanding relationships both here and across the continent.” This week Lincoln & York is exhibiting at the SCAE World of Coffee at RDS, Dublin.
Calling it a day after 50 years in very challenging environments HUMBERSTON man Malcolm McNiven is hanging up his hard hat after half a century working in the chemicals industry on both banks of the Humber. Mr McNiven, latterly senior mechanical engineer of Japanese-owned Nippon Gohsei UK, has spent most of his life working in potentially dangerous environments. Even when he took time out from the region to act as a consultant engineer, it was with Nobel Enterprises at Ardeer, Ayshire, producing materials for use in explosives. Ardeer was once the site of the world’s biggest dynamite factory.
Mr McNiven started out at Dixon’s paper mill in Grimsby before spending 35 years at Norsk Hydro in Immingham, making fertilisers and also strong nitric acid for heart pills. A fire was the beginning of the end for Dixon’s and the Norsk plant closed in 2000 with cutbacks arising from restrictions on nitrates. Finally, he joined Nippon Gohsei when it was constructing a factory at Saltend Chemicals Park, Hull, as its European manufacturing and supply base for Soarnol, the firm’s world leading food packaging product.
As the sixth employee to be recruited, he worked with Japanese engineers on preparing the plant for the start of commercial production in 2004. He was impressed by their sheer dedication in getting the factory up and running. “Soarnol production is complex, requiring huge investment, and they were happy to give up holidays, even sleep in the offices, to get the job done as quickly possible,” he said. The plant they created is now turning out a record 17,000
tonnes a year of Soarnol. It is distributed in pellet form for melting into film for food packaging, preserving flavour and freshness, and for many other uses. “It’s been very hard work during my time here, but I’ve had a good team around me,” said Mr McNiven. “I've made many friends and I’m looking forward to visiting former colleagues who want to show me the sights of Japan. “But I certainly won’t be taking my hard hat and other safety gear which I feel like I’ve been wearing for ever.”
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New financial director welcomed to Clugston C
LUGSTON Group has appointed a new finance director to the senior management team.
Ian Pattison joins the ÂŁ140 million privately owned Scunthorpe company, a specialist in construction, logistics, facilities management and property development. He will also act as company secretary, and arrives at St Vincent House from AIM-listed support services business Restore Plc, where he was finance and commercial director. Mr Pattison replaces Howard Bales, who retires at the end of the month, having served the business for 14 years. He brings much financial and commercial experience to the company, having previously worked in senior roles with Cape, Boeing Australia and Asda. With an MBA from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, as well as a degree in Quantity Surveying, Mr Pattison is also a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Stephen Martin, chief executive of Clugston, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am extremely pleased to welcome Ian to the company. I am sure his experience will VITAL ROLE: Ian Pattison is welcomed to Clugston Group by Stephen Martin. Left, Howard Bales. be invaluable to us as we continue to providing financial expertise and guidance to grow the business. I success in his new role. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to take the opportunity to thank the group. I wish to extend my sincerest best am looking forward wishes to him for a long and happy to working with him Howard for his long service and loyalty to the and wish him every company, as well as his outstanding support in retirement.â&#x20AC;?
HR head appointed at leading law firm WILKIN Chapman has appointed a new head of human resources, as the law firm continues to grow across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Julia Barcoe will lead the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-strong personnel team, overseeing almost 400 employees, from the New Oxford House head office in Grimsby. With more than 20 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in human resources, she will be responsible for the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s human resources strategy, as well as all recruitment, pay and rewards, talent management and training and development. A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a mentor of the instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Humber branch, she has previously worked within the private, public and tertiary sectors. Of her appointment, Julia said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was drawn to the role as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new challenge for me, working within professional services for one of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest law firms. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to be able to bring my experience to Wilkin Chapmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing human resources team and to help guide the strategy overall as the
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firm continues to expand.â&#x20AC;? She will work across all 10 offices across Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. Wilkin Chapman chief executive Des Mannion said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;With a wealth of experience across a range of sectors, Julia is the ideal person to lead our HR strategy as we grow our team and continue to provide outstanding service to our clients, locally, regionally and nationally. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re delighted to have Julia on board.â&#x20AC;?
