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Editorial 

Ford of Britain 

managing director 

Mark Ovenden 

shares his news 

and views 

October was a very good month for Ford: 

we exceeded both expected sales volume 

and market share, with the best retail sales 

since the launch of the new Fiesta in 2008. 

Both Fiesta and Focus continued to sell 

very strongly, and there is clear evidence in 

both retail and fl eet that the new Focus is 

really gathering sales momentum. 

FCSD has continued to turn in a very 

strong performance, with some major 

successes in 2011. The Nectar loyalty 

programme has seen a doubling of transaction 

volumes since its relaunch during the 

year. Ford Assistance, the Ford branded 

breakdown and recovery programme, has 

achieved a threefold increase in participation 

over 2010 levels and Ford Accident 

Management has received strong industry 

and political support, including two prestigious 

awards. 

Best of all, customer satisfaction and 

workshop quality both end the year at 

record levels. And, in spite of the weaker 

economy, strong sales have been maintained 

throughout the year including a 

record revenue of $63 million in September 

– an all-time record. 

Clearly, events in the Eurozone are 

creating uncertainty in both the economy 

and consumer confi dence. Fortunately, the 

British market has to date proven fairly 

resilient to economic pressure, and supported 

by our best-ever product line-up we 

will continue to make the most of whatever 

business is there. 

As we go into 2012, the focus of all of us 

must be to continue to maximise our sales 

volume, market share and profi t, and also 

work to drive up the satisfaction of our key 

stakeholders - customers, dealers and 

employees. 

I would like to thank each and every 

employee for their continued work and 

support in 2011, a tough year that Ford will 

end with 35 years’ leadership of the car 

market and 46 years leading commercial 

vehicles. 

And it is a year which will end with Fiesta 

as Britain’s best selling car, marking the 

40th successive year we have held that title. 

We should all be very proud of our results, 

which we could not have achieved without 

the support of the wider Ford team. 

Now we can look forward to 2012, with 

products such as the new 1.0-litre Eco- 

Boost petrol engine which Alan Mulally 

launched during a visit to Cologne; this new 

engine has fantastic performance and low 

CO2, and will certainly further strengthen 

Ford’s position. 

During the year we can also look forward 

to launching the exciting new B-MAX, along 

with the new Ranger, Focus ST, Fiesta 

mid-cycle action, Transit one-tonne model 

and new Kuga. 

I wish you all a happy and healthy Christmas 

and New Year with your families and 

hope you are looking forward to coming 

back relaxed and refreshed and ready for 

whatever challenges 2012 will present. 

Cover story 

The new Ford Fiesta 

RS World Rally Car 

fi nished its debut 

season in style, 

fi nishing an impressive 

fi rst, second 

and third on Wales 

Rally GB. We look 

back over a hardfought 

season of 

rallying from all 

corners of the globe 

See page 24 

Flying high 

Dunton retiree Stan 

Ramsey gets his wings 

See page 19 

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Ford continues UK leadership 

Ford extended its UK market lead in 

October with increased car sales and share 

compared with October 2010. 

Offi cial fi gures released by the Society of 

Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) 

show that total UK car sales in October, 

compared with October 2010, were up 2.6 

per cent at 134,944 units. Ford’s car share 

for October was 13.7 per cent and it sold 

18,476 units, up 2,132 units and 1.3 percentage 

points compared with October 

2010. 

The Fiesta was the UK best seller in 

October and the Fiesta and the Focus were 

the number one and two top sellers for the 

year to date. Ford Transit continues as the 

UK commercial vehicle (CV) sales leader, 

capturing 21.7 per cent of sales in the 

medium CV sector in October and 24.8 per 

cent for the year to date. 

There were signifi cant sales increases 

across the Ford car range in October with 

Fiesta, Focus, C-MAX, Kuga and Galaxy all 

gaining compared with October 2010. 

Fiesta, for example, grew from 6,024 to 

7,308, Focus increased from 3,888 to 5,203 

and C-MAX from 460 to 1,723. Ford’s share 

of retail car sales in October was 12.2 per 

cent, up from 10.8 per cent a year before, 

and fl eet share was also up from 13.9 per 

cent to 14.9 per cent. 

Ford’s UK CV sales leadership is in its 

46 th consecutive year. Total Ford CV sales 

for the year to date have increased from 

52,335 to 61,493, compared with the same 

period last year while Ford’s 23.9 per cent 

CV share is level. Transit remains the UK’s 

best-selling CV with sales for the year to 

date up from 38,845 to 48,693, compared 

with the same period in 2010. 

Ford of Britain managing director, Mark 

Ovenden, said: “Ford comfortably beat the 

positive trend in the UK car market in 

SMMT tribute to 

Ford’s centenary 

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders 

(SMMT) has acknowledged Ford’s centenary in 

Britain with a display of three iconic Ford 

vehicles: a Model T built at Trafford Park, 

Manchester, in 1912; a Transit van built at 

Southampton and a new Focus powered by a 

Bridgend-built 1.6-litre EcoBoost engine, have 

been displayed at the SMMT’s central London 

headquarters. 

Ford of Britain chairman and SMMT deputy 

president Joe Greenwell said: “Ford of Britain has 

been in the fabric of the nation for more than 

100 years and no motor company has touched 

more lives in Britain. We have a proud heritage 

and a bright future.” 

4 Ford News December 2011/January 2012 

October, which is a great credit to our 

strong dealer network. 

“Against intense competition our best- 

ever vehicle range is helping to strengthen 

Ford’s continued UK market leadership. 

Particularly pleasing is the success of our 

most recently launched models, such as 

Focus and C-MAX, which are boosting 

customer appreciation of the distinctive 

attributes of the Blue Oval brand” 

The new C-MAX had a 

strong month in October 

Fiesta remains the UK’s best-seller 

The SMMT’s display of Ford vehicles on show at its central London headquarters

Ford fl eet director Kevin Griffi n with his senior team. Back row, from left: Ian Watson, 

Matt Slater, Kevin Griffi n, Russ McGill and Nick Halliday. Front row, from left: Stephen 

Champion, Andy Nicholson, Steve Fletcher, Andy Page and Danny Bell 

Ford dominates at 

top fl eet awards 

Ford came home from the 2011 ACFO 

awards with four of the seven available fl eet 

business trophies. 

Two of Ford’s awards went to the allnew 

Focus launched this year – which was 

named Fleet Car of the Year by ACFO, the 

Association of Car Fleet Operators. 

The other pair of Ford awards was won 

by its commercial vehicle stars – the Transit, 

which is the UK’s top selling van, and its 

compact sibling, the Transit Connect. 

The Transit Connect Van was voted 

Small Van of the Year for the ninth year in 

succession, while Transit returned to the 

winner’s rostrum to become Large Van of 

the Year for the fi fteenth time in the awards’ 

history. 

Determined by infl uential ACFO fl eet 

operator members, their Fleet Car of the 

Year trophy went to the new Focus – within 

months of going on sale. Its innovative 

Driver Assistance Pack, which offers seven 

advanced accident prevention technologies 

for only £750, is ACFO’s Fleet Safety 

Initiative of the Year. 

Ford of Britain fl eet director, Kevin Griffi n, 

said: “This early industry endorsement of 

our new Focus confi rms it as a company 

car of choice. ACFO members’ opinions are 

highly prized as they refl ect the day-to-day 

operational experience and expertise of fl eet 

decision-makers.” 

“Ford’s safety award for the all-new 

Focus’ Driver Assistance Pack is further 

proof that our investment in technology 

is relevant, affordable and recognised by 

company car drivers. Winning two further 

awards for Transit and Transit Connect 

reinforces the choice and value we offer 

to commercial vehicle as well as car 

customers.” 

Ford’s Driver Assistance Pack features 

Traffi c Sign Recognition, which uses a 

camera to scan speed signs and displays a 

reminder of the last sign passed, Active City 

Stop to brake the car if the vehicle in front 

stops suddenly, an alert to static or moving 

obstacles in the blind spot, auto high 

beam, lane keeping aid and lane departure 

warning, and a warning if erratic driver 

behaviour could indicate excessive fatigue. 

ACFO chairman Julie Jenner said: 

“Fleet decision-makers are reliant on 

manufacturers to deliver vehicles that are 

cost effective to operate, safe, reliable and 

environmentally-friendly. The availability of 

top quality vehicles maintains downtime to 

a minimum and fl eet managers can focus 

more on the effi cient operation of vehicles 

to support their businesses.” 

