We would like to congratulate our Leicester Management Team, Richard Marshall and Cheryl Haywood who have successfully completed their NVQ Diploma in Management Level 5 (ILM).  

As part of the six month course Richard and Cheryl attended college twice a month for one to one sessions, as well as participating in classroom lessons. The course provided many modules some of which included leadership and direction, development and operational planning plus a plan and manage project.

Richard and Cheryl are both really pleased to have completed their qualification which has personally meant a lot to them and has now allowed them to apply their new skills to their day to day roles within the business.

This quarter marks the refurbishment development for our Reception area & Service Office department at West Midlands Head Office.

The office has had a full ‘makeover’ including extending into two rooms and creating new partitions, modernising the look and feel of the space and creating a ‘modern light and airy’ studio like environment. Up until now our staff have communicated over two floors and through separate rooms or discussed projects by use of email and telephone. By creating this new ‘open plan’ environment, it has given us the ability to incorporate more
staff into the Service Office, which in turn has improved communication, created a quicker response time for addressing queries and created a much smoother process within our day to day schedule.

Well Done to Les Rose on completing his NVQ Level 3 in Supervisor Development. Les works as our Service Supervisor and back in June this year, he was short listed at the ‘Unique Skills People’ awards 2011 in recognition for his effort and ability towards improving his IT skills, which has now allowed him to apply a new way of working within his job role.

Additionally we are delighted to announce that as part of our continual company development, fourteen staff members have recently completed their NVQ certificates. Congratulations to Steve Smith on becoming a Fellow of the ILM following his NVQ achievements. Jane Mcdermott for completing her NVQ level 3 in Management. Colin Bye for passing Fundamentals to Lift Technology at Northampton University. Richard Hargreaves, Patrick
Hickman, Andrew Howard & Mark Price, have all completed NVQ level 3 in Passenger & Goods Lift Installation both Traction & Hydraulic. Christopher Tongue, completed his NVQ level 3 in Passenger & Goods Lifts Service & Repair. Michael Wilkinson has completed his
NVQ level 4 in Passenger /Goods Lifts & Escalator Testing & Commissioning. Duncan Edwards, Richard Worthington, Jim Scrivens, Richard Marsahll & Adam Long have passed their CITB Site Supervisor Safety Test & finally to all the 30 Service & Installation Engineers who
have completed their Asbestos Awareness Course.

Welcome to our four new members of staff, Richard Marshall our Branch Manager and our three new Lift Engineers, Andy Ray, Edward Wilson and Martin Hutchby.

As part of our responsibility and the expansion of our business, last month we acquired a new lift business known as 'Lift Work Services Ltd'. Our new company will mainly focus in the East Midlands area for Leicester, Derby and Nottingham and will manage the day to day maintenance, emergency call outs & repairs for lifts and escalators.

Dave Haywood, Director at Lift & Engineering Services Ltd said, "We are delighted to expand our portfolio and engineering base within the East Midlands, our new team has brought a wealth of experience to our business and we look forward to working closely with them on new projects
in the future and as part of our commitment to the East Midlands region". Richard Marshall, Branch Manager added “coming together has given the company a wider range of knowledge and expertise that ultimately provides a better service to our customers. Plus the additional manpower in our area allows us to respond to breakdowns quicker and put our customer’s lifts back in service without delay”. 

Well despite our investment in ‘reduced emission eco friendly service vehicles’ we nevertheless push out 279 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. 

So, as a means of attaining ‘equilibrium’ we have bought 279 carbon credits to plant native trees, which will capture more than the equivalent amount of the unavoidable CO2 which we generate as a business. As our woodland creation partner Forest Carbon Ltd explains, the benefits extend beyond carbon capture:
 

“We are delighted that Lift & Engineering Services Ltd has joined the growing band of insightful businesses engaged in carbon capture through woodland creation here in the UK. The trees planted are for the benefit of all: not only capturing CO2 but also enhancing the landscape, reducing flooding & scrubbing other pollutants from our atmosphere. Companies who undertake this voluntary activity are taking the long & sustainable view.”
Stephen Prior, Director of Forest Carbon Ltd
 

This month we are excited to report that planting took place in Boughton in Northamptonshire and at Crairieknowe in Dumfries-shire. The types of tree planted are ecologically suited to the area and include Oak, Ash, Cherry, Silver Birch, Pine, Sycamore, Willow and other natives. By buying carbon credits now and in the future we are supporting the planting of carbon woodlands which will over time, amount to a whole forest’s worth of carbon dioxide capture. To find out more about our projects please visit the website: http://www.forestcarbon.co.uk

Lift & Engineering Services Ltd is delighted to announce that we have received the CSCS Platinum Award