Member Meeting Report 7 January 2015 Held at Energus, Workington, Cumbria

PRESENTATIONS – download presentations from meeting date Event Diary entry on BECBC website • NS4P: sustaining skills for a safe and secure nuclear future – Liz Hearnden, NSAN • CoNE Update – Barry Watkinson • ISA (Infrastructure Strategic Alliance) Headlines – Andy van Schaick, Sellafield NB: Full presentation will be given next month (4 Feb 2015) • Member Presentation: Cumbria Community Foundation – Glenys Kett • Innovus Update and Future Events – Adrian Davis-Johnston • Allerdale Broadband – David Jones • GROW:Offshore Wind/BEC Funding Awareness – Chris Ward, PCDA Consulting

NEW MEMBERS (since 1 November 2014): - APS Events and Media - Mayflower Engineering Ltd - Britton-Hillary Ltd - Stephenson Halliday Ltd - Camerton Consultants Limited Thomas Graham & Sons Ltd - Fusion Go Ltd

BECBC SECTOR GROUPS – see BECBC website Events page - Business Support Group: 4 Feb 2015 at Oily’s, near Workington - Construction, Manufacturing and Nuclear New Build: 10 February 2015 at UClan, Samuel Lindow Building, Westlakes Science andTechnology Park, Whitehaven - Socio Economic: 16 January 2015 Summergrove Halls, Whitehaven

BECBC BOARD NEWS - 2015 Member Fees –now due and renewal notices have been posted out

- BECBC Reusable Member Badges Each member present was given a reusable member badge for use at future BECBC events – initially one per member company will be allocated, please contact [email protected] if you would like yours.

- BECBC Member Meeting Banner Slots If you would like to be considered to promote your company with a banner at future BECBC Member Meetings, please contact: [email protected]

- Dates for your diary: Next Member Meeting : Wed 4 Feb 2015

Other 2015 Member Meeting dates: 4 Mar 25 Mar (AGM) 6 May 3 Jun 1 Jul 5 Aug 2 Sept 7 Oct 4 Nov 2 Dec

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ATTENDEES for Member Meeting Board and Management Committee: Sean Balmer (Lily & Co) - BECBC Chair, Alison Johnston (Dodd & Co), Barry Watkinson (Morgan Sindall) - BECBC Vice-Chair, David Henderson (Shepley Engineers), Emma-Jayne Gooch (NuExec Consulting), Tom Scaife (Baines Wilson), Hazel Duhy (BECBC Admin Manager).

Members: Josie Salmon (3DW), Richard Howells (amec foster wheeler), Andrew Lowther (Ansaldo Nuclear), Adam Kirkbride (APK Asset Mgmt), Richard Askew (Armstrong Watson), Steve Rhodes and Michael Osborn (Arup), Alan Smithson (AS Business and Technical Solutions), Richard Kemp (Assystem), Kate Rogers (BEC), Steohen Shepherd (Camerton Consultants), Paul Kelly (Carillion), Doug Sim (Cavendish Nuclear), Al Mather (CfLP), Tom Little, Neil O’Brien and M Nicholls (CN Group), Glenys Kett (CCF), Clare Graham (CueDoc), Andrew Bradley (Darchem Engineering), Ian Henderson (Enefftech and JNFL), Colin Nahor (ERIKS), Bill McCafferty (ESH Group), Martin Lewis and Graham McAvoy (Forth Engineering), David Jones (Fusion Go), Mel Hanley (GenII), Mike Layfield and Peter Caunce (Hudson-Swan), Will Pearson and Phil Quinn (Hyde Group), Nick Stone and Jim Grace (IJS Consultants), Derek Waugh (Jacobs), D Brown (John Graham Eng), Derek Jenkinson (Jenkinson Partnership), Helen Walker (Knowles), Joanne Chambers (Lakeland Capabiities), Matthew Quinn (LCWC), Eddie Blackmore (Livingstone Surface Treatment), Roy Allen (Mayflower Engineering), Marcus Mackay (Mercury Stone), Diana and Michael Lishman (Michael Lishman Photographer), Paul Stewart (Millom Network Centre), Peter Gregory (Mirion Technologies), Graeme McKenzie- Netherwood (MITIE), Richard Postlethwaite (Morson Projects), Bill Langstaff (MPM NW), Mark Pritchard (NIS), Adrian Davis-Johnston and Simon Walker (NNL), Liz Hearnden (NSAN), Lance Hetherington (North West Projects), Yasmin McCourt (PTC), Brian Lightowler (Quality Guild), Tim Fox (REACT Engineering), Sara Lamb and Dave Goodill (RPS), Caroline Gate (Safety Critical), Stuart Wilson and Leanne Ditchburn (Sellafield), Evan Wright (Silver Stream and BEC), Brian Watson (Sir Robert McAlpine), Peter Cotterill and Mike Farnworth (Supply Chain Cumbria), A McManus (Tenet Consultants), Phil Holden (Thomas Consulting), Garry Smith and Peter B (Thomas Graham), Dianne Richardson (UClan), Dick Monaghan (Ultra Electronics).

Visitors and Guests: R Telford (Telford Property Consultants), David Heron (Technology Store), Paul McCann and Roy Hedger (Parsons Brinkerhoff), Graham Anderson (Anderson Engineering), Simon Hill (Nuclear Technologies), Sian Beatty (Oxand), Kevin Doherty (Symerics), Chris Macleod (Oaktree Accountancy), Katie Campbell (Curtins Consulting), Chris Ward (PCDA), Richard Woodridge (Harrison Pitt Architects), V Hornby (Outperform), MPL.

APOLOGIES Board and Management Committee: Ivan Baldwin (Nuvia), Liz Bowe (PacTEC and SEB Management) and Tim Ashworth (Nukem).

Members and Guests: Les Hanley (Age UK and NHS CCG), Sally Seed (Stoneleigh Communications), Tracey Errington (Market Sense), Penny Lees (Total PR), Janet Addison (UClan), Will McAllister (Will McAlister Photography), Tracy Stainton (Burnetts), Margaret Barrow (mbi), Chris Clouter (AB Ports), Janet Addison (UClan), Kathryn Booth (NuGen), Dave Scott (Capula), Michael McLoughlin (Cavendish Nuclear), Kurt Canfield and Michael Kitchin (Safety Critical),