Kevin Griffi n, left, and Russ McGill, with 

ACFO chairman Julie Jenner 

Ford awards 2011 

TRANSIT 

Motor Transport – Fleet Van of the Year 

What Van? – Minibus of the Year (fi fth 

successive year) 

What Van? – 4x4 Van of the Year (Transit AWD) 

Van Fleet World – Best Medium Van 

ACFO – Large Van of the Year (15 th time) 

MPG Marathon – two class wins 

TRANSIT CONNECT 

ACFO – Small Van of the Year (ninth year 

running) 

FIESTA VAN 

What Van? – Small Van of the Year (second 

year running) 

FOCUS 

ACFO – Fleet Safety Initiative of the Year 

(Driver Assistance Pack) 

ACFO – Fleet Car of the Year 

Diesel Car – Best Diesel Medium Car 

Scottish Motoring Writers Car of Year Awards 

– Best Family Car 

BusinessCar – Best Car Safety System (Driver 

Assistance pack) 

Fleet World – Safety Award 

Auto Express – Special Award for Advanced 

Driver Assistance Features 

MPG Marathon – Class winner 

C-MAX 

Fleet News – New Company Car of the Year 

(with Grand C-MAX) 

Fleet News – Best People Carrier (with Grand 

C-MAX) 

Parkers website – Best MPV 

GRAND C-MAX 

Fleet News – New Company Car of the Year 

(with C-MAX) 

Fleet News – Best People Carrier (with C-MAX) 

FIESTA 

Auto Express – Best Supermini 

What Car? – Best Used Small Car 

MONDEO 

What Car? – Family Car of the Year 

What Car? – Estate Car of the Year 

What Car? – Best Used Family Car 

What Car? Green Awards – Green Family Car 

Diesel Car – Best Diesel Large Car 

Honest John – Best Large Car 

Practical Caravan – Towcar of the Year 

(1,575-1,724 kg category) 

S-MAX 

Honest John – Best People Carrier 

BusinessCar – MPV of the Year (fi fth time) 

What Car? – Best Used MPV 

FORD 

Fleet Van – Manufacturer of the Year 

Bodyshop – Manufacturer of the Year 

Bodyshop – Innovation of the Year (for Ford 

Accident Management Programme) 

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A Christmas extravaganza 

Dagenham’s Mark Brent is putting on a 

£25,000 Christmas lights and special effects 

show at his terraced house in Dagenham to 

raise money for a meningitis charity after his 

cousin nearly died of the disease. 

Mark, who works in Dagenham Engine 

Plant on Lynx Assembly, revived his tradition 

of putting up a Christmas lights display 

last year after his cousin, Sam Gilbert, then 

19, nearly died of the disease in September. 

With a North Pole theme, the centrepiece 

of Mark’s light show was a £4,500 special 

effect display imported from the US which 

makes it look like Santa’s rummaging round 

Mark’s top fl oor bedroom – with video 

footage of this unexpected visitor posted on 

YouTube. 

Mark spent months decorating his home, 

helped by wife Kayleigh, and attracted radio 

and press interest, and also hundreds of 

visitors who helped him raise £2,475 for the 

Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF). 

Having spent all his spare money on 

Christmas lights since he was 14, nine years 

ago, Mark said: “One of my main aims is to 

raise awareness of meningitis, because 

early symptoms are just like an ordinary 

cold. Our generation is not meningitisaware, 

so I wanted to fl ag up the warning 

signs so everyone seeks immediate medical 

help if they’re concerned.” 

Sam’s dad Kevin is a Dagenham-based 

Ford engineer, and his brother Ben is on the 

Tiger Assembly line in Dagenham Diesel 

Centre. 

Kevin said: “We’re so proud of what Mark 

is doing. Doctors told us if we’d delayed 30 

minutes Sam would have been dead.” 

Having started putting up the 70,000 

mostly LED lights at the start of October, 

the offi cial switch-on took place at the start 

of December. Leafl ets promoting meningitis 

awareness were handed out. 

Mark changes the music and dance 

shows each week in the run up to 

Christmas. 

And the cost? Mark added: “It only costs 

about £5 extra electricity each day, because 

Ford has once again come to the aid of disabled 

service skiers to compete in winter sports events 

with the provision of a new Transit minibus. 

The nine-seater Tourneo 280 short wheelbase 

Transit will be used by the Combined Services 

Disabled Ski Team (CSDST) to transport athletes 

and their equipment around the Alps this winter. 

It is the third consecutive year that Ford has 

assisted the team. 

The CSDST is a registered charity which 

provides quality race coaching to serving 

members of the armed forces, and to veterans, 

all of whom have a permanent disability. Most 


most are LEDs. I have spent a lot on the 

lights, but they are added to every year. 

“It is a major commitment. It takes three 

weeks’ planning and nine weeks to put up 

all the lights, but it only takes three days to 

take down. And with all those decorations 

outside, we don’t go big on decorations in 

the house – just a tree for the children.” 

“It is hard work, but it’s worth it to alert 

people to meningitis. We hope to top the 

150-plus visitors at last year’s switch on, 

including scores of Dagenham colleagues 

following a poster campaign across plant.” 

Visit Mark’s display at 65 Valence Wood 

Road, Dagenham, RM8 3AP every evening 

and at weekends throughout December. 

To see footage of last year’s display, see 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Y_qzNPXHQ 

For information on meningitis, see the 

Meningitis Research Foundation website, 

www.meningitis.org, or call the free 24-hour 

helpline on 080 8800 3344. 

Above: Sam’s 

dad Kevin 

Gilbert, left, 

with Mark 

Brent 

Right: Sam 

Gilbert 

Mark Brent’s Dagenham 

house last year 

Transit minibus donated to disabled forces ski team 

members were injured on active service, and 

several are double amputees. 

“Ford’s assistance in providing the Tourneo is 

greatly appreciated,” said team deputy chairman 

Lt Col Mike Quaile. “It enables us to move the 

skiers and their equipment, and without it we 

would struggle.” 

Transit brand manager David Petts added: 

“Ford is very pleased to again assist the team. 

The work being done by the team’s trainers, and 

the efforts being made by team members 

themselves, is not only inspirational but gives 

everyone great pride.” The ski team with their new minibus

Labour leader Ed Miliband 

tours Bridgend Engine Plant 

Labour leader Ed Miliband is the latest 

high-profi le visitor to Bridgend Engine Plant 

(BEP) who wanted to see a highly successful 

contributor to the UK economy in action. 

He was accompanied on his tour by 

Wales First Minister Carwyn Jones, who is 

also the Assembly Member for Bridgend. 

Mr Miliband was welcomed by plant 

manager Kieran Cahill, Ford of Britain 

chairman Joe Greenwell and senior members 

of the plant team, including convenor 

Steve Rees, before getting a short personal 

briefi ng on BEP’s production and plans for 

the immediate future. 

He also met some of the 1,800 production 

workers as he toured the plant and lines 

making four, six and eight cylinder engines 

before taking part in a question and answer 

session. 

Kieran said: “We were delighted to 

welcome Mr Miliband. 

“I think he was very impressed with what 

he saw and will take away a very positive 

image of BEP and what we are doing for 

Welsh employment, training and the contribution 

we are making to the economy in 

Wales and the UK.” 

Ed Miliband fl anked by Wales First Minister Carwyn Jones, second left, Ford of Britain 

chairman Joe Greenwell and Bridgend plant manager Kieran Cahill, second from right 

More prestigious awards for Ford 

Ford has won the coveted Manufacturer of 

the Year title in the 2012 Fleet Van awards. 

“The judges felt that none of the other 

manufacturers could offer the range and 

quality of aftersales back-up from Ford,” 

said Fleet Van editor Trevor Gelken. 

“They were judging the whole package 

that comes from the minute a customer 

enters a showroom or picks up the 

telephone to the minute that the vehicle is 

sold on.” 

Ford also won some other awards in 

November; following two awards from 

Bodyshop Magazine, Ford Customer 

Service Division picked up the ‘Vehicle 

Manufacturer Bodyshop Network Market 

Leader – Network Development’ award from 

the Auto Body Professionals (ABP) Club. 

Collision repair marketing manager Paul 

McDermott, said: “I was delighted to collect 

this prestigious award on behalf of the 

team, hot on the heels of our two recent 

Bodyshop Magazine awards. 

“This is further recognition for the hard 

work we have put in, particularly with the 

creation of our innovative and industrychanging 

Ford Accident Management 

programme.” 

FCSD has also won two Nectar Network 

awards – the Coalition and Colleague 

Engagement Awards. Ford is approaching 

its tenth anniversary with Nectar, the UK’s 

largest loyalty scheme; at Ford, Nectar 

points are awarded for MOTs, non-warranty 

repairs and servicing. 

The first of the two awards was for a 

campaign to drive customers’ long-term 

loyalty to Nectar partners, and the second 

for a very successful dealer awareness plan 

that resulted in a 20 per cent increase in the 

number of Nectar participating Ford dealers 

and 96 per cent increase in transactions 

year-on-year. 

At the Nectar 

Awards 

presentation, 

left to right, 

FCSD’s Paul 

Muers, Nadya 

Ludhor and 

Michelle 

Thomp son 

“In January, Ford ran 14 national 

interactive Nectar workshops at seven 

locations. These aimed to raise Nectar 

awareness and show the value of Nectar to 

Ford dealers,” said FCSD’s Nadya Ludhor. 

