Markham Vale company wins major contract
ScottishPower has chosen Markham Vale based company Meter Provida to deal
with the triaging of ‘as new’ meters and the recycling of old ones.
This contract
win marks another milestone in the specialist company’s recent growth, which
has seen its workforce expand fourfold in the last three years.
ScottishPower
supplies energy to 5 million households and businesses across the UK and is
currently part of the smart meter rollout, aiming to provide a new meter to all
of its customers by 2020.
Proper disposal
of legacy meters is vital for ensuring the smart meter rollout meets Government
targets on emissions, as well as guaranteeing those who own legacy meters are
properly recompensed.
Stephen Burr,
Managing Director of Meter Provida, said:
“This is an
important step in the expansion of Meter Provida’s work by offering an
end-to-end service – providing reverse logistics and recycling of old meters to
support ScottishPower in delivering their smart meter rollout.
“We are
delighted to be working closely with ScottishPower to support their delivery of
the smart meter roll out.”
Andrew Ward,
Smart Director of ScottishPower, said: “We’re pleased to be working with Meter
Provida to support us in collecting and examining our removed meters. Where
possible Meter Provida will recycle existing meters in an environmentally friendly
way. This is an often overlooked part of the smart meter rollout.”
Meter Provida are based on Enterprise
Way at Markham vale - for more information about the company visit https://www.meterprovida.com
Markham
Vale company invests to grow
The Independent Stabilsation Co Ltd (ISCL) based at the Environment
Centre have recently invested in new state-of-the-art equipment in order to
meet their growing business needs. The company are specialist
ground engineers offering a variety of bespoke and innovative solutions to a wide
range of ground improvement challenges
ISCL have just taken delivery of a brand
new shiny new Bomag 219 roller. The single highly efficient roller will be used
by the company for heavy compaction work on thick fill layers: e.g. large-scale
projects in road construction, airports, dam construction, or work to reclaim land.
More about the company and the range of
services that they offer can be found at http://www.independentstabilisation.com/
Apprentices at Markham Vale
Six new
apprentices are geared up and ready to launch their new career with Markham
Vale company AW Repair Group this month.
In partnership
with AutoRaise and Emtec Training, the engaging and inspired youngsters will be
donning their corporate blue and orange uniform across the group’s five sites
including the one at Waterloo Court Markham Vale.
Harvey,
Charlie, Jack, Ryan, Joshua and Leon follow in the footsteps of Georgie, Kane
and Joe who are now Year Two and Three apprentices with AW Repair Group.
 The 16-19 year
olds will be training in a variety of panel, paint and MET roles as well as the
new multi-skilled apprenticeship trailblazed by AutoRaise and now government
approved.
AutoRaise are a
charity dedicated to improving the industry skills shortage and have a single,
focused purpose: to promote the industry as a sustainable, attractive and
rewarding place to work. They aim to bring new blood into the industry,
specifically engaging young people aged between 13 and 24, and to help
employers nurture their Apprentices into qualified talent – the future owners,
managers and leaders in our industry.
Bob Linwood,
CEO of AutoRaise, said “Andrew, James, Jade and the AW Group have really
grabbed hold of the whole apprenticeship opportunity and it feels great that
AutoRaise helped stimulate some of this initiative. We all felt that an Autumn
Showcase Event would be good but as it turns out, AW have been able to create a
fresh cohort of motivated young people to join the group as apprentices. It’s
the latest indication of the impact AutoRaise are having on the industry’s
skills shortage”.
The apprentices
will receive a branded roll cabinet and top box starter pack including
essential beginner tools, certification folder, personnel handbook, USB drive
and an AW notepad within a satchel during their induction at AW.
Following a
minimum 4 weeks employment, an Emtec assessor will visit the site and meet the
manager and apprentice ahead of college training dates being confirmed.
Jade Johnson,
AW Repair Group’s Business Development, Marketing and Communications said: “We
have formed relationships with schools and colleges across the regions ready
for next year’s intake with a growing list of interested young people. “As we have already filled our available
places this year we will be working with AutoRaise to hold an event in March
2018.”
For more
information about the company, click here http://awaccidentrepair.com/
Lottery cash set to help unearth mining history at
Markham Vale
Derbyshire
County Council and the community group behind the Walking Together Mining
Memorial are celebrating success in securing grant funding towards another
heritage project based on previous mining activities at Markham Vale.
