IN BRIEF
B&M WASTE SERVICES
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
CLAIRE HOUSE
Wirral-based B&M Waste Services have continued to
show their support to their nominated Wirral charity,
Claire House Children’s Hospice through a series of
challenges and volunteering throughout 2017.
The team cycled both the Liverpool to Chester Bike Ride and the
gruelling 100 mile Ride London Challenge over the summer raising
£2120. A group of willing B&M volunteers helped clear a mountain
of rubbish out from the new development at the new Liverpool
site being set up for Claire House. Battered and bruised the team
meticulously volunteered and cleared an area to ensure it was safe
and usable by those visiting Claire House in the future. And just
recently a team of non-runners took part in the Splash Dash for the
charity in Sefton Park, raising over £500, with sponsorship money
still coming in from that.
Graham Curtis, Director at B&M Waste Services said: “Raising
awareness of the fantastic work the charity does is something
we’ve always tried to do. We’re proud to be associated with such an
important charity, and have, for a number of year’s now helped raise
awareness through promoting the charity on the side of our ‘big
yellow trucks, as well as volunteering and taking part in challenges.
It’s so important to the children and families across the region to have
the support in terms of not just respite but enjoying the time they
have together, then of course end of life care too. We are genuinely
immensely proud to work with Claire House, it’s such a special
charity.”
NEW RECRUITS MARK
EXPANSION FOR AUGER
Auger, the market-leading independent drainage and
water supply pipe specialist, based on the Wirral, has
taken on a team of new employees, expanding every pa rt
of the business.
The Wallasey company, which serves the UK-wide insurance industry,
has made a significant investment into its business in recent months,
with a move to a new £1.2million headquarters.
Now Auger has announced it has taken on eight new staff, both office
and site-based, to continue its expansion plans. It is also currently
recruiting for an additional 11 external engineers. Four water mains
engineers have been recruited; Carl Clare, Stephen Shaw, Mark Shead
and Peter Clark. Adam Lofthouse also joins as an assistant water mains
engineer, with Alex Smith as an internal technician. Meanwhile, two
account managers have joined the business – Tom Carter and Chris
Simons.
The news comes just months after Auger previously announced six
new recruits to its team as part of an expansion plan which aims to
double the size of its claims department to more than 40 staff. Nicola
Lyon, Auger’s head of recruitment and staff development, said: “As the
business continues to grow, we are seeing a real need to recruit new
team members – based both here at our headquarters and engineers
who will spend their time on-site carrying out repairs for customers.
We are proud to be building an unrivalled direct labour force which
can respond quickly across the UK and we’re planning to continue this
growth for some time to come.”
APPLICATIONS FOR SHELL SPRINGBOARD ARE OPEN
Applications for Shell Springboard are now open and
close on Monday, November 6, 2017 at 5pm. A total
funding amount of £350,000 will be available to six
winning companies in 2018. the use of your product/service) and indirect emissions (which occur
when carbon emission savings can be associated with the use of your
product/service but do not arise directly from its application). It does
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potential to accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy.
You will be asked to describe how your project will lead to a reduction
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