We’ve moved
We have relocated our business to 2 York Street Clitheroe, the move has gone quite smoothly! and has allowed us to upgrade our IT and phone systems.
Recruitment
As the survey season is about to commence…..we are delighted that Julie Rose, Chris Reilly, Sarah Birtley and Matt Clifford have recently joined us on 6 month contracts.
Lucy Cooks
Our whole team plus Dave Fisher spent a day with ‘Lucy Cooks’ http://www.lucycooks.co.uk/ in Staveley near Kendal, Cumbria. With a number of staff changes during the summer, the day out proved to be an excellent bonding event. With chef demonstrations and practical sessions the day was rounded off by a 3-course dinner and awards ceremony.…
Bowland kilns and caves
A recent staff day out in October involved investigating a number of lime kilns, mines and caves in the Forest of Bowland. A very productive day including 16 natterer’s bats in sugar loaf kiln and several bat species in other cave and mine sites. The trip was lead by Dave Fisher (Earthworks) and Dave Anderson…
United Utilities Framework
We are pleased to have been selected as consultants for United Utilities plc Framework. We have been Framework consultants to United Utilities since 2005. We were also the highest scoring consultants during the tender award process.
Company & Staff Update
2012 has seen a significant period of change for the company. We are currently employed on 3 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) in the UK and as a consequence have employed a number of new recruits: Comings Dr Jules Wynn who was previously the Head of Ecology at Atkins, took up the post of Director…
Staff update
Laura Bennet joined us in April 2011 to take up the post of Assistant Ecologist. Jo Bates and Gemma Howard have both temporarily departed on maternity leave. We are delighted to announce that Jo gave birth to a girl Hana in May, and Gemma gave birth to a boy Luke in July. Alice Helyar returns from…
Winter CPD Part 2 – Breeding Bird Training
At the start of the bird breeding season we enjoyed a couple of early morning training sessions to brush up on our bird identification skills prior to the onset of the survey season. We invited Dave Bickerton, contributor to the Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside and self proclaimed ‘twitcher’ to…
Winter CPD part 1: Mosses and Liverworts
During February we invited Dr Martha Newton to our offices to deliver a 3 day training course to our in-house team of ecologists. Martha is one of the country’s leading field bryologists (moss expert!). The course was very intensive with indoor sessions, covering bryophyte biology and microscope assisted identification, and field excursions. The field trips…
Staff Changes
During July Alice Helyar gave birth to a baby daughter Chloe, Alice is due to return to work in summer 2011. Kerry Rhodes joins us from AECOM to take up the position of Senior Ecologist. Kerry has about 8 years experience and has been involved in large infrastructure projects. She holds protected species licenses (bats,…