“An e-learning module launched in March 

incentivised staff to increase their Nectar 

knowledge and promote it to customers, 

with points awarded for passing the test to 

increase engagement. In August Ford 

employed six field managers to visit dealers 

and train staff specifically on how to use 

Nectar effectively.” 


Pictured next to a Ford Model A which OMC sold in 1931 

are, from left: Robin Eglin, Andy Barratt, John Coffey, 

Jonathan Eglin and Jon Wellsman 

OMC celebrates 

100 years with Ford 

OMC Ford – originally the Oldham Motor Company – has 

celebrated its centenary as a Ford dealer. 

The company goes back to 1907 when Ralph Rothwell 

Eglin, who owned a bicycle shop in Oldham, started selling 

cars built in the town by the Eclipse Machine Company. 

Oldham Motor Company became Ford’s thirteenth UK 

dealer on 6 October, 1911, and has remained a family 

business, with the third and fourth generations of the Eglin 

family now running it. 

Becoming associated with Ford had much to do with the 

fact that Ford was about to start assembling Model T cars at 

its new factory at Trafford Park, Manchester. 

Oldham Motor Company sold just 10 cars in its fi rst year 

as a Ford dealer; today OMC sells more than 2,500 new and 

used cars each year plus in excess of 500 commercial 

vehicles, with an annual turnover of more than £40 million. It 

has 140 employees. 

Refl ecting on the company’s century with Ford, director 

Robin Eglin said: “I’m proud to have been associated with an 

organisation that has played such a key role in the culture of 

Britain. Nearly every family at some point will have owned a 

Ford, whether it’s a Cortina, Escort, Fiesta or Focus. 

“The range of cars available now from Ford I believe is one 

of the strongest we have seen, with some amazing technological 

developments. I know that despite tough economic 

times we can still offer a brand and customer service to 

satisfy the customer.” 

Taking over at the helm at OMC is Robin’s son Jonathan 

– the fourth generation of the Eglin family running the business. 

Jonathan sees a bright future for OMC and Ford. 

“Leading OMC into the future is a big responsibility, but one 

which I am thoroughly looking forward to.” 

Ford of Britain directors Andy Barratt and Jon Wellsman, 

and Ford Credit Britain managing director John Coffey, 

joined the Eglin family at a centenary celebration, where 

Andy presented Robin Eglin with a plaque to commemorate 

the 100 years of partnership. 

Andy said: “Its an honour to be able to celebrate 100 years 

of Ford with OMC – its a very special occasion when this 

partnership has been entirely with the Eglin family. Clearly 

one does not last 100 years without outstanding customer 

satisfaction, happy staff and investment in the local 

community.” 


Ford dealers 

rally to the 

JDRF cause 

Ford dealers are rallying round to raise £100,000 for Juvenile Diabetes 

Research Foundation (JDRF), which Ford has supported globally for 

more than 28 years 

Ford of Britain chairman, Joe Greenwell, threw down the gauntlet to 

dealers to mark the Company’s centennial year in business. 

Ford has been a long-term supporter of JDRF’s fl agship annual 

fund-raiser, The Walk to Cure Diabetes, both in the UK and abroad. 

Ford customers are being invited to donate £1 to JDRF when they visit 

any dealership across the UK. 

“Since its launch, we are pleased to say the campaign has already 

attracted donations of around £26,000 from dealers who were inspired 

by the information they received demonstrating the impact that type 1 

diabetes can have on a family’s life and JDRF’s mission to fi nd the 

cure,” said JDRF head of corporate development Sarah McCullough. 

“Dealer groups such as Hartwell, Arnold Clark, People’s, Essex Auto 

Group, the Hendy Group and Vertu Motors were among the fi rst to 

donate to the charity, making hugely generous gifts to support our 

campaign for funding research into type 1 diabetes. 

“Since then, there have been bake sales at Sandicliffe in the Midlands, 

sky dives by staff at Polar Ford and Dagenham Motors, bike 

riding and zip sliding at the Heartlands Ford branch and Lindsay Ford in 

Northern Ireland have undertaken a cycle ride to raise money for JDRF. 

“Greyhound Ford in East Lancashire are marking their fi ftieth year in 

business with a two-week celebration and a showroom event. For every 

car sold they are kindly donating £50 to JDRF.” 

Joe Greenwell said: “We are delighted to be partnered with JDRF and 

supporting them in their mission to fi nd the cure for type 1 diabetes. 

“I would like to thank all dealership staff who have invested time and 

effort into supporting this worthwhile cause.” 

Dealerships interested in taking part should call Sarah McCullough on 

0207 841 3652 or email ford@jdrf.org.uk. “To hit the £100,000 target, 

each showroom need only raise £150 and there are lots of really easy 

ways to fund-raise. With Christmas coming up, they could try a raffl e or 

quiz among staff or suggest a customer donation to JDRF when they 

come in for their vehicle winter health check,” said Sarah. 

Type 1 diabetes 

Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune condition that causes the body’s own 

immune system to turn on itself and attack cells in the pancreas which produce 

insulin. 

The condition affects about 350,000 adults in the UK, including more than 

26,000 children and requires multiple daily insulin injections and fi nger prick 

blood tests to manage. 

It can cause devastating complications including blindness, heart disease, 

amputation, stroke and kidney failure, and reduces life expectancy by 20 years. 

JDRF exists to fi nd the cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications, and 

is the world’s leading charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research. 

At a global level, JDRF volunteers and staff have been responsible for 

raising more than £900 million to support type 1 diabetes research since the 

charity’s inception.

The poster advertising for people to help support the Company’s campaign with JDRF to fi nd a cure for type 1 diabetes 

Intrepid fund-raisers Debbie Carr, John Whiting, 

Lori Westmoreland, Richard Brown and Sarah 

Jackson, from Dagenham Motors in Colindale, 

north west London, have taken to the skies to raise 

money for JDRF in a 10,000 foot skydive. 

Richard Brown said: “We wanted to do something 

big that would inspire our colleagues, friends and 

family to sponsor us – you can’t get much bigger 

than a 10,000 foot skydive!” 

Lori Westmoreland said before the jump: “This 

really is a huge test for all of us. Personally, I’m not 

sure what I’ll be thinking when I jump out of the 

plane but I’m excited for the challenge. 

“We have been fund-raising inside the dealership 

too, with a bake sale which raised more than £90 

and an upcoming staff quiz night – everyone in the 

business is getting involved.” 

Lindsay Ford took to the roads on two wheels and raised £3,000 (and 

counting!) for JDRF. A team of 12 staff did a circular tour of all 10 locations 

in Northern Ireland. Managing director David Sandford, pictured left, said: 

“Well done to all who took up the challenge and thanks also to everyone who 

encouraged them. The team ranged from absolute beginners to experienced 

cyclists and this is a great achievement for everyone involved.” 

Team members were Brendan Doherty, Joe Harvey, Ian Brown, David 

McKillen, Scott Paden, Chris Cleary, Philip Sandford, Louise O’Hagan, James 

Adair, Greg Whan, Chris Kelly and Gary Bridge. 


Bridgend 

hosts 

career day 

Nearly 50 young people from local secondary schools took part 

in an Inside Industry day at Bridgend Engine Plant (BEP), intended 

to provide an insight into working in a manufacturing plant. 

The year 11 pupils from 10 local schools took part in a series of 

exercises and experiences. In the plant they had a presentation on 

its operations, met senior staff and latest apprentices, and toured 

the engine production lines. 

They also took part in team building exercises and a practical 

test of their abilities as they fi nished assembly of test engines, 

supervised by BEP trainer Rob Taylor. 

The Inside Industry day was co-ordinated by the local careers 

service, working with the plant and the Welsh Automotive Forum. 

They were welcomed to the event by Bridgend plant manager 

Kieran Cahill who told them it would give unique insight into the 

plant, which is a major contributor to the Welsh economy as well 

as an important part of the global Ford business. 

At the end of the day they were congratulated by BEP human 

resources manager Stuart Townson, who said he hoped it had 

been a worthwhile experience and that it would make them think 

about careers in the automotive industry. 

The practical test assessments included a team-building 

challenge and this was won by students from Cynffi g Comprehensive 

School, who were presented with their prize by former Ford 

lean manufacturing manager, now Welsh Automotive Forum 

liaison manager, Paul Bullock. 

A practical test of abilities on a test engine 

Daventry on the way to zero landfi ll waste 

The Daventry site is adopting more environmentally 

friendly waste disposal methods 

as part of its strategy to reduce the 

amount of waste sent to landfi ll to zero. 

Since August this year, the site has sent 

its main weekly waste collection to a local 

company which has waste-to-energy 

facilities, rather than sending it to landfi ll. 

This has cut the amount of waste sent to 


landfi ll by approximately 250 tonnes per 

year. A similar approach was adopted for 

canteen food waste in October, achieving a 

further reduction in landfi ll waste. 

“We have worked closely with our waste 

management partners from Thyssen Krupp 

to fi nd greener ways to deal with the waste 

from our site,” said Daventry health and 

safety engineer Richard Hughes. 