FOUR managerial appointments have been made across two of Forrester Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lincolnshire offices. Sian Connolly has been made a manager, in Grimsby, having joined the firm in 2002 as a trainee following A levels at King Edward VI Grammar School in Louth. She obtained her AAT qualification and continued her studies, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 2006. She is involved with a varied portfolio of clients. Aimee Appleton will be an assistant manager at the head office, having joined in January 2005 from Franklin College as a trainee accountant and completed the AAT qualification and qualified as a chartered certified accountant in February 2009. She continues to develop a portfolio of clients, which includes clients in the education sector, sub-contractors and owner managed businesses. At Forrester Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office in Eastgate, Louth, Nicola Hunt and Philip George have also been made managers. Nicola has been with the practice and
has dealt with Forrester Boydâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farming clients at Louth for 28 years. She is a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians and during her time with the firm has built up considerable experience of a diverse range of agricultural issues, concentrating on unincorporated businesses. Philip joined the firm as a trainee chartered accountant in 2008 following completion of an accountancy and finance degree at University of Hull. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 2011 and since then has been involved with a varied portfolio of clients. David Everatt, Grimsby office chairman, and Steve Czornyj, Louth office chairman, wished them â&#x20AC;&#x153;every success in their new roles,â&#x20AC;? adding that it further strengthened our senior management team across the region, enabling Forrester Boyd to provide â&#x20AC;&#x153;high quality support to clients with an emphasis personal serviceâ&#x20AC;?. Forrester Boyd now employs more than 230 people in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire.
Structural technician A CHANGE in discipline has helped shape the career of Daniel Robson at CR Parrott Consultants Ltd. He has been promoted to the role of structural technician at the Scunthorpe firm. Daniel, pictured, graduated from the University of Huddersfield with a degree in Architectural Technology, and had initially worked as an architectural technician prior to changing his preferred discipline. He joined CR Parrott as a structural computer aided design technician in March 2015, and bosses said he has shown great initiative and competence in the field, leading to a unanimous decision from the senior management team to offer a more specialised training programme within the field of structural engineering. It will be led by associate structural engineer, Mark Godwin. Mark said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a rich history of developing and training our staff from within and Daniel is no exception. He has displayed a real passion and interest for structural engineering and we are pleased to be able to develop his skills further with an intensive in-house training programme. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are incredibly pleased with the promise he has already shown, we look forward to developing both his skills and his career as the company moves forward.â&#x20AC;? Finance director, Kathy Fillingham, added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Following the recent management restructure where we internally promoted two of our own to a senior management level â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as reported last month â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we collectively felt that the time was right to nurture the younger talent we have within the company, and Daniel, who has impressed with his dedication and attention to detail, was the ideal candidate.â&#x20AC;?
Fish feed role for Alan GRIMSBY man Alan Hodgson has joined World Feeds Ltd, the Yorkshire-based fish foods manufacturing company. Having worked in the aquatic retail industry for more than 30 years, he is a dedicated fish enthusiast in his own right. Coming into the business as a manager, he will focus exclusively on promoting its extensive Vitalis range of aquatic nutrition products to public aquariums at home and abroad. He will be responsible for the Thorne companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social media communication, technical support and customer service. Mr Hodgson said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope my retail experience and passion for the fishkeeping hobby will bring a new dimension to the Vitalis team, giving a different view of the industry and allowing the company to achieve further growth by creating a foundation through proven benefits and take it into Europe and beyond.â&#x20AC;? He has gained many industry accreditations and has a keen interest in public aquariums, breeding and aquaculture.
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The popular sporting highlight took place at Waltham Windmill Golf Club to support the good work done by the Lions. Mike Read, managing director of Read Motor Group, and Glynn Westcott, sales manager at the Grimsby branch, were among those who took part. Mike’s wife, Nicola Read, the marketing manager, said that the company liked to support the charity golf event and had done so for a number of years. “We support it every year,” she said. “We had three teams taking part. Mike invited various customers and colleagues to take part. “We normally have a couple of teams. Mike is a keen golfer. “It’s in support of Fred Smiles and his work for charity causes and the work of the Lions.” Read Motor Group has sponsored the event to show its appreciation of the efforts of the Lions. “They select a different charity each year,” said Mrs Read. The company has its head office in Altyre Way, Humberston, and also has branches in Railway Street, Grimsby, and in Lincoln and King’s Lynn. “It’s grown quickly,” said Mrs Read. She added that the group employed about 80 people across the four sites and that it had been a Hyundai dealer for six years.
