Power Electrics Newsletter - May 2012

Issue Two - May 2012

Power Electrics Inside Magazine Inside: + In the News + Marketing Focus + Fantasy Football Winners + 2012 Event Season + Summer Running Offer

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In the issue..

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Power Electrics in the News

2012 Event Season starts

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Bristol 10k Results

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New Staff and Department Update

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Premier League & Fantasy Cup Champions

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Summer Running Offer

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Dear All Welcome to the second edition of the Power Electrics Inside Magazine. Designed to keep employees up to date on the information surround the company including staff stories and local interest.

In this issue we focus on the Summer that is ahead of us by having a look at the hire department and the events which our rental fleet will be supplying temporary power to. In a year which hosts the Olympic games in the UK the summer promises to be a busy one.

Along with looking ahead we also look at some news stories which have happening in the last three months.

Blagging rights for football managerial skills once again goes to Leigh Preece for winning his second Power Electrics Premier League in a row. Page 12 features a season review along with all the results from the League and new Cup which was added this year with thanks to Derek Clew and Neil Broad for organising those.

Throughout the magazine you will find various articles which centre around Power Electrics and our workforce. We are always in need for stories and open to suggestions, so please email leighg@powerelectrics. com or pop to the marketing department for any suggestions/news.

3 May 2012

Power Electrics in the News Trailer Power..

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ower Electrics Generators has recently supplied more than 40 trailerised generators to Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution (SHEPD) in Scotland. These generators have been added to its existing fleet, enabling SHEPD to be responsive to its customers in this large geographical area.

The generators are three phase units and in range of 33-100kVA; all sets are capable of operating in three phase, split phase and set to set synchronising modes. The trailers have been designed to operate with the full range of SHEPD vehicles used in this type of activity. The generators have cable reels, are fuel efficient, easy to operate and robust - meeting the rigorous requirements of The Scottish Water authorities.

Seen In

More Power to Petersfield A Huge lorry-bourne generator kept electricity flowing in Peterfield while engineers worked on upgrading a town centre sub-station.

The generator, one of the biggest of its kind, arrived from Bristol in the early hours of last Thursday morning and was parked outside the Festival Hall. Scottish and Southern Power engineers connected its power cables to the nearby sub-station and the diesel generator kept the town centre powered while the improvements were carried out, A power company spokesman said: “The work was an upgrade, so that in future if there is a power cut we can re-route power to homes much more quickly then we can now. “The generator supplied power to Petersfield town centre and nearby homes. The work was scheduled to last a day and as I understand it, it has now finished.

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Staff Results

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Bristol 10K race which took place on the 20th May 2012.

More than 11,000 people ran the race year. The route went through the Avon Gorge and passed under the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Team Power Electrics were represented by Kevin Grimley in a great time of 46.07 mins and Pam Beattie completed it in a Personal Best of 58.57 minutes.

If anyone took part in either the Bristol 10K or taking part in the Bristol Half Marathon or other events please let us know and we can give you a mention in the next newsletter.

5 May 2012

Hire Department enter the 2012 event season May marks the start of a busy summer for the Hire department with the event season hitting full flow. Along with year long contracts including WPD and BT, Power Electrics will supply generators to various events around the country ranging from flower shows to concerts.

One new addition to this year’s event calendar is the AEGON Championships held at Queens Tennis Club from 11th June. Recognised as one of the top 10 tennis events in the world the tournament serves as an excellent warm up preparation for the Wimbledon Grand Slam.

With the 2012 Olympic Games coming to London during the summer, event suppliers are already filling their order books fast due to the high demand. The effects of the 2012 Games will be wide spread with events such as Glastonbury having cancel their 2012 festival due to the amount of resources that London 2012 will absorb from suppliers.

Along with the big events we will also be busy meeting the needs for other events around the UK including carnivals, weddings and parties.

Rob Mason - Project Site Coordinator

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Joining Power Electrics in May 2012 Rob will coordinate all events on site and aid in su and previously one of our customers Complete Events as their Technical and H&S Man interfacing between our customers and the rental department.

sample of some 2012 events AEGON Championships Queens Tennis Club, London

Download Festival Donington Park

The Open Cheltenham Racecourse

Festival of Speed Goodwood, Nr Chichester

Royal International Air Tattoo Fairford

RHS Flower Show Tatton Park

upporting on site with major projects. Rob has recently worked for BBC Monitoring nager. Based in Reading, Rob will be spending the majority of his time on site

7 May 2012

New Staff at Power Electrics Simon Oliver Internal Sales Support Simon is joining the Sales Department as Internal Sales Support to assist and support the head of sales and his field sales team in the swift and accurate production of quotations and tender responses.

Matt Stevens Service Operations Supervisor Matt has joined the Power Electrics Service department and will assist and support the Service Operations Manager.

Gary Jones Driver Gary will be joining us in June and will be working in the Transport department as a Driver.

Robert Jones Driver

Robert will be working in the transport department as a Driver and is to start at Power Electrics at the end of May.