There was plenty of expertise on hand to help the youngsters 

Plant manager Kieran Cahill welcomes the pupils to Bridgend 

Concentration and a steady hand were needed for the tasks 

“We are 90 per cent of the way towards 

our target of zero waste to landfi ll, and will 

be adopting further measures in 2012 which 

should help us achieve our objective.” 

The current initiatives at Daventry build 

on well-established processes to re-use and 

recycle the materials used on site, such as 

the cardboard and wooden pallets used for 

its parts shipments.

Employees presented with programme certifi cates 

Ford of Britain employees who completed a 

nine-month Government-funded ‘managing 

effectiveness’ programme were presented with 

their certifi cates by chairman Joe Greenwell. 

The university accredited programme, 

designed and led by business development 

organisation Acua, is directed at growing 

leadership skills. 

Each delegate was assisted by managers 

and supervisors to select business improvement 

ideas which are the focus of the 

practical, work-based programme, which 

included one-to-one coaching, group workshops 

and tutorials and online, self-directed 

learning. 

As a new computer system rolls out at the 

Daventry Parts Distribution Centre, members 

of the warehouse team have been 

playing a key role in providing training. 

Twelve employees have been assigned to 

the launch team as subject matter experts 

(SME) for the system, and are taking the 

lead in delivering training to their colleagues 

from the warehouse fl oor. 

The roll out is part of the global Business 

Technology Renewal (BTR) initiative, which 

sees existing IT systems replaced by new 

supply chain software. 

At the end of 2010, Daventry introduced 

the software on its ‘inbound’ processes, 

and is now launching on its ‘outbound’ 

processes, such as stock keeping, picking 

and shipping. 

To ensure there is no disruption to 

business, the software is being phased in to 

separate picking areas in the warehouse, 

with the full site completed in mid-2012. The 

fi rst area – the ‘crib’ containing high value 

items – went live in October, followed by 

two larger areas with higher parts turnover 

during November. 

“As we roll out the software, it’s critical 

that the warehouse team has a good 

understanding of the new systems,” explained 

Darren Seaton from the BTR launch 

team. “Our SMEs have been fully involved 

with developing and testing the system, and 

are ideally placed to share that knowledge 

with their colleagues. The SMEs have 

helped to design the training programme, 

and are now taking the lead in presenting 

the sessions. 

“In many cases, it’s the fi rst time they 

have done anything like this, so it’s been a 

great achievement by the team,” he said. 

The training courses are typically based 

on one- or two-day sessions, using test 

data to illustrate how the system works. 

During September and October, more than 

160 days of training were delivered. 

Ford of Britain chairman Joe Greenwell presents the certifi cates 

Daventry team’s IT training 

Warehouse picker Mick Chatten adds a part using one of 

the new scanners 

SME Lisa Day takes a training 

session 

Warehouse picker Steve 

Buckley in training 

BTR team member Steve Blackwell demonstrates a 

bin stock check 


Dunton’s 

rapid 

show 

The third open day for Dunton’s Rapid Product 

Development (RPD) team was the busiest yet, attracting 

more than 450 visitors including programme teams, 

engineers, designers and cost estimators. 

There was a lot of interest in the range of innovative 

technologies on display, including reverse engineering, 

and its potential use for inspection and manufacturing 

processes. 

Organiser Nigel Dowsett said: “We were busy all 

day, and successfully promoted the facility and diversity 

we offer for prototype and low volume manufacturing. 

Many visitors were surprised to see what we could 

do in-house here in Dunton. 

“It will enable RPD to reach a bigger customer base 

and provide alternative supply routes with reduced 

lead-times and lower costs. 

“Everyone was very positive in their feedback. I 

would like to thank all RPD personnel for support and 

all the visitors for making it a great success. We are 

already looking forward to the next one.” 

A new leash of life for retiree Rob 

Rob Brewer and Deano on a visit 


The team were busy all day showing off innovative technologies 

More than 450 visitors were shown round by the RPD team 

Rob Brewer has enjoyed having collie 

dogs for years, but little did he suspect that 

his canine companion Deano would give 

him a new lease of life after retirement from 

Ford. 

In 2009, when Rob left Southampton after 

41 years, he knew he wanted to “put 

something back into the community”. 

A chance mention of a charity called Pets 

As Therapy (PAT) on his local radio station 

provided the perfect opportunity for Rob to 

do both. 

In March, Rob became a registered 

volunteer for the charity and Deano an 

offi cial PAT dog. Now they spend time each 

week visiting a local school and a nearby 

care home, offering children and older 

people an opportunity to stroke a dog. 

Deano, a long-haired rough collie, is a 

natural for the role, according to Rob, who 

worked with the Smart team at the assembly 

plant. 

Rob said: “Whenever we go out for a 

walk, lots of people will stop and say how 

good-looking he is – and he knows it. He 

gets a lot of attention and thrives on it.” 

Through these visits, Pets As Therapy’s 

aim is to provide companionship, comfort, 

stimulation and even therapy to people 

whose circumstances mean they would not 

otherwise meet animals. 

Deano, so named because of Rob’s 

grandson’s obsession with dinosaurs, 

seems to love his new role, says Rob. 

“I think he looks forward to our visits 

because the moment I get his PAT identity 

jacket out, he can’t get into the car fast 

enough.” 

And, if Deano enjoys the attention and the 

occasional doggy treat, the visits are 

rewarding for Rob, too. 

“I like to interact with the people and, 

although at the start you walk in as a 

stranger, the rapport changes over time and 

they’re excited to see us now,” says Rob. 

“Some of the people in the care home 

used to be pet owners but can’t have pets 

now so it’s nice for them to interact with 

Deano. 

“We’ve had one or two people who are 

scared of dogs but they’ve come around 

now and they want to stroke him. It can help 

allay children’s fears too.” 

In the future, Rob is hoping to take Deano 

into local hospitals and help therapists in 

rehabilitating stroke patients. 

For Rob, the personal benefi ts for a 

retiree are obvious. “You can’t sit around all 

day and having somewhere to take Deano 

other than the park is great.” 

For information visit www.petsastherapy. 

org

Andy’s a knock-out 

Bridgend PAG line worker Andy 

Howells is a knock-out fund-raiser. 

The 39-year-old from Port Talbot, 

who has worked at the plant for fi ve 

years, is currently fund-raising for 

MacMillan Cancer Support. 

But he really put himself in the fi ring 

line with a sponsored boxing match 

during a special evening event of 12 

bouts at a Swansea nightclub in 

November. 

Andy will be up against a regular 

amateur boxer and while he has never 

stepped inside a ring before he is no 

stranger to physical combat, having 

taken part in many martial arts bouts 

over the years. 

“I have never boxed before and it 

will be different, but a couple of the 

guys in plant are amateur boxers and 

they have been training and sparring 

with me to help me along,” said Andy. 

He hit on the idea of the boxing 

match as an unusual way to raise 

funds when cancer struck a close 

family friend and a work colleague’s 

family. 

Andy has been turning up for work 

with black eyes and bruising, but he 

shrugs it off. 

“I will be giving it a go, but I don’t 

know how long I will last,” he added, 

before the match. 

Even before stepping into the 

charity ring, Andy raised more than 

£2,600 among his workmates and 

hopes to keep topping this up through 

his dedicated charity page: http:// 

www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Howells1 

Dave Baker on Uhuru Peak 

Andy, above, 

and left, with 

PAG manager 

John Oldham 

with the fi rst 

cheque for 

Macmillan 

Cancer 

Support 

Dave hits a double top 

Dagenham jetty stevedores dug deep to contribute 

most of the £1,500 raised by supervisor Dave Baker for 

climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. 

Despite being taken ill with altitude sickness the day 

before the fi nal ascent, Dave managed to reach the 

Stella Point crater rim at 5,750 metres. And, despite the 

14-hour day, Dave was so exhilarated he managed the 

extra climb to the mountain’s highest point, Uhuru 

Peak at 5,895 metres – where he is pictured, left. 

Dave said: “It was one of the most amazing experiences 

of my life. I was thrilled to reach both summits, 

as I didn’t want to let down all those people who’d 

sponsored me. And the bath I had at the hotel at the 

end of the 70km ascent was the best I have ever had.” 

His largest sponsor was from suppliers Cobelfret 

Ferries, who donated £100. The money has been split 

between the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, in remembrance of a 

colleague’s son who died from the disease, and The 

J’s Hospice for young people in Chelmsford. 

For more information on Cystic Fibrosis see www. 

cftrust.org.uk and about the hospice see www.thejshospice.org.uk 

Coffee event 

raises £4,785 

Support for cancer charity 

Macmillan’s World’s Biggest 

Coffee Morning in September 

raised £4,785. 

Events in canteens, offi ces 

and plants across Ford of Britain 

included £1,185 from Dagenham 

Stamping and Tooling, Dunton 

£931, Eurest collecting £350, 

£100 from Daventry, and HR 

departments in different 

locations raising £284 and £306. 