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Factors to consider for firms gearing up for an electric future WITH more and more electric vehicles arriving on the motoring scene businesses need to take stock of what’s on offer. Mike Waters is senior insight and consultancy manager at Arval, the leading vehicle leasing and fleet management company and he gives his views here... The potential savings are considerable for companies and employees alike. And with most car makers planning plug-in versions of key models in the future, it’s time to get to grips with this new technology. Analysis carried out by fleet management company Arval on the real life performance of electric vehicles shows that businesses and individuals need to dig deeper into the data to establish which type of electric vehicle will bring the most value. While miles per gallon data can be very useful in assessing a conventional petrol or diesel vehicle, it can be misleading when selecting an electric vehicle. Businesses need to assess vehicles by a completely different set of rules. The five primary considerations are: ● Map employee “drive-style”. Determine how the vehicle is used for every employee before choosing a technology. Include the commute, business trips, personal and leisure trips and consider the distance travelled per journey, the type of road used and the frequency of each trip. Then determine the best technology to use.
FUTURE:Are electric cars the future for business usage?
Focus on technology, not make and model. The company car can be an emotional benefit. Whilst there is an ever growing number of electric vehicles to choose from, the one that may best suit a particular employee may not be the preferred model. Whilst electric vehicle design is becoming more mainstream, manage employee expectations carefully, especially if the company car is being
used as a tool for attracting key employees. ● Track usage. Many employees are attracted to electric hybrid vehicles as a company car because they attract much lower benefit in kind taxation. However, unless the vehicles are regularly charged they will run primarily on the petrol engine. This may mean that the company ends up spending more on fuel costs than
anticipated. Where’s the plug? Encourage regular charging by discussing where and how often the employee will recharge the vehicle. Charges can take between three and eight hours to complete, ideally, check that a suitable domestic electricity supply is readily available to encourage regular charging. Keep options open. Electric vehicle technology is now performing well.
However, change is constant as new technologies and opportunities emerge. Opting for a flexible lease or contract hire package can protect businesses from changes in the resale value, and also allow for change within a short two or three year cycle. Mike Waters is senior insight & consultancy manager at Arval, the leading vehicle leasing and fleet management company.
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Toolstation heads to Trade Yard as dual development emerges A
NEW dual-location business park project aimed at attracting big brands and small firms to the Humber has secured a second national operator.
site and is particularly welcome so soon after confirmation by Screwfix of their lease at The Trade Yard in Beverley. “By securing the presence of these household names we are underlining the potential of the sites to other Toolstation will open during the prospective trade counter tenants. summer as the first tenant at The The success of Parkway shows that this model of affordability and Trade Yard, a new site built in flexibility in busy locations is Scunthorpe by Venture Business particularly attractive to the trade Parks Ltd using proceeds from the counter and small business sectors, sale of their adjacent site, Parkway supporting job creation in the area.” Business Park. Parkway Business Park was sold by Earlier this year Venture, trading as Allenby Commercial in January 2015 Allenby Commercial (Construction) and work began soon afterwards on Ltd, sealed an agreement with development of The Trade Yard, a Screwfix to take the first unit at The three-acre site at the side of the busy Trade Yard in Beverley, which is Mannaberg Way. Allenby Commercial undergoing major redevelopment will provide 30,000 sq ft of following the acquisition of the accommodation in three phases, with former Swinemoor Industrial Estate. units available from 2,500 sq ft Charlie Allenby, sales manager, said: upwards. “The commitment of Toolstation is a Toolstation, one of Britain’s fastest significant move for the Scunthorpe growing suppliers of tools, accessories and building supplies to the trade, home improvers and self-builders, will occupy 5,000 sq ft. Completion of the site is scheduled for April 2017. It recently opened a unit on Gilbey Road, Grimsby. Duncan Willey, divisional director at PPH Commercial, is marketing the development in Scunthorpe. He said: “Parkway Business Park already boasts an impressive list of tenants including Screwfix Direct, Crown Decorating Centre and Graham plumbers’ merchants. “The development of The Trade Yard and the arrival of Toolstation are significant inward investments which will bring employment opportunities MARKETING: Duncan Willety, left, and to the town. The location of this site is Charlie Allenby. ideal for trade counter operators or
WORK IN PROGRESS: Computer-generated images of The Trade Yard, which is under construction at Mannaberg Way, Scunthorpe. for businesses seeking modern high quality industrial premises with prominence and good road access. We are already in discussions with a number of other notable occupiers and hope to announce further occupiers shortly.’’ The Trade Yard in Beverley is being developed at the 7.24-acre Swinemoor
Industrial Estate which was acquired by Allenby early in 2015. Screwfix, the UK’s largest multi-channel supplier in trade tools, plumbing, electrical, bathrooms and kitchens, will occupy the first of two newly-built units, taking a total of 5,000 sq ft. The second unit is similar size and can be sub-divided. A second
phase will offer units from 3,000 sq ft up to 20,000 sq ft with options for bespoke design. Mr Allenby added: “Allenby Commercial will roll out The Trade Yard brand across the region and we expect to announce details of more tenants and sites in the coming months.”
