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Jacqueline O’Donovan honoured with lifetime achievement award

Jacqueline O’Donovan, managing director of O’Donovan Waste Disposal, has received the lifetime achievement award from the Worshipful Company of Carmen. This esteemed award was founded in 2011 to recognise and honour the outstanding service, dedication, diligence and leadership given to the transport industry in the UK by exceptional individuals over an extended period of two decades or more.

The Worshipful Company of Carmen is one of the 110 livery companies in the City of London and it dates back to 1517. Steeped in tradition, the Company represents a wide range of aspects within the transport and logistics encouraging achievement and the advancement of knowledge in the transport and logistics profession through awards, lectures and social activities. It’s benevolence and historic fellowship are renowned and respected and it continues to adapt and evolve to meet the challenges of today’s transport and logistics industry which contributes £127 billion to UK economy.

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Don’t turn a blind eye to safety prescription eyewear

Safety prescription eyewear plays a vital role in helping to reduce workplace injuries to the wearer and those around them. Clair Weston, Marketing Manager at uvex is urging those with lapsed eye tests to make this a priority. 

Workplace eye injuries can result from a wide range of sources, from swinging chains to sand and dirt to hazardous chemicals. Prescription and non-prescription safety eyewear can help to mitigate these risks. 

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Carbon and sustainability: Clark-Drain’s statement of achievement as well as intent

The current intense media interest in environmental issues and carbon targets has shone a piercing green light on business and its sustainability practices.

And as buyers, investors, and communities look ever more determinedly for strong ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) credentials in the businesses they deal with, Clark-Drain is proud to be able to say that we have had a concerted programme of carbon reduction and sustainability improvement in place since 2018, with many targets already achieved.

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CHAS announces single compliance solution for multiple supply-chain risks

CHAS, the trusted name in supply chain risk management, has introduced CHAS Elite. This comprehensive compliance solution enables buyers and suppliers to demonstrate their regulatory compliance around health and safety, environmental issues, modern slavery, diversity, equality and inclusion, in a single product.

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Remi champions women in construction winning Female Electrician of the Year

Female construction student Remi Newman is celebrating ‘the double’ after winning a London-wide Electrician of the Year competition – and then being offered an apprenticeship by the contest’s sponsors!

Remi, who is on the Level 2 Electrical Installations course at New City College’s Construction & Engineering Centre in Rainham, went up against 10 other female trainees and tradeswomen in the International Women’s Day competition, sponsored by ESG and hosted at Lewisham College.

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