Dagenham plants, including 

Transport Operations, General 

Services and Costa raised a 

combined total of £1,629. 

When all the collections have 

been added up organisers hope 

the £140,000 total for the Essex 

Appeal for a specialist nurse will 

be reached. 

JDRF cyclists 

Some Bridgend Engine Plant 

workers proved they are 

‘wheelie’ good at fund-raising. 

About 20 members of the 

plant’s mountain bike club rallied 

to raise funds for JDRF (the 

Juvenile Diabetes Research 

Foundation). They went out for a 

day in south Wales, covering 

forests and hills they know well 

from rides when they usually 

raise money for a local charity. 

Club chairman Mal Squibbs 

said: “We organised the event at 

short notice, but full credit to our 

members and their friends who 

supported us. The weather was 

not good, but we were keen to 

fi nish and when we added it up 

we had raised £1,435 for JDRF, 

so it was worthwhile.” 

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Looking back over a mo 

JANUARY 

The Ford Focus was Britain’s best- 

selling car back in January, pushing 

Fiesta into second place for the fi rst 

time since May 2010. 

But the spotlight was not just on 

Ford’s cars at the beginning of the 

year – there was a great deal of 

interest in the fi rst Transit Connect 

Electric models destined for a threeyear 

trial with the London borough of 

Hillingdon. 

We reviewed the coming 2011 

season for Formula Ford, the world’s 

longest running and most successful 

race series for drivers wanting to start 

professional motorsport careers, and 

reported a host of awards, including Ford being named Britain’s 

most reliable van manufacturer in a survey of the country’s 50 largest 

contract hire companies. 

FEBRUARY 

We told the story of the all-new 

Focus in a fi ve-page special which 

highlighted the rigorous testing 

regime which had been an integral 

part of the new car’s development. 

We told how it had endured more 

than 12,000 crash tests, both physical 

and on a computer, been hammered 

around Ford’s Lommel proving ground 

in Belgium, blasted in the wind tunnel 

at Merkenich in Germany, hot weather 

tested in Spain, driven at high altitude 

in Austria and cold weather tested in 

the Arctic. 

We also invited some Dunton 

employees to test drive a pre-production on model of the new Focus 

– and they loved it as much as the British car-buying public would. 

MARCH 

We marked Ford of Britain’s 

centenary with a fi ve-page special 

looking back through the archives, 

with highlights from every era, including 

the early days in Manchester. 

London mayor Boris Johnson 

arrived at Dagenham in a Transit 

Connect Electric to kick off work on an 

£80 million plant to turn household 

rubbish into clean energy to power up 

to 15,000 homes. 

He then went on to meet some Ford 

apprentices at CEME, the Centre for 

Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence, 

on the fi rst day of National Apprentice 

Week. 


What a year it has been – a year in which 

the all-new Focus was launched to cri 

consecutive year as Britain’s best-selling 

II, Henry Ford’s great-grandson, toured Du 

and Dagenham. This is how Ford Ne 

APRIL 

The spotlight this month was on 

Ford’s huge successes in motorsport 

over more than a century, 

which started with Henry Ford 

winning a 10-lap race in his 26bhp 

1901 Racer. The rest is history… 

We reported on a special milestone 

for the latest Fiesta – one 

million sales across Europe, with a 

quarter of them in Britain. It has 

sold 14 million units in Europe since 

1976. 

And we also reported on Ford’s 

backing for Rotary International in its 

fi ght against polio 

MAY 

Edsel Ford II visited Dunton, meeting 

apprentices and touring the environmental 

test labs and design studio. 

Afterwards he met some Juvenile 

Diabetes Research Foundation 

(JDRF) fund-raisers, heard about the 

latest research and handed over a 

cheque for £25,000 – part of Ford’s $3 

million global annual JDRF funding. 

Ford News tried out some of the 

mind-boggling new technology in the 

latest Ford vehicles, while the Company 

confi rmed its on-going sponsorship 

of the Essex County Cricket Ground in 

Chelmsford.

mentous year at Ford 

Ford of Britain celebrated its centenary, 

ical acclaim and Ford started its 35th 

car company. During the year, Edsel Ford 

nton, while Bill Ford visited both Dunton 

s reported 2011 through its pages… 

JUNE 

We announced an order for 500 

Transit vans for the AA, and shone 

a spotlight on the Ford Cycling 

Club, which has 60 members. 

Bridgend announced a pioneering 

scheme in which three graduates 

started a two-year attachment 

in the plant’s fi rst knowledge 

transfer programme arranged with 

Cardiff University and supported by 

the Welsh Assembly. 

Deliveries of the stylish new Focus 

estate had begun, joining the fi vedoor 

hatchback version which had 

been such a success. 

JULY/AUGUST 

During his visit to Dunton, Bill Ford 

told Ford people: “You guys are 

magnifi cent.” Visiting as part of the 

Ford of Britain centenary celebrations, 

he told his audience: “History 

is alive here, and one of the things at 

Ford I am most proud of is our 

history, because no other company 

can match it.” 

During his visit, Mr Ford announced 

that Ford would sponsor 

100 university students – one for 

each year of the Company’s operation 

in the UK – in a £1 million sponsorship 

programme. 

SEPTEMBER 

The AA announced its second big 

Ford order of the year, this time for 

1,650 all-new Focus models for the 

AA Driving School. 

Four senior executives were given 

new roles following the appointment 

of Mark Ovenden as managing 

director. 

Dagenham announced a £7.4 million 

investment in machining and assembly 

production of 1.4- and 1.6-litre TDCi 

engines and Ford announced a competition 

for schools to win one of up to 

eight Transit minibuses to celebrate the 

Company’s centenary. And we shone 

the spotlight on Dunton’s model makers. 

OCTOBER 

We reported that the Ford centenary 

tour had taken to the road as a 

travelling exhibition charting the 

Company’s unique history in Britain 

and its future plans. 

Ford celebrated the centenary 

with a party at Dunton attended by 

more than 12,000 present and past 

employees from Dunton and other 

Ford locations. 

Dagenham was also in celebration 

mood, this time as it clocked up 80 

years of production. 

And we also featured young Alfi e 

Spicer who became the public face of 

charity Cerebra. 

NOVEMBER 

The awards kept coming in for the 

Company – this time two trophies at 

the 2011 Bodyshop Awards which 

gave Ford the highly-contested 

Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year title 

while the Company’s recently 

launched Ford Accident Management 

Programme won the Innovation of the 

Year award. 

Ford Focus and Transit models won 

class awards on the annual MPG 

Marathon and we highlighted how 

Ford’s support had helped the charity 

Wooden Spoon raise more than £3 

million to fund projects to help disadvantaged 

children. 

A 50-strong team from Southampton plant helped raise £50,000 in 

the city’s JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes, and employees across Britain 

backed Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee 

Morning. 


Apprentices feel the heat 

Ford’s 2011 intake of Marketing, Sales and 

Service graduates went head-to-head in an 

‘Apprentice’-style contest, but without the danger 

of being fi red by Sir Alan Sugar. 

The two teams of seven were tasked with 

planning and implementing an event aimed at 

capturing customer data and increasing footfall 

and sales interest for a Ford dealership group. 

Team Evos spent a day at Lakeside Shopping 

Centre in Essex, tempting shoppers into Essex 

Auto Group’s Ford dealership, while ‘One Team’ 

went to Ipswich where John Grose is based. 

“This competition is aimed at putting our 

graduates outside their comfort zone and testing 

the skills they have learned. I am looking forward 

to seeing how they handle the challenge,” said 

Ford marketing director Anthony Ireson. 

Team Evos showcased a new Ford Focus and 

used a Focus Kinect video game to provide a 

chance to win an iPad2. 

“The idea was to increase sales for Essex Auto 

Group, but not necessarily in a direct way,” said 

team member Tom Ginsberg. “It included raising 

awareness and data capture.” 

The team went online with their iPad2 competition, 

using a pay-per-click campaign on Facebook. 

“It was all good fun, and it was really nice 

for us all to work together,” said Tom 

One Team combined a winter safety event with 

an unveiling of the new Ford Ranger at the John 

Grose dealership in Ipswich, with participation by 

the police, AA and Suffolk roadside safety 

partnership. 

“We were aiming to capture customer data and 

get as many people in to the dealership as 

possible,” said team member Charles Nolan. 

They achieved three orders for the Ranger, sold a 

Focus and secured sales leads on both Focus 

and Transit, together with six test drives taken 

and 50 other leads for the dealership. 

“It was a successful day. We managed to get 

people in to the dealership and sell cars to them,” 

said Charles. 

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Daventry team wear their colours for charity 

A colourful combination of pink 

clothing and sports shirts was on 

display in Daventry for the ‘Wear Your 

Colours to Work’ fund-raising day in 

October. 

In addition to the regular option of 

wearing their favourite sports kit, 

employees were also encouraged to 

dress up in their most vibrant pink 

fashions. The pink theme highlighted 

the choice of Cancer Research as 

the nominated charity for the day. 