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Special build project with rich history wins regional accolade
PRESENTATION: The project team pictured together at the LABC East Midlands Awards. TG Sowerby Developments Ltd was crowned for Best Commercial Building for The Darrel Room Extension at Retford’s Trinity Hospital.
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evening in our category; however, biased as I am, I always suspected our project’s special and unique nature would buoy it above its competition.” The seven month project, while in keeping with the building, also introduced modern elements, including aluminium and zinc Held a month after the South Yorkshire and roofing. Humber bash saw four wins for northern The project will now represent the East Lincolnshire, TG Sowerby Developments Ltd Midlands Region at the LABC Building had a unique project in Retford recognised. Excellence Awards’ National The Darrel Room Extension at the town’s Finals in November as its Best Small Trinity Hospital has created a common room Commercial Building submission. facility for the 15 residents of the Alms House. “I am looking forward to the national finals, The hospital was established 345 years ago with an endowment from the will of Dr John Darrel where I believe our project will again be a strong contender,” Mr Lyon added. who left Retford Hall in 1671 to provide The awards evening was held at Leicester accommodation and hospitality for those in Athena, and as well as winning the Best need within the Bassetlaw Commercial Building category it was a finalist district. Steve Lyon, director and project site manager, in the Best Inclusive Building and Best Public said: “I am immensely pleased with this award, Service Building categories. Managing director Steve Sowerby joined Mr which is a credit to the hard work and Lyon in Leicester, together with Trinity craftsmanship which went into the project. Hospital Estates’ bailiff, Bob Rabagliati; project “We built up an excellent working Architect Carl Andrews of Soul Architects and relationship with the client and the project Bassetlaw District Council’s building control team, as well as Bassetlaw’s Building Control Section, all of which went towards making this manager , Angela Edwards, principal building control surveyor Bob Whatley and building project the success that it was. There were some excellent projects exhibited at the awards control surveyor David Jones.
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BEARING FRUIT: New business Orchard Barn Intergrative Heath Centre on Station Road, Stallingborough. From left are, Lindsay Adams, receptionist, Dr Sally Moorcroft and Helen Quirke. Above, the natural pharmacy, and below, the large studio space and one of the clinic rooms.
Sisters’ Stallingborough centre is a healthy conversion for historic barn montessori school, closing earlier in the year. Helen, who is centre manager, said the 18th century conversion now offers a range of clinic rooms, a studio and a natural pharmacy which stocks The pair want to create a food for restricted diets, centre of excellence for natural including gluten free foods, health, and it comes after Sally, supplements, natural cosmetics a qualified medical doctor, saw and toiletries. her Natural Health Clinic “Our vision if for it to become outgrew previous premises in a centre of excellence, to have the village. some really good people here, It also coincided with the that’s the plan,” she said. former tenant of the barn, a “I was quite ambitious, we
have worked very hard to get it open, and it has been quite a whirlwind to get this far. “Now we are going to grow it gradually. We are searching for the right people to join us.” Some of the services available at the centre are herbal medicine, testing, medical acupuncture, homeopathy, nutrition, yoga and yoga therapy. It can also be used for workshops and events. Dr Moorcroft began practicing in Stallingborough more than 10 years ago.
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Planning expertise added as solicitor returns after a decade
HOMEWORK: Ruth Brewin, left, with North East Lincolnshire Council leader Ray Oxby, centre, and Kevin Manterfield-Ivory, major contracts director for Gelder, break ground on the new Wilkin Chapman office build in Cartergate, Grimsby.
