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Staying Positive

Pro Earth • 16 April 2020

Challenging times but with some good news

CURRENT BUSINESS

Although most construction sites are closed, we are still making deliveries to essential Environment Agency works being undertaken by J T Mackley and Van Oord UK. We always observe all the social distancing guidelines and have written confirmation from the contractor that we are making an essential journey.

HS2 GIVEN ‘NOTICE TO PROCEED’

When the Lock Down is eased, we always expected construction to be one of the first industries to be back at work. A belief that was given a big boost this week with the announcement that the Government has issued the formal ‘Notice to Proceed’ to allow the multi-billion pound HS2 project to begin.

Mark Thurston, CEO of HS2 Ltd, said: “In these difficult times, today’s announcement represents both an immediate boost to the construction industry – and the many millions of UK jobs that the industry supports – and an important investment in Britain’s future. While the country’s focus is rightly on defeating COVID-19, this ensures that our contractors and their supply chains have the confidence that they can commit to building HS2, generating thousands of skilled jobs across the country as we recover from the pandemic.”

We are delighted to be working on multiple stages of this project. Through our distributors A Plant (Sunbelt Rentals) and Bunzl Greenham, we shall be providing products to these major industry players all contractors on HS2: CSjv (Costain, Skanska), SCSjv (Costain, Skanska, Strabag), Alignjv (Bouygues, Sir Robert McApline, Voker Fitzpatrick) and BBVjv (Balfour Beatty, Vinci).

NEW DIRECTORS

We are in the process of appointing new directors to our board. Initially, they will hold advisory, nonshareholding positions.

Matthew Addison who has a BSc in Chemistry from Bath University, is a great addition as we move forward with our R&D projects in the treatment of wastewater. Currently the Head of Data & Insight Strategy at Accenture Interactive, Matt also brings his considerable strategic skills help us fuel growth. Currently, Matt is working on Accenture's COVID-19 response supporting the UK government and the NHS in developing and evolving strategies during and after the crisis period.
Thomas Hyde is a fluent French speaker with sales experience all over Europe and Africa in his previous role with Jaguar Land Rover. He will play a key part in helping us to expand our market into mainland Europe. During the COVID-19 crisis, Tom is volunteering at the Nightingale Hospital in London.
Peter Willis has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry, predominantly in the domestic market. With his wide knowledge of building products and procedures and a large contact book, Peter will be a valuable asset.
David Rockall with his many years’ business experience will be advising us on policy.

OTHER NEWS

One of our Directors, Alex Addison, is an NHS Volunteer Responder and took her first call today. And we have been cheering on Captain Tom Moore who completed his 100 laps before his 100th birthday raising over £13 million for the NHS. Amazing!

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Specialists in environment conservation and pollution control. Designers of spill control solutions and purification systems removing contaminants, including heavy metals, from wastewater.