Gary Vockins Generator Engineer Gary joins us as in the rental department as a Generator Engineer and is responsible for service, maintenance and overall upkeep of the rental fleet

Martin Harrison Regional Sales Manager Martin is due to start work for Power Electrics at the end of May and will be a Regional Sales Manager for the Sales department, looking after the Midlands area.

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Department Updates SALES

HIRE

London Seminar Huge Success

Badminton washed out

In conjunction with FG Wilson and Perkins, Power Electrics recently held a seminar in London entitled ‘Diesel Standby Power - The Future’.

The seminar focused on a range of subjects including current and future emissions legislation, improving generator performance and generator control systems and remote communications.

The seminar proved to be a success with the sales department with new leads and contacts gained in the London area.

The 2012 Badminton Horse Trials were cancelled in early May due to heavy rain and flooding. Power Electrics regularly supplies the event with generators and this year was no exception with generators being pulled out before the event was due to start.

Serving as a trail event for the London Olympics the event site was not safe for participants or spectators. Event Director Hugh Thomas said: “The recent exceptional rainfall has left the group at Badminton totally waterlogged and partially flooded with further rain expected.”

QUALITY

Power Electrics Score high in Audit During March Power Electrics had a surveillance audit for the ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 accreditation with URS. The company passed the audit without any non conformances.

Power Electrics has also been awarded accreditation to SAFEcontractor. This certification demonstrates to our clients the high standard of health and safety we have gained and to reduce pre-qualification paperwork for future tenders.

SERVICE

Service Department Showcase New Fuel Polishing Device Power Electrics have showcased the new Fuel Polishing systems at the recent Facilities Show in Birmingham.

The units Power Electrics offer Range from small DC powered units that can clean about 8 litres per minute, up to AC powered systems which can handle approx. 400 litres per minutes.

9 May 2012

HR Info Did you know?

That if you and your partner are expecting or adopting a child you may Leave. To claim you must inform Personnel 15 weeks before the baby is

Company Paternity Leave Company Paternity Leave, of two days will be paid at your normal adoption of a child if you have six months service at 15 weeks bef matched.

Ordinary Paternity Leave Ordinary Paternity Leave, of two weeks on the birth or adoption have six months service at 15 weeks before the baby is due or mat same rate as SMP or SAP. The leave must be taken within the fir or placement of the child.

Further information can be obtained from Personnel or visit www.direct.gov.co.uk

That Power Electrics offer a childcare payment scheme which allows y to ÂŁ243 per month for childcare?

There are certain criteria that must be met namely:

the childcare relates to care for a child who

(a) is a child or stepchild of the employee and is maintain

employee’s expense, or

(b) is resident with the employee and is a person in respec

parental responsibility

(c) the child care provider is OFSTED registered

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l basic rate on the birth or fore the baby is due or

n of a child is allowed if you tch. This will be paid at the rst 56 days following the birth

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Did you know?

That all Power Electrics employees who have successfully completed their 6 months’ probation period can enjoy the benefits of Private Medical care and a Company Pension Scheme?

Power Electrics will pay the premium cost of care under the Private Medical Scheme with PruHealth and the employees only pay the tax benefits.

Power Electrics run a company Pension Scheme with Scottish Widows.

Employees are required to contribute a minimum of 3% of their basic salary into the scheme each month and the Company will also contribute 3% of your basic salary into the scheme.

Further information and a quote can be obtained from Personnel.

11 May 2012

The 20 Winn Power Electrics Premier League Troggs Exiles win the League for the second year As to the disappointment of many people, Leigh Preece, manager of Troggs Exiles has once again won the Power Electrics Premier League.

Winning by 34 points over James Crew, Preece led the league in what was a two person race with James Crew for much of the season despite efforts from Neil Broad, Leigh Griffiths and Sheila Dickinson to challenge for the trophy.

* Picture may not represent real people or real trophies,,, or true events

1st - Leigh Preece 2nd - James Crew 3rd - Neil Broad

Best of the Rest: 4th - Leigh Griffiths 5th - Sheila Dickinson 6th - Jeremy Healey 7th - Ricky Hemmings 8th - Drew Tanner 9th - Paul Smart 10th - Brian Holland 11th - Kevin Naish 12th - Jeremy Smith 13th - Derek Clew 14th - Garry Machin 15th - Richard Coward 16th - Les Howells 17th - Joe Sperring

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18th - Danny Werrett 19th - Andy Tanner 20th - Steve Williams 21st - Luke Harris 22nd - Phil Dickinson 23rd - Neil Ashton 24th - Richard Taylor 25th - Paul Rees 26th - Rob Huskisson 27th - Richard Hatherall 28th - Michael Tait 29th - Julian Venn 30th - David Mallon

011/12 ners Fantasy Cup A new addition to the season as the Fantasy Cup - a champions league style tournament in which Shelia Dickinson beat Rich Hatherall by one point in the final. Here was how the know:

Shelia Dickinson - 114 Jeremy Healey - 87

Shelia - 123 Shelia - 123

James Crew - 114 Drew Tanner - 92

James - 83 Shelia - 120

Paul Smart - 83 Danny Werrett - 82

Paul - 74 Neil - 80

Neil Ashton - 107 Ricky Hemmings - 90

Neil - 93 Shelia

Phil Dickinson - 98 Kevin Naish - 106

Kevin - 86 Leigh G - 96

Leigh Preece - 97 Leigh Griffiths - 106

Leigh G - 95 Richard - 119

Richard Hatherall - 92 Derrick Williams - 67

Richard - 94 Richard - 112

Jeremy Smith - 96 Garry Machin - 85

Jeremy - 83

13 May 2012

Feeling Fit this Summer?