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knowledge relating to planning and development. In the interim, he worked as a solicitor for North East Lincolnshire Council, where he assisted with a number of high-profile projects around the borough, including residential and industrial schemes, as well as advising on enforcement issues and planning appeals and inquiries. Ruth Brewin, partner and head of commercial property, said: “Planning law is often a complex area which can seem daunting. Dan has become a great asset not only to the commercial property team, but to the entire firm, offering
in-depth knowledge and reassurance to clients. We’re very pleased to welcome him back to the firm.” Commenting on his new role, Mr Humphrey said:: “The area of planning law can be a difficult one to navigate; it is my job to help businesses foresee and overcome obstacles and generally make matters relating to property development run smoothly. I’m very much looking forward to building on the work I’ve done here, assisting more local businesses and local residents over the coming months, and helping in the regeneration of this region.”
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9-13 Oswald Road
100-102, Freeman Street FOR SALE
FOR SALE
PRELIMINARY NOTICE
* Lock-up shop premises * Approx. 1,236s q ft/115 sqm, plus first floor sales approx. 76 sqm/819 sqft * 2nd Floor ancillaries, WCs, approx. 51 sqm/548 sqft * Next to Iceland and close to Cooplands Bakery * Opposite long established covered market * Electric security shutters * Potential to use upper floors for residential flats, subject to consents * EPC Rating E
* Shops/former restaurant/flats over * 3 separate units * Requiring refurbishment/repair * Suit developer/investors * Contact Grimsby office on 01472 362020
To Be Advised
Detail in the duty HIS year’s Budget introduced new stamp duty land tax (SDLT) rates, which will result in savings for a large number of commercial property transactions.
TO LET
* Self contained first floor office * Approx. 22.10sq ft/238sq ft * Walk-in finish, with space heating, IT and phone points * New lease available, EPC Rating G
RENT £2,600 p.a.
DELIVERY: Chancellor George Osborne delivers his Budget statement to the House of Commons.
PRICE £80,000
LINCOLNSHIRE’S LEADING ESTATE AGENCY GROUP
However, high value transactions could end up costing significantly more in tax, with the purchase price overlap coming in at around £1.05 million. Explaining the impact of the new SDLT rates, Tom Furneaux, commercial property trainee legal executive at Grimsby’s Wilkin Chapman, said: “In his March budget, the Chancellor announced a change in the way SDLT is to be calculated in relation to commercial property purchases and the granting of commercial property leases. This change ultimately affects anyone who is purchasing a commercial property above £150,000 or who will be entering into a lease with a net present value above £5 million.” Under the old system for calculating the tax due on a commercial property purchase, SDLT was calculated on a single percentage point basis, otherwise known as a ‘slab system’. If you purchased a commercial property for £375,000 you would have paid SDLT at 3 per cent, totalling £11,250. With the 3 per cent charge being applied to all commercial property purchases within the price bracket of £250,001 to £500,000. The new system alters this by bringing in a ‘slice system’, which is the same style of system now used for residential purchases. Commercial property SDLT will be calculated based on the relevant percentage applicable to the ‘slice’ of the price which falls within any given bracket. If the purchase price falls within the £0 to
ADVICE: Tom Furneaux. £150,000 bracket, the SDLT rate is 0 per cent; if any of the purchase price falls between £150,001 to £250,000, the rate of SDLT is 2 per cent, and for any remainder of the purchase price over £250,000, the SDLT rate is 5 per cent. Using the new system, this means that if you purchased that same commercial property for £375,000, on or after the March 17, 2016, you would pay only £8,250 in tax – around 27 per cent less. Mr Furneaux added: “It is imperative that you speak to a legal adviser about your liability for SDLT on any transaction, especially one which is in the course of exchange/completion, to ensure you have a clear understanding of how your transaction will be affected by the new rates. “You should also be aware that if SDLT is underpaid or the relevant return is filed late, fines and penalties can quickly mount up.”
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Commercial Property Serving the Region’s Business & Commerce Established Scooter/Motorcycle Business With Workshop MOT Station & Forecourt
NEW TO MARKET
Central Location - Newly Refurbished Retail/Office Units - Available Summer 2016
Cleethorpes Barcroft St £110,000
FAMILIAR DEAL: Shaun Hunt, left, with Lee Buchanan, Priority Space director, Keith Langton, and Adam Richardson. Inset, Britcon managing director Paul Clarkson.