Organised by the Daventry charity 

committee, the event raised a total of 

over £200 from employee donations. 

Pictured right: Daventry 

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Stan gets his wings - at 82! 

Dunton retiree Stan Ramsey has lived out 

a boyhood dream by learning to fl y and 

making his fi rst solo fl ight – at the age of 82. 

“It was wonderful,” he said after the 

20-minute fl ight from Earls Colne airfi eld in 

Essex. “The landing was good, the circuit 

was good, I did everything right.” 

Stan, who retired from the purchasing 

department at Dunton in 1984, started 

learning to fl y two years ago. 

“Flying means everything to me,” he said. 

“It is wonderful to think you can get in your 

plane and go for 100 miles in one hour.” 

He is now hoping to progress to a full 

private pilot’s licence – which will include 

examinations in subjects including law, 

meteorology and aircraft performance – 

before his 83rd birthday. 

Screen stars reunited to mark centenary 

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London to celebrate 100 years of Ford of Britain. 

The Ford Anglia 105E from Harry Potter and the Chamber 

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One of the most watched vehicles in fi lm history is the 

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when I was asked by the fi lm makers to provide a car for the 

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UK teams star in global 

TMM excellence awards 

Two teams from the UK were among four global fi nalists up for the Company’s prestigious technical 

TMM awards. The teams from Dagenham and Dunton had been short-listed for 2011 Global 

Powertrain Technical Maturity Model Excellence Awards from 75 projects initially submitted from 

plants across the world. At the start of November the fi nalists made 12-minute presentations via 

video link to the US. The judges in Dearborn chose the US torque converter project as overall 

winner, but the fi nalists were commended for their achievements, and high quality presentations 

Dagenham team 

The Tiger Machining team which has 

transformed production output with a mix of 

detailed academic analysis and ground-fl oor 

engineering highlighted its latest achievements 

as part of its presentation. 

Two years after Job 1 the team had been 

200,000 units down on production targets 

before the review of the process using US 

academic Tom Weber’s techniques. 

Having identifi ed the problems, production 

experts from the line worked with Tom 

and the engineering team to achieve improvements 

like Tiger Head and block 

productivity up 35 per cent and 20 per cent 

respectively, and overall output increased 

from 1850 to 2360 per day. 

With other cost and quality improvements, 

the model has been taken up by 

Bridgend, leading to a 30 per cent cycle 

time improvement to date. 

The Dagenham team have received 

congratulations from director manufacturing, 

Powertrain Europe, Dirk Heller. 

Dunton team 

Above: Engine assembly team members from 

Dunton and Chennai 

Right: senior test engineer Paul Rainbow 

The Tiger Machining team, from left: maintenance supervisor Stuart Summers, US 

academic Tom Weber, production team manager Pat Manning, cycle time expert Terry 

Sawyer, senior engineer Miguel Valle Barrios and area manager Chris Woolacott 

He said: “The progress you and your 

teams have achieved is enormous. The 

physical condition of the line and the 

performance are superb and I’m confi dent 

A Dunton Machining team has 

produced an innovative, highlyfl 

exible cold test facility which 

enables gas and diesel engines 

to be tested on the same line 

without reducing output. 

Working closely with a team in 

Ford’s new plant in Chennai, 

India, and manufacturers Froehlich, 

they have moved away 

from the previous engine-specific 

cold test machinery. They 

developed minimal engine-specifi 

c rigging which is changed 

during the testing of the previous 

engine, reducing potential 

production delays and speeding 

up the testing process. 

Keeping the changes cost 

neutral and introducing ergonomic 

improvements, the team 

that this is only the start. You and your 

teams are really adding to the Dagenham 

success story and helping us to deliver 

quality and cost competitive engines.” 

has simplifi ed the testing machinery. 

The design has been 

future-proofed to allow for 

developments in diesel fuel and 

gasoline air test systems, and 

additional data acquisition cards. 

The Dunton team have been 

congratulated by director manufacturing 

engineering, Powertrain 

Europe, Paul Neighbour. 

He said: “The development 

and implementation of the fi rst 

fl exible cold test facility for both 

gasoline and diesel engines is a 

game-changing manufacturing 

system enabler. It allows us to 

better meet our common global 

goal to be responsive to our 

customers’ demands by providing 

them with the engines they 

want and value.” 


Customer loyalty boost 

thanks to CRC scheme 

Customer loyalty to Ford should be further 

strengthened as a result of a new approach 

to resolving complex customer issues which 

is being piloted by the Daventry-based Ford 

Customer Relationship Centre (CRC). 

The new approach allows the dealer to 

reach a resolution directly with the customer, 

rather than needing to consult with the 

CRC team. 

As a result, any issues can be dealt with 

more quickly, and the relationship between 

the dealer and the customer is further 

enhanced. 

The pilot scheme was introduced in 

October, and positive feedback means that 

the system may be adopted permanently in 

2012. 

“The whole idea is to make things as easy 

as possible for the customer,” explains 

Alison James, team leader of the CRC 

customer loyalty team. 

“They can deal directly with the person in 

front of them at the dealership, and get a 

quick resolution to their issues. 

“It’s vital that the dealer maintains a good 

long-term relationship with the customer, 

and we believe that this new approach is a 

positive way to support that. 

Children get a taste of work at Dunton 

Around 100 children of 

Dunton and Warley employees 

were invited to 

Dunton’s Bring a Child to 

Work Day. 

The youngsters aged 11 

to 13 took part in workshops 

involving clay 

modelling and paint spraying, 

and also visited the 

environmental test lab and 

ergonomics lab and had a 

ride around the high speed 

test track. 

At the end of the day, 

learning and development 

manager Paula Leach 

presented prizes donated 

by the Ford Motorsport 

team. 

Organiser Lisa Johnson- 

Geach from the education 

and community team said: 

“Once again we received 

fantastic support from 

employees who helped to 

make the day such a 

success.” 


The Daventry customer loyalty team has been supporting the pilot programme 

“Customer complaints are thankfully very 

rare, but the way those cases are handled is 

critical for the reputation of the brand. 

“Often a small goodwill gesture can go a 

long way to restoring a customer’s faith, and 

our dealers are perfectly placed to judge 

what may be appropriate,” she said. 

Gary Fryer, left, in the Design paint shop and Chris 

Banks, who is a third year apprentice in Rapid Product 

Development, with some of the youngsters 

The children with the clay model they designed 

The six-strong team has provided support 

to dealer staff during the pilot, offering help 

with any queries via a dedicated phone line. 

A similar pilot is also being trialled by 

Ford of Germany. The process is modelled 

on the approach followed in North America, 

where it has been successfully deployed. 

Brian Miller demonstrates some of the 

technology used in the ergonomics lab

UK success at European CLAD awards 

UK employees swept the board in one category of the European 2011 

Chairman’s Leadership Awards for Diversity (CLAD), and picked up more 

than half this year’s gongs. 

The CLAD awards celebrate successes in diversity and work-life efforts, 

and drew 100 nominations from across Europe. UK entrants took all three 

awards in the Building a Respectful and Inclusive Environment category, with 

Dunton marketing communications director Maureen Graham, Powertrain 

Manufacturing engine assembly supervisor Keith James from Dunton and the 

Dagenham Engine Plant EU5 launch team. 

Dagenham MP&L shop steward Ishaq Masih won for developing external 

partnerships. Ford of Europe experiential manager Rob Macrae and Ellie 

Crosby from Ford Credit were picked for Valuing Worklife Flexibility, and 

former Ford of Britain marketing director Mark Simpson and production 

superintendent Martin McCloskey from Dagenham Stamping and Tooling 

Operations for Leading the Way. 

Martin McCloskey, Keith James and Ellie Crosby went on to win Global 

Diversity and Inclusion Awards, which were presented by Ford of Britain 

chairman Joe Greenwell. 

Southampton 

strengthens 

local training 

opportunities 

The Southampton assembly plant has 

strengthened its ties with a local training 

centre to create a host of training opportunities 

for the community and Ford employees. 

Solent Education Business Partnership 

(EBP), with which Ford has had links for 

many years, has recently opened a new 

skills centre on the plant site, offering 

courses for both young and adult learners. 

The skills centre now occupies half of the 

Ford Partnership Centre, with speciallyequipped 

training areas for everything from 

plastering to motor vehicle maintenance. 

The venture is already proving hugely 

benefi cial to both partners. Ford staff and 

their families now have ready access to a 

wide variety of courses. And Solent EBP is 

able to draw on Ford’s staff and resources 

to boost course content and show students 

how learning is applied in the workplace. 

Steve Edmonds, foundation learning 

manager at the new skills centre. said: “If 

the school is wanting to look at a specifi c 

part of the curriculum we can get people 

from Ford to come over and share their 

specifi c expertise so the kids hear it straight 

from the horse’s mouth. They are very 

proud of what they do at Ford and it’s good 

to communicate that.” 

Solent EBP offers training for both adults 

and teenagers – training which is free to 

people living in areas of the city where 

access to training is limited. 

