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Positive economic data welcomed by financial services broker

A leading independent financial services broker which helps SMEs source funding has welcomed a recent raft of positive economic data. 

Midlands Asset Finance says that a number of reports show that the regional economy is holding up well in spite of ongoing uncertainties surrounding Brexit. 

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On the spot recruitment at Mick George Open Day

Growing demand for the products and services on offer from Mick George Ltd means that the business is on the look out for emerging local talent to fill numerous vacancies that have arisen following the recent success of the company.

The organisation will be hosting a ‘recruitment open day’ where they will be opening the office doors to all job seekers interested in a career at Mick George Ltd. The event is scheduled for Thursday 29th September, 7am – 8pm at Mick George Ltd, 6 Lancaster Way, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, PE29 6XU.

To find out more, please visit www.mickgeorge.co.uk/careersday where you will be able to register your attendance. Refreshments will be available throughout the day.

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Boningale to demonstrate environmental credentials at Saltex

Boningale Nurseries, one of the leading suppliers to the British landscaping industry, will be exhibiting at SALTEX for the first time this year. The company will show some of its new and exclusive hedging and specimen plants, and offer expert advice on its environmental planting range. 

Joining them on the stand will be experts from the company’s award winning green roof department, Boningale GreenSky. Together, they will be demonstrating how they have been successfully supplying both traditional nursery and green roof planting stock to contractors and architects working on designs that increasingly require a roof garden.

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'Have you got the right card?' - CISRS issue new poster

CISRS has issued a brand new card information poster entitled ‘Have you got the right card?’ which is available to all free of charge by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The CISRS poster has been created in order to provide a quick reference point for those wishing to ensure that individuals carrying out scaffolding operations on their sites have completed the relevant training, experience and assessment and are holding the correct CISRS card.

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Introducing Energy Logic - energy saving window film

Today’s public sector faces many challenges. Alongside the need to make cost savings there is legislative and stakeholder pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Many organisations have already taken steps to address both of these issues through the introduction of energy saving policies and measures. However, government legislation, commitments and targets will require continued reductions in order to make the transition to a truly low carbon and sustainable economy.

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Architecture students bring historical building back to the future

University of Wolverhampton architecture students have designs on bringing a historical building back to the future in Telford.

The Anstice Memorial Hall, which is located in Anstice Square in Madeley, is almost 150 years old and was opened as a working men’s club in 1870 in memory of local businessman, John Anstice, a founder of the Madeley Wood Company.

After closing its doors in 2014, a local campaign resulted in Madeley Town Council (MTC) buying the building with potential uses being considered following community surveys and engagement.

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The Association for Project Safety announces Lesley McLeod as new CEO

The Association for Project Safety (APS) has announced the appointment of Lesley McLeod as their new CEO. She starts on Monday 19th September. 

Lesley joins APS from Energy UK, where she was Board Director, Communications and Public Affairs. 

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Siltbuster tackles groundwater problem as part of £1bn renewable energy project

Siltbuster, the UK’s leading water treatment company, has created and installed a processing plant in just seven days to help remove dissolved iron from groundwater as part of the £1 billion project commissioned by National Grid and Scottish Power Transmission. The project to build the Western Link is bringing renewable energy from Scotland to homes and businesses in England and Wales and is being delivered by a Consortium of Prysmian Group (responsible for cable manufacture and installation) and Siemens (responsible for converter stations).

The dissolved, iron contamination arose when below ground, high voltage, power cables were being installed. The complex cable routes, spanning a distance of 420 Km, pass within TATA Steel’s works at Shotton. When installing the 400kV A.C cables on this land it was found that the groundwater generated was in parts heavily contaminated with dissolved iron. Such contaminated water would pose significant risk to aquatic life if discharged without treatment.

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Survey shows major building sector unfazed by Brexit

New poll finds building services sector confident following EU referendum result, but that it prioritises Single Market.

The building services engineering sector - which makes up 40 per cent of the UK’s construction and maintenance industry - believes it will successfully weather the outcome of Brexit over the next few years. That's according to major new survey findings from the Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA), the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and Scotland’s trade association for the electrical industry SELECT.

Almost half of survey respondents (46 per cent) believe Brexit will have a positive impact on their company in just five years’ time, with less than one in five (19 per cent) saying it will have a negative impact. (23 per cent said it would have no discernible impact). However, the largest contractors in the survey (with over £20 million turnover) are slightly less optimistic about the short term business prospects than smaller contractors.

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Finance provider doubles staff in 12 months

A number of key appointments at specialist financial services broker Midlands Asset Finance means the company has doubled its staff to 15 in the past 12 months.

The firm, which is run by husband and wife team Dave and Sue Chapman, has experienced year-on-year growth since it was founded in 2009, which has led to the firm increasing its employee headcount and purchasing its own premises, just off junction 28 of the M1 motorway.

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