European champs! Britcon inspires the continent says LSE S
director of Britcon, said: “It is a real honour to be included in such a prestigious list by the London Stock Exchange. This tremendous accolade is testament to our strong team of professionals who share our vision to excel in all that we do. “It is especially pleasing to see that we can achieve such high from all 28 EU countries and It comes as an extension to standing recognition while from a wide range of business the annual study of 1,000 remaining true to our values as Companies to Inspire Britain – sectors. Taken as a whole they a family owned business.” are growing at 71 per cent a for which the South Bank had Established for more than 26 seven representatives featured year and over the past two years have increased their staff years Britcon provides earlier this year. by 66 per cent. This report building, civil engineering and To be included in the list, gives these companies the steelwork solutions for the companies needed to show consistent revenue growth over recognition they deserve.” built environment. With offices Britcon is one of just 98 a minimum of three years and in Scunthorpe and Wakefield businesses in the construction the business directly employs have a significant increase to and property sector identified overall staff numbers. 90 people on its project sites in the report across the 28 Jonathan Hill of the across the UK. member countries. Other high European Commission In 2014/15 it reported strong representing financial stability, performing sectors include business growth by 17 per cent food and beverage and financial services and capital to £31.5 million, a growth manufacturing and markets union, said: “The engineering. which has been consistent in companies listed are Paul Clarkson, managing recent years. remarkable examples of
CUNTHORPE-based building company Britcon is the only company from northern Lincolnshire to be listed by the London Stock Exchange in its inaugural ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Europe’ re- European hard work and port. entrepreneurship. They come
Owner buys up the buildings the firm built THE Hunt family, owners of Scunthorpe’s Britcon, have bought a 26,840 sq ft business park the construction contractor built. Abbey Court at Selby Business Park has been bought following the closure of devloper Priority Sites. A successful multi-let office park, featuring 15 separate buildings, it was built in 2010. Shaun Hunt, chief executive of Hunt Group, said: “We are delighted to acquire Abbey Court. Having built it ourselves we are well aware of the build credentials that have earned the site a BREEAM Excellent award and its future-proof attributes for efficiency that make it a strong long-term investment opportunity. “We have already introduced our in-house service management team, HG Property Management, to provide tenants with best value coupled with very high standards of
service through our regular site maintenance programme and open door policy.” Located on the A63 Selby bypass, the scheme is 70 per cent let with occupiers including Doosan Babcock, Morgan Lambert and The Skills Network Ltd. Two former development managers of Priority Sites, who have collaborated to form Priority Space Ltd, are also appointed to manage the asset for Hunt family. One, director Adam Richardson said: “Having had historic involvement with the site we are delighted to re-engage the process with Hunt family and progress the lettings efforts. “Since the Hunt family acquisition we have already agreed deals to let 1,688 sq ft to Backoffice Nationwide Ltd and 1,414 sq ft to Drenched Ltd.”
An excellent opportunity to acquire a highly visable established, profitable scooter and motorcycle business set within a purpose built two storey premises, comprising two showrooms, parts and accessories sales counter, fully equipped MOT station and workshop facility, office, staff facilities and forecourt located close to the busy thoroughfare of Grimsby Road Cleethorpes. Available For sale with offers in the region of £110,000, accounts upon request - alternatively a letting may be given consideration to at a rent to be agreed. Equipment, F&F and SAV by way of separate negotiation.
Grimsby - Units 1-4 Hainton House £6,000/£8,400 Per Annum
Newly refurbished retail/office units with areas of between 960/1344 sq ft (89.3/124.9 sq m) will provide, modern single storey accommodation fitted to high specification including; loading facility to the rear of the premises with the shop front facing Hainton Avenue, close to the busy junctions of Freeman Street and Frederick Ellis Way, and within close proximity to the town centre - scheduled for completion summer 2016. (Artist’s impression and final specification may be subject to change). Available To Let on FRI lease terms with starting rents of between £6,000/£8,400 per annum.
Prominent Corner Retail/ Prominent Corner Warehouse Accommodation Retail Unit Excellent Development Opportunity Incentives Available
Prominent Investment Opportunity
NEW PRICE
Immingham Kings Road £79,000
Cleethorpes - Grimsby Rd £85 per week
Prominent corner two storey retail/ warehouse premises with excellent development potential of approximately 1599 sq ft (148.6 sq m), located on the portsides busy thoroughfare of kings Road with direct links to the A180. The accommodation is situated within a mixed use location of traders and residential occupiers alike, although would be suitable for various uses , subject to the appropriate consents. Available For Sale with offers in the region of £85,000.