With a summer of sports set to occupy our tv this summer DB Max is encouraging people to not just watch but get involved as well. In a special offer to Power Electrics DB Max will offer one place free for an event for every three people that book a place online.

DB Max Events organise multisport events in the UK including running events, duathlons, triathlons and rowing triathlons. They also specialise in ‘traffic free’ racing and many of their events are held at private race circuits such as Castle Combe and Mallory Park.

Upcoming Events: 17-June Portishead Triathlon Portishhead, Bristol

29-June TBAS Castle Coombe Summer 10K Castle Combe, Wiltshire

20-June Specsavers Longest Day 10K Chippenham, Wiltshire

29-Aug The South West Vobster Swim Series Vobster Quay, Mells, Somerset

How to secure the buy 3 get 1 place free:

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In order to secure the one place free when booking three places you need to book three places for an event online at www.dbmax.co.uk. Once you have booked and paid for three places online email Will Whitmore at will@dbmax.co.uk with the names of the people booked online and mention you work at Power Electrics. Will can then confirm the free place. Any questions on the booking method please contact Leigh in Marketing.

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Marketing Focus Generating new leads from Exhibitions Every calendar year Power Electrics exhibit in around five exhibitions around the UK. The main aim is to generate new leads for business opportunities for sales managers in each department to transfer into customers. Other aims of exhibiting are: + Increase brand awareness + Network with existing customers + Showcase new products and services The first exhibition Power Electrics showcased at this year was The Facilities Show, which took place between the 15th - 17th May at the NEC in Birmingham. Aimed at the Facility Management sector the show generated over 30 leads.

Unquie Visitors to our website 4500 4400 4300 4200 4100 4000 3900 3800

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Customer Feedback

The training course met my requirements fully - took the veil of mystery surrounding generators away Just a quick thank-you to you and your team for what turned out to be an amazing Gold Cup. I think the majority of the changes made worked (with a few minor adjustments) and the event ran as smoothly as I think possible. Good luck with Aintree

Tim

Firstly, I thank you for the seminar yesterday, I found it very informative; in that it gave me great comfort levels with regard to strength and depth of Power Electrics and your relation with FG Wilson and Perkins.

I would certainly recommend Power Electrics Training courses. Thank you for your help, the staff are friendly, very knowledgeable and experienced.

STAFF

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May 2012 Issue 2

Taylor aims for half marathon double Richard Taylor from the Sales Department successfully completed the Llanelli Half Marathon in just over 2 hours after picking up a knee injury after 6 miles. Next on Richards agenda is the Edinburgh Half Marathon on 27th May and he aims to complete in under two hours. Raising already £800 in the process you can donate to Richard online at www.justgiving.com/Richard-Taylor18 all money raised will towards Bristol Children’s Hospital.

Plod for charity Kevin Grimley, Chris Gibbs, Chris Lovell and ex Power Electrics employee James White are taking part in the ultimate team endurance walking challenge - PLOD. The 40-mile trek begins at midnight near Dursley in South Gloucestershire.

This tough route follows the escarpment of the Cotswold Hills giving panoramic views across the Severn Vale, passing through beech woods and open pasture land and picturesque villages.

Taking place at midnight on 8th June 2012, Kevin, Chris, Chris and James will be raising money for taking part in the challenge. To donate money for the worthy cause please see Kevin who has a sponsorship form.

Baby news

Bristol biggest bike ride

Bristol’s Biggest Bike ride takes place on Congratulations to the following: Derek Clew and his partner Helen on the birth of their son Sunday 17th June 2012 and will be a great day out for everyone weather you are a serious born 23rd May weighting in at 9lb 6oz. cyclist or for those with families who would like to meander along the Bristol Portway.

Sam Cross and his partner Toni on the birth of their son Riley born 15th May weighing in at 7lb 7 oz.

Lisa Freeman is happy to register everyone who Lee Henshall and Samantha on the birth of their son Rylee wishes to take part, all you need to do is let Lisa know your details and those of your family (stage borning in April weighing in at 6lb 13oz age of children) if they are coming along too.

Dave Potter and Louise on the birth of their son Ethan More Info: http://www.betterbybike.info/bikeride James weighing in at 9lbs 8.5 oz.

Power Electrics Inside Magazine If you would like to see something in the next issue please contact Leigh Griffiths in the Marketing Department.