Its adult education courses cover construction, 

motor vehicle maintenance, ICT 

and self-defence – all of which are open to 

Ford employees. The skills centre is working 

Steve Edmonds with 21-year-old Carl Lee, who is taking a car maintenance course 

hard to adjust its timetable so that courses 

coincide with shift patterns so Ford people 

can go straight from work into a training 

session. It will work closely with Ford’s own 

Employee Development and Assistance 

Programme (EDAP). 

The other major focus of the skills centre 

is accredited courses for young people. The 

range of vocational courses is substantial 

and programmes for younger learners focus 

on boosting their employment prospects by 

offering, for example, work experience 

One of EBP’s aims is to persuade people 

that vocational training can lead to lucrative 

careers and is not just a last resort option 

for the non-academic. 

Another of its key target groups is what 

Steve terms the ‘pre-NEETS’ – young 

people aged 14 to 19 who are at risk of 

being ‘not in education, employment or 

training’. 

“With the focus on trying to get children 

through fi ve GCSEs, a lot of the extra-cur- 

Dagenham Stamping and Tooling Operations superintendent 

Martin McCloskey and some of his team 

ricular activities are being dropped,” says 

Steve. “So kids who are just not interested 

in subjects like English and maths will just 

drop out. 

“Schools are desperately trying to fi nd 

some training for these kids and in the 

courses we offer they’re learning while 

they’re getting their hands dirty. 

“It’s all about trying to give these kids 

some support and some self-discipline and 

it comes down to a simple technique: Tell 

them when they’ve done it wrong and tell 

them when they’ve got it right.” 

Assembly plant employee relations offi cer 

John Powell, says this partnership is a 

positive one for Ford, too. “It’s good to build 

on the partnership with Solent EBP, with 

which we’ve had a long association,” he 

says. 

“It gives us the ability to reconnect with 

local schools and colleges and the community. 

This will also be a positive thing for 

Ford staff and their families.” 


BEP collects 

for victims of 

mine disaster 

Bridgend Engine Plant employees 

dug deep into their pockets to 

help bereaved families of the 

men killed in the Gleision mine 

disaster in September. 

A bucket collection in plant 

raised over £4,672 and this has 

been topped up with a £500 

donation out of the plant’s ‘good 

causes’ fund. 

As a sign of goodwill, Barclays 

Bank has made a top-up 

donation of £1,500, so the total 

amount raised for the families 

will be more than £6,672. 

Plant manager Kieran Cahill 

said: “This was an awful tragedy 

in such a close-knit community 

and its effects touched the hearts 

of many, including our own 

employees who have given so 

generously.” 

Daventry 

donation 

The Daventry charity committee 

has made a £210 donation to the 

Ronald McDonald House charity 

at Oxford Children’s Hospital. 

The charity enables families to 

stay close to their child by 

providing free ‘home away from 

home’ accommodation at 

hospitals. The donation came 

from a number of collections, and 

was proposed by staff whose 

families had benefi tted from the 

charity’s work. 

Fund-raising 

for JDRF 

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diabetes, has the perfect 

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yacht race – on foot. 

The target for the Isle of Wight 

Multistage Ultra on 30 June and 

1 July, 2012, is to complete 70 

miles in two days – walking or 

running round the island, with up 

to 2,000 yachts passing you by. 

For more details, ring JDRF 

South on 023 8061 6622 or 

email south@jdrf.org.uk 


Jari-Matti Latvala takes off on his way to winning Wales Rally GB in the Fiesta RS 

Rallying success 

Ford fi nished off the 2011 World 

Rally Championship (WRC) in style, 

winning Wales Rally GB in a car 

powered by a development of the 

Bridgend-built EcoBoost engine. 

The victory for Ford Abu Dhabi 

World Rally Team’s Jari-Matti Latvala 

and co-driver Miikka Anttila on the 

gruelling fi nal round of the championship 

marked the end of a successful 

debut season in rallying’s top fl ight for 

the new Fiesta RS World Rally Car, 

with two further victories for teammate 

Mikko Hirvonen in the opening 

round in Sweden and also in the heat 

and dust of Australia. 

Hirvonen also netted second place 

fi nishes in Mexico, Sardinia, Argentina 

and Spain, plus a third place in 

Greece, to fi nish the season as 

runner-up. 

Latvala fi nished the season in fourth 

place, scoring podium spots in Spain, 

Australia, Finland, Jordan, Portugal, 

Sweden and Mexico. 

As a result, Ford Abu Dhabi World 

Rally Team fi nished the season as 

runner-up in the manufacturers’ 

standings. 

Latvala said: “It’s been a long time 

since my last win. Everything came 

together during the second half of the 

season and I’m so pleased to win in 

Wales. It’s the rally where I started my 

WRC career in 2002, so it feels like a 

home event for me. The team did a 

great job all year and this was a 

brilliant way to close the season.”

Dagenham decommissioning 

Some of the team, from left, Chris Bingle, supervisor Paul White, John Monk, Dave Sharp, Gary Barr, Robin Osman (behind), supervisor 

Terry O’Sullivan, Bob Cole, Dave Docherty, Ray Makini, Darren Heaver, Anbarasu ‘Sammy’ Govindsamy and Ian Potter 

An initiative decommissioning a redundant 

Dagenham manufacturing line has been the 

safest and greenest yet, and even managed 

to make a small profi t. 

Instead of using contractors to carry out 

the work and dispose of scrap, 40 employees 

from Engine Plant’s central engineering 

team have stripped out unwanted machinery 

from the 100 by 80-foot redundant 

DOHC con rod line this year. 

Sales from £100,000 scrap will pay for 

re-laying the fl oor in the New Year – to 

make way for a new line-side stores area. 

The project has been carried out over 

nine months without disrupting existing 

production schedules. 

Praise for Dunton 

community plan 

A community initiative by a Dunton Powertrain team that included 

updating a wildlife garden for schoolchildren has been praised 

by its head teacher. 

Brenda Dalley from Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School acknowledged 

the Ongoing Product Development team for its hard 

work repairing sheds and clearing a wildlife area. Thanking them 

for completing the wildlife garden project she said it can now be 

used regularly, adding: “We have been privileged to have the Ford 

team improve our school surroundings.” 

Led by supervisor Roland Armitage, the 17 team members also 

worked on a seating area, dismantled two sheds and relocated a 

third, removed foliage and reroofed and repainted a playhouse 

and created a new all-weather area around existing playhouses. 

Using in-house skilled employees with 

knowledge of the plant environment, project 

co-ordinator supervisors Paul White and 

Terry O’Sullivan adopted a strategic approach 

from the outset, spending the fi rst 

few weeks carefully planning the months 

ahead. 

Paul said: “The closely-packed DOHC 

layout made logistical planning essential, as 

we had very little space to play with and 

machinery weighing up to 20 tonnes to get 

out. By clearing space around the heaviest 

machinery fi rst we were able to lift heavy 

weights safely.” 

Terry added: “Our approach, which we 

reminded the teams of eight at the start of 

each shift, was safety fi rst and environmental 

awareness second.” 

Central engineering and environmental 

manager Tony Weeks said: “The strategic 

approach of this project is the reason it has 

been our most successful decommissioning 

to date. I am particularly proud that our 

adherence to the Health and Safety Executive’s 

CDM regulations in the planning and 

execution of this task has produced an 

exemplary safety record.” 

Plant manufacturing manager Martin 

Everitt said: “This is an outstanding achievement 

by the team, and is a testament to the 

safety culture, initiative and adaptability of 

our highly-skilled workforce.” 

The team, from left, Roland Armitage, Andrei Larkby, Naiem Alim, 

group manager Jim Wearing, Adrian Betchley, Mike Mason, Matthew 

Hopcraft (crouching, in front of group) , Mike Burgess, Graham 

Kirby, Bruce MacLennan and Jolie Ramage. Team members 

who took part but are not in picture are Martin Alexander, Nigel 

Bown, Philip Hines, Harry McDonald, Srikant Ramachandran and 

David Thomas 


Christmas giveaway 

It’s Christmas – and Ford News has some goodies to give 

away, including two superb books – one a celebration of the 

life and times of the legendary Jim Clark and the other a 

limited edition volume celebrating the era of the recordbreaking 

Ford Focus RS World Rally Car. 

If you want the chance to take home one of these books, or 

perhaps an excellently illustrated volume capturing the late 

Colin McRae’s fi rst season driving in the World Rally Championship, 

or a DVD, simply send us your name, address, telephone 

number and the giveaway number, by email to fnews@ 

ford.com or post to Ford News Giveaway, 1/466, Ford Motor 

Company, Eagle Way, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3BW. 

The closing date is 13 January, 2012. 


2. ONE TO GIVE AWAY 

When Ford signed Colin McRae at 

the end of 1998 to head their challenge 

for the World Rally Championship, 

it heralded one of the most 

exciting ventures in motorsport. 

This excellent book by Derick Allsop 

reveals the toil, tension and elation 

of this thrilling global motorsport 

and captures the unique, no-holds 

barred driving style of the late 

McRae. 