Corner retail unit holding a highly visible position, located at the junction with Suggitts Lane, in a good commercial area. Grimsby Road is the main arterial route through to both the towns of Grimsby and Cleethorpes and has a high level of traffic throughout the day. These prominent corner premises of 362 sq ft have most recently been utilised as a cake shop and offer an excellent retailing opportunity with the added advantage of side off-road parking. The premises would suit a variety of users and are available on flexible terms.
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Cleethorpes Grimsby Rd £89,000 Excellent value retail investment premises situated within a busy shopping parade on Grimsby Road the main arterial route through to both the towns of Grimsby and Cleethorpes with high levels of traffic throughout the day. The ground floor accommodation totals an area of 907 sq ft (84.3 sq m) with A2 consent, would be suitable for various other uses, subject to the appropriate consent with first floor self contained one bedroomed living accommodation. Rental potential of up to approximately £8,500 p.a. Available For Sale with offers in the region £89,000.
Established Fish and Chip Extensive Former Public House Centrally Located Business Opportunity With Office Accommodation/ with Various Commercial & Living Accommodation Residential Consents Flexible Terms
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NEW TO MARKET Cleethorpes Grimsby Rd £140,000 Established Fish & Chip business including equipment, F&F plus SAV with excellent first floor, three bedroomed living accommodation that would lend itself to a self contained flat, located on the busy thoroughfare of Grimsby Road leading to Grimsby town centre and the sea side resort of Cleethorpes, famous for its attractions. Offering an excellent opportunity to further the market sales and expand the existing business accounts are available to interested parties upon request. Available For Sale with offers in the region of £140,000.
Grimsby - Kent Street £3,950 Per Annum
Centrally located, newly refurbished first floor office accommodation located on Kent Street, close to the junctions of Freeman Street & Cleethorpe Road Grimsby with easy access to Grimsby fishing ports & the A180. The accommodation provides self contained office’s along with staff & secure car parking facilities with an area totalling 1,202 sq ft (111.7 sq m). Available To Let either as the first floor in its entirety at an annual rent of £3,950 or on a room by room basis with negotiation rents & easy in easy out terms.
Luddington - High St £90,000 An extensive former public house on a site of approximately 0.83 acres, located on the B1392 within the heart of the picturesque rural village of Luddington North Lincolnshire, lying between the towns of Scunthorpe and Goole that has undergone part conversion to the ground and upper floors, providing a two bedroomed apartment with space for a further residential dwelling to the first floor. An excellent development project with various commercial planning consents to the ground floor, including A3 and A5 use. The property is available for sale with an asking price £90,000.
CHARTERED SURVEYORS • PROPERTY CONSULTANTS • ASSET MANAGERS GRIMSBY 01472 353436 SCUNTHORPE 01724 856037 www.lovelle-commercial.co.uk Other branches in Brigg, Barton-Upon-Humber, Hessle, Humberston, Lincoln, Market Rasen, North Hykeham & Gainsborough
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Health and safety given high visibility
BY DAVE LAISTER
Unity and then War of the Roses
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FOCUS on health compliance and performance saw Clugston Construction take the 2016 North Lincs H&S Group Outstanding Achievement in Health and Safety Improvement Award. It was presented at the organisation’s annual dinner, with more than 90 people attending at Forest Pines Hotel, Broughton. Group president David Jones told how health could often be an area given less priority in a business, explaining how health check and screening has been introduced for all employees, with initiatives also raising health awareness among both employers and contractors. Mr Jones said: “The night is all about recognising people for all their hard work in promoting good health and safety practice over the past 12 months and hopefully at the same time raising some much needed money for a worthy cause.” That worthy cause was Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance, with Trevor Cherry representing. A total of £507 was raised. Guests included Mayor of North Lincolnshire, Helen Rowson, former group treasurer and his wife Ed and Claire Hodson and The Rev Bill Robson. Annual Safety awards, made to
MONUMENTAL: Opportunities offered by the region’s offshore energy activity are big business.
