1. from the Chairman

LIVERY COMMITTEE BRIEFING Eighteenth edition: September 2012

Martin is to retire in February 2013 and October recommending, amongst other will be succeeded by Mr. James North. things, the introduction of certain A new Senior Programme Manager is qualifications and procedures. The need due to be announced shortly. for change and the proposed qualifications will be set out in detail in Finally, Mansion House have requested this report which we hope you will agree that Clerks booking future events be is a logical and necessary way forward. encouraged to include Wayne Garrigan 1. FROM THE CHAIRMAN (Keeper of the House) as well as the 5. COURSES AND BRIEFINGS Duty Household Officer in any email Our Livery Communications Working Welcome to the Eighteenth Briefing of discussions from the outset of their the Livery Committee. This edition Group have recently been reviewing the planning. Wayne can be contacted on content and format of the various outlines some of the main issues [email protected] considered at our 12th September Courses and Briefings for which the meeting where I was honoured to be Livery Committee is responsible. 3. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMMON reappointed as Chairman for my third The next Clerk’s Briefing is scheduled HALL – 1 OCTOBER 2012 th and final year. for Tuesday 27 November. I would Preparations for the Election of Lord urge as many of you as possible to Nigel Pullman, Sheriff Elect was once Mayor are now well underway. attend, even if you have done so again elected to serve as Deputy Following comments received after last previously. The programme for the Chairman. Welcomed to the Committee year’s proceedings, we have been Briefing is altered annually in order to were new Members; from Common considering how the ceremony might be reflect current ‘key issues’ and areas of Council, Deputy Richard Regan; Judge shortened and a number of measures will interest and should therefore be of Hugh Stubbs of the Merchant Taylors’ be trialled this year. relevance/interest to all. For further Company and Colonel Peter Durrant, details please see : Clerk to the Barbers’ Company. We are proposing a number of simple http://www.liverycommitteecourses.or measures such as the shortening of g As I have said before, should you have proceedings in the Print Room and any comments or suggestions on how asking that Movers and Seconders of 6. LIVERY LIAISON SCHEME Votes of Thanks move simultaneously to this briefing can be improved please Following the appointment of new their lecterns. We are hopeful that these contact our Clerk, Gemma Stokley on Livery Committee Members at Common proposed ‘small fixes’ combined will 020 7332 1427 or Hall in June, new allocations under the shorten proceedings by approximately 5- [email protected] Livery Liaison Scheme have now been 6 minutes and ensure that the event will finalised. Your Livery Committee conclude closer to 1pm. 2. MANSION HOUSE representative will be in touch with those Companies they have inherited in I am pleased to report that the Mansion I’m also pleased to report that, for the the near future if they have not already House are now publishing dates of first time this year, tickets for the done so to date. Mayoral Visits for the year ahead – Admission of Lord Mayor (Silent something which, I am sure, will be Ceremony) will be made available to the valuable to Companies in terms of public via the City Corporation’s 7. LIVERY SKILLS COUNCIL planning ahead for specific events. webpages. Tickets may be requested by As you may already be aware, the Lord Details can be found here: following this link: Mayor hosted an early morning seminar http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about http://www.cityoflondon.firmstep.com/d on ‘Apprenticeships’ at Mansion House -the-city/who-we-are/lord-mayor-and- efault.aspx/RenderForm/? back in July. The event was organised chairmen/the-lord-mayor-of-the-city- F.Name=okawVg91dBW&HideToolbar by the Livery Skills Council and was a of-london/what-the-lord-mayor- =1 very well attended and successful event. does/Pages/Mayoral-overseas- The Livery Skills Council are doing business-visits-2012-13.aspx 4. ELECTION OF AUDITORS excellent work in this very important area and I do urge Livery Companies to It has been brought to the attention of support the Council in any way they can. The Committee have also been informed the Committee that, at present, no formal that the Private Secretary has been busy qualifications are required to serve as an I’m pleased to report that the Chairman collating data on Livery events attended Auditor, despite the fact that the audit of of the Livery Skills Council will be by the Lord Mayor over the past decade. the accounts of larger charities is addressing Clerks at this year’s Clerk’s The idea is that those Companies who governed by certain statutory Briefing. At our September meeting, the have had little ‘Mayoral contact’ in requirements and any audit of the City’s Livery Committee also appointed Mr Ian recent years will be contacted by the Cash and Bridge House Estate funds Seaton as our formal representative on Mansion House to rectify this in due requires significant expertise, experience the Livery Skills Council and we very course. and operational capacity. much look forward to receiving reports on the work of this organisation from In terms of Mansion House staffing, the The Committee will therefore be current Swordbearer, Lt. Col. Richard presenting a report to Common Hall in him in the future. DEPUTY WILLIAM FRASER, OBE Chairman