The
project which is set to unearth the untold stories of Markham Colliery has been
given the green light thanks to £35,000 awarded from the Heritage Lottery Fund
(HLF). Research into the lives of the
thousands of local men who worked at the site between 1882 and 1993 will be
carried out as part of 'The Story Mine' project and shared on a new website.
And
residents will be invited to a number of events organised by the Markham Mining
Memorial Community Working Group − which supported our grant application − to
hear about the project's latest discoveries.
The working group is made up of 25 members including former miners,
local historians, representatives from schools in Derbyshire and relatives of
those who worked at the site.
Our Cabinet Member for Economic
Development and Regeneration Councillor Tony King said:
"We're
delighted to receive this grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help us
unearth more of Markham's mining history which we can share with future
generations for years to come.
"Markham Colliery was at the heart
of this area for a long time and lots of people including myself will have many
memories of the site and the brave men that worked there.
"I'd like to thank the Markham
Mining Memorial Community Working Group for all their fantastic work and the
Heritage Lottery Fund and National Lottery players for making the project
possible."
 We've already made great strides at
Markham Vale to remember its mining history with the permanent 'Walking
Together' memorial which will eventually feature 106 figures stretching between
the village of Duckmanton in Chesterfield and the former pithead. It symbolises
a miner's journey to and from work and represents the 106 men who lost their
lives in three accidents at the site in 1937, 1938 and 1973. A dedicated website has also been established for the
Walking Together project – see https://walkingtogether.org.uk/
Is your
business interested in sponsoring a fugure and being invited to the next
unveiling ceremony? If you are, then
please contact Head of Markham Vale, Peter Storey by email or by calling
tel: 01629 535417 for more information.
Markham
Vale Photo of the Month
The December photo of the month was
submitted by Sophie Bradbury from the team at the Environment Centre – an
excellent sunset taken from the roof of the centre.
 Entries to win the plaudit of having
submitted the Photo of the Month are welcome from everybody working or living
around Markham Vale or whether you are visiting the area. All types of subjects are welcome; they could
be of wildlife, from inside the buildings, of construction work, of people at
work or of the landscape – all that is asked is that they are taken around the
Markham Vale area. Email your submission
to peter.storey@derbyshire.gov.uk
Staff changes at the Environment Centre
There has been a number of staff changes
at the Environment Centre over the past few weeks; firstly Sophie Bradbury
joined the team on a temporary basis to provide support to Trudi Saxton and
Debbie Renshaw pending the appointment of a permanent team member.
Sophie’s contract has now come to and end; so
we say good bye to Sophie – or rather bon voyage as from January. Sophie and
her partner will be travelling through several countries in Central America
over the coming months.
As one team member leaves, another new face arrives; a
big welcome goes to Sue Gozzard who brings a wealth of new skills and knowledge
to the team gained from her previous work in business administration at a local
school.
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Dates
for your diary
Tuesday
5th December PR/Media Awareness
Organiser Destination Chesterfield
Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm
Venue Dunston Innovation
Centre Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8NG
This workshop is ideal for small Chesterfield
businesses that want to increase the effectiveness of their advertising and
marketing by gaining editorial coverage online and in their local newspapers
and magazines.
The workshop is tried and tested and works! The
Media Awareness workshop will give you the skills, tools and tips to help you
get news coverage in your localmedia. A DIY approach to PR!
It’s a practical, hands-on workshop by the end of
which, you will have begun to develop the skills and understanding to gain
editorial coverage for your organisation.
For more information
and booking details click here
Thursday 7th December HR Forum: Social Media and Employment Law
Organiser East Midlands Chamber, BRM Solictors and Digital Growth Programme
Time: 8:00am to 9:30am
Venue The Proact Stadium Chesterfield
This event will focus on social media and employment law, looking at the importance of being cyber secure and conforming to forthcoming legislation in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation changes (GDPR). The internet and social media is a useful tool but ensuring your business is protected is important.
For more information and booking details click here
Keep in Touch
For further information on development
opportunities at Markham Vale, click on
Business
and Markham Vale or http://www.markhamvale.co.uk/.
For further information about the Environment Centre then
email Trudi.Saxton@derbyshire.gov.uk
or click here www.environmentcentre.co.uk
If you have news, events, accolades, business
developments or features that you think may be of interest to others at Markham
Vale then please contact us for possible inclusion in future newsletters.
 Peter Storey Trudi
Saxton
Head of Markham Vale Environment Centre
Manager
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