LEADING BY EXAMPLE: Laura Prior receives the North Lincs H&S Award for Clugston Construction Ltd. organisations which have a lost time injury performance which is better than their own standard industry classification were also made to nine member companies. They were: Bradbury Group; Caritas Ltd; Clugston Construction; Harland Construction Ltd; Harsco; LAS Metals Ltd; NLT Training Services Ltd; PD
Ports and Tata Steel Long Products (now British Steel). They all received their awards from the Mayor and Mr Jones. There were four applications for the outstanding achievement award, with Harsco, Bradbury and Tata Steel (now British Steel) commended.
Anglia’s long haul for a golden achievement GRIMSBY’S Anglia Engineering Solutions Ltd has been successful in the 60th year of the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2016. The company achieved the Gold Medal Award in the prestigious scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). It recognises five successive gold awards. The South Humberside Industrial Estate team will be presented with the award during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, next month, as the event marks its diamond anniversary. Gary Carlton, managing director at Anglia, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded a RoSPA Gold Medal. It is a testament to the work our personnel put in day to day that we have been recognised in this way and I personally would like to
safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement. Julia Small, RoSPA’s head of awards and events, said: “To win an award at such a highly-regarded event as the RoSPA Awards is a great achievement for our winners. It recognises their commitment to maintaining an excellent health and safety record and raises the bar for other organisations to aspire to. We offer them our congratulations. JUST REWARD: Gary Carlton, left, and Matt Bickley. “This year was doubly thank all of the staff for their ensure they are working to special for our winners as efforts, in particularly the highest health and safety their achievements were health, safety, environment standards possible. Long may recognised as the RoSPA and quality manager Matt it continue.” Awards celebrated its Bickley. Through the scheme, which diamond anniversary, which “This award is reflective of is open to businesses and is a ringing endorsement of the good work we are doing organisations of all types and the thousands of businesses here at AES and provides a sizes from across the UK and and organisations that have just reward for the constant overseas, judges consider committed to continuous investment and training we entrants’ overarching improvement in accident and ill-health prevention.” provide to our personnel to occupational health and
IT was certainly encouraging to hear just how important the Humber is when it comes to the emerging Northern Powerhouse this past month. The importance of uniting and speaking with one voice, a re-balancing of the economy, ensuring career ambition could flourish here, all good stuff. It went on, Immingham as the jewel in the ports, the nexus of the emerging super corridor East to West as Great Britain brings together Europe and the US. Yes, it was a powerful, emotive and passionate call that came from the Humber Business Summit, as a key closing event to Humber Business Week. We even had 11th hour pleas from all comers for a last ditch look towards Humber devolution, to capitalise on the real economic engine of the region. And then it ever so slightly became undone. For Sir Richard Leese, the architect of much of what had us nodding away in agreement, took a cheeky swipe across the borders. Leader of Manchester City Council, he couldn’t resist a little dig at the neighbours, Yorkshire, describing a view that it had international status as “nonsensical”. He went on to tell business leaders gathered at University of Hull how Leeds may even carry more gravitas abroad. There was a gasp, audible, as the room digested this statement. He may have been right, but there’s something great about Yorkshire, and that is the pride in the place. I grew up with Blundell Park echoing to “following Grimsby, over land and sea, and Yorkshire,” as though it wasn’t worthy of being classed as either. Thankfully, I quickly discovered it is far from this. Once you get over petty border rivalry you quickly embrace this rich county for what it offers. “Sir Richard is wrong on that. He is a bloody good fellow but he
doesn’t understand Yorkshire,” came a retort from Lord Haskins. It was all good humoured, but where was the ‘one voice’? Surely, if we are to work together, as one, all good things must be shouted about, and likewise challenges addressed. Yorkshire as a brand, as a produce, definitely resonates. Yorkshire, as the Humber is, is one great facet of the Northern Powerhouse dice, rolled to suit the occasion.
BRAND: Confidence in a brand is the courage to remove your name. Yorkshire Tea is a proud product, as is seen with this great backing of Jonny Bairstow’s recent test match triumph. I recall the objections when Yorkshire Forward was unveiled as the regional development agency, because it didn’t include northern Lincolnshire. Our problem is we have always had something of an identity crisis. Humber is too focused on Hull, Lincolnshire is Lincoln-centric, and agricultural in outlook rather than industrial like our South Bank towns are. Rather than worry about the tag, we need to play to our strengths under whatever name fits the bill, and whatever brings the best outcome. If we are talking energy, it is the Humber, steel it is Scunthorpe, fish it is Grimsby etc... People resonate with what an area can do, as that will bring the passion and the pride.
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