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wednesday 4 August 2021
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Top boss leaves port company Jonty Dine Reporter
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The former top boss of Port Nelson has left the role of chief operating officer at Aimex Service Group just three weeks after he
Baking a difference for the SPCA
started. Ex Port Nelson CEO Martin Byrne says, after taking up the role of chief operating officer for the engineering business, it soon became clear that his vision for the Aimex business and the “personal values” that he operates by and
adheres to did not “necessarily align with those of all the company directors”. “On that basis I made the decision it was best for both parties if we ended our association.” He resigned effective July 15 having assumed the role on June 21.
In the past several weeks, Aimex, which is located in Port Nelson, has been under scrutiny after it was fined $340,000 when a teenage apprentice was found unconscious in the engine room of a vessel where he was exposed to toxic chemicals.
The man, who was 19 at the time, suffered an anoxic brain injury after inhaling the fumes of a hydrocarbon-based degreaser which has left him unable to work since the July 2019 incident.
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Nelson spCa centre manager stef Bender celebrates cupcake day with some of their youngest bunny residents. Photo: Kate Russell.
Kate Russell
Bakers and animal lovers from all over Nelson put their aprons on for the annual SPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser on Monday. “Cupcake Day is just so important. The SPCA is only funded by donations, so things like this are really big for us,” says Nelson centre manager, Stef Bender. “There were hundreds of cupcakes - way more than we expected. Some of the volunteers just went above and beyond.” Cupcakes were sold for a donation at the centre on Waimea Rd, as well as at a stall on Trafalgar St. “We had volunteers manning the stand and then those who did all the baking - when I walked in on Monday morning we had a full table of cupcakes,” says Stef. Stef, who has just started as the
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