This book, number 1,293 of a limited 

edition of just 2,000 copies, charts 

the history of the 97 Focus World 

Rally Cars built by M-Sport, starting 

with Rally Monte Carlo in 1999 and 

ending with Wales Rally GB 2010. 

Beautifully illustrated, it looks at the 

cars, the drivers, the rallies and the 

team behind the Focus WRC 

legend. 

4. THREE TO GIVE AWAY 

This DVD explores the story of Ford’s 

Rallye Sport models, from the early 

days of Walter Hayes and the Advanced 

Vehicles Operation in Essex to the 

ground-breaking Ford Focus RS500. 

Along the way are the Escort RS1600, 

Sierra RS Cosworth, the extreme Group 

B-inspired RS200 and many more 

exciting models which helped cement 

the RS legacy. 


This beautifully 

produced book 

details Clark’s 

sporting career, 

his place in the 

history of motor 

racing, and takes 

a fresh look at 

the mastery of 

the sport. His 

Ford connections 

include stirring 

drives in Lotus 

Cortinas and 

racing Lotus-Ford 

in grands prix and 

at Indianapolis. 

5. TWO TO GIVE AWAY 

We have two sets 

of the Ford and 

Fordson DVD series 

to give away. Each 

prize consists of 

volumes 2 and 4, 

with archive footage 

of the vehicles in 

action, showing 

their capabilities. 

6. TWO TO GIVE AWAY 

We have two DVDs to give away. This 

fi lm combines archive footage with 

modern fi lms to create the defi nitive 

story of the evergreen van. Presented 

by racing driver Tim Harvey, the fi lm 

includes footage of the spectacular 

Supervans. 

7/8/9. ONE EACH TO GIVE AWAY 

One DVD each to give away: one Capri DVD (7), one 

Escort DVD (8), one Ford D Series Trucks DVD (9).

Memorial fi shing challenge 

The sun shone – eventually – on the 41 

anglers taking part in the inaugural Alan 

Gurden Memorial Carp Challenge in 

October. 

Organiser Tony Connolly was “absolutely 

delighted” with the turnout and support for 

the event which honoured the dedication of 

former Dagenham Tiger Assembly teammate 

and fi shing buddy Alan, who died 

earlier this year. 

More than £1,200 was raised for the 

locally-based Dreams Come True Charity 

through fi shing fees, sponsorship, a raffl e 

and hot/cold refreshments served up by 

family members on the day. 

Tony said: “After the heavens opened in 

the early morning, the sun came out and it 

was a fantastic day, with everyone thoroughly 

enjoying themselves and 70 carp 

caught. I am sure Alan would have loved it. 

“It was such a success we could have 

sold the places twice over just to colleagues 

in the Diesel Centre. We are already planning 

next year’s event.” 

Guest of honour was Alan’s son Robert, 

who beat his personal best catch with a 

15lb carp. But he was pipped to the trophy 

by Radavan Zierik with his 19lb 10ozs catch 

of a common carp late in the day. 

The competition was held at Slough 

House Fishery, in Bulphan, Essex, with head 

bailiff Steve donating £150 of raffl e prizes. 

Ford suppliers and fi shing bait and tackle 

shops also donated prizes. 

Winner Radavan Zierik Second: Robert Gurden Casting off at the start 

The event saw 41 anglers take part and raised more than 

£1,200 for the Dreams Come True charity 

The late Alan 

Gurden 


Ford is in Arnold 

Thompson’s blood 

Arnold Thompson, 89, grew up with Ford in his 

blood. His father James joined Ford Motor 

Company in 1913 in Trafford Park, Manchester, 

in 1913, and rejoined after serving in World 

War I. 

Arnold moved down south with the family in 

1932 when Dagenham was being developed. 

He remembers his early days at a school in 

Hornchurch: “I was 10 with a Manchester 

accent, and I had to learn a different 

language!” 

He remembers strange London ways, like 

live eels and winkles in Romford market. And 

he distinctly recalls the time he went into the 

new Dagenham plant with his father. “It was 

vast, with light coming through every window 

it was lit up like Blackpool illuminations.” 

After leaving school at 14 Arnold trained as 

a plumber, and used this expertise during his 

time with the RAF in World War II. After being 

demobbed in 1946 he joined Ford and worked 

in maintenance in A and B building. 

But in the early days of safety awareness, 

Arnold became an inspector in 1952, working 

his way up to the position of chief safety 

inspector by 1962 in the newly-opened 

Halewood plant. He retired in 1981, but has 

stayed up north.He recalls the changes: 

“Those were the early days of safety awareness. 

It’s a different world now, which my 

father and his generation would not 

recognise.” 

His son, Colin, however, is carrying on the 

family’s interest in health and safety, and is a 

European safety specialist. 

Arnold Thompson 


The victorious Swansea team with, from left, team manager Sean Evans, coach Dai 

McCartney, Swansea’s lord mayor Ioan Richard and Ford western district zone manager 

Ed Thomas 

Swansea win Ford 

junior cricket cup 

Young people from 20 UK cities fought it 

out for a place in the fi nals of the 16 th annual 

Ford Inner Cities Cup cricket competition. 

Youngsters from eight of those cities – 

Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Bradford, 

Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester and Swansea 

– eventually competed in the three-day 

fi nals which ended in victory for Swansea. 

The long-running Ford Inner Cities Cup 

continues to provide youngsters from urban 

areas with the opportunity to play cricket 

and enjoy the physical and social benefi ts 

the sport uniquely provides. 

While its focus is on developing grassroots 

youth cricket, the Ford Inner Cities 

Cup has also helped cultivate fi rst-class 

talent: England and Essex star, Ravi Bopa- 

ra, for instance, credits the competition as 

providing his fi rst taste of competitive 

cricket. 

Matthew Patten, chief executive of The 

Lord’s Taverners cricketing charity, commented: 

“The Lord’s Taverners is all about 

giving disadvantaged young people a 

sporting chance. The Ford Inner Cities Cup 

provides the opportunity for young people 

from urban areas, where access to sport is 

often restricted, to take part in a national 

event and enjoy the benefi ts of competitive 

sport.” 

Ford’s support for cricket also includes 

sponsorship of the Essex County Cricket 

Ground in Chelmsford, which has been 

called The Ford County Ground since 2005. 

Dunton hosts IT learning and test drives 

Dunton hosted GLITS UK, a Global IT 

Learning Summit, where more than 150 

Ford IT staff had the opportunity to attend a 

wide range of seminars covering topics 

such as ‘IT tools and methods’ and ‘Productivity 

in the workplace’. 

With up to six seminars hosted by both 

Ford IT colleagues and external presenters 

running at a time, there was plenty of choice 

for the attendees, but it was not all work 

though, with fun challenges also on hand 

such as digital Scalextric and an F1 

simulator. 

The F1 challenge was closely fought 

between Phil Adcock and Aaron Braich, 

with Aaron the eventual winner, walking 

away with a McLaren team T-shirt signed by 

star drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson 

Button. 

For many, the highlight of the day was the 

two vehicles on display – a Ford EVOS 

concept and Fiesta ST concept. 

Dunton was also host to a Feel the 

Difference employee drive event, where 

Dunton and Warley employees could test 

drive the latest Focus, C-MAX, Mondeo, 

Kuga, Ranger, Galaxy, Transit, Transit 

Connect BEV, Ka and Fiesta. 

As well as the driving, for which more 

than 900 employees registered, there were 

displays in four areas – green, quality, smart 

and safe – with engineers on hand to 

answer questions and display vehicles 

including Fusion Hybrid, Escape Hybrid and 

Kuga Individual. 

And Ford of Europe also took to the road 

to demonstrate the future of automotive 

safety which Ford is pioneering in affordable 

vehicles today.

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Personal 

Former Ford of Britain finance director Stanley Thomson CBE has died. He joined Ford in 1961, 

was finance director from 1967 until 1990 when he retired, and joined the board as an executive 

director in 1980. His CBE was awarded largely for his work with the Chartered Association of 

Certified Accountants, of which he was a Fellow. 

Betty Roberts and her two daughters, son-in-law, grandchildren and great grandchildren have 

advised of the passing of George Roberts peacefully on 14 October. George originally worked 

for Ford Motor Company Ltd in the foundry until it closed and then transferred to the stationery 

department until his retirement aged 63. He was a member of the Ford Sports and Social Club 

committee at Rush Green for many years organising coach trips and cabarets at the club. He will 

be sadly missed by all his family. 

Chris Elworthy and family and friends are very sad to announce the death of their uncle, George 

(Hec) Elworthy, aged 93 years. Reunited with his beloved wife Vera. George was a brilliant uncle 

and good friend to so many during his time in Dunton engineering centre and in and around 

Thundersley where he and Vera played such an important part in the local community. Goodnight 

and God bless George. 

Eileen Sharman, wife of the late Philip Sharman who sadly passed away on 27 May, would like to 

thank all his friends and workmates who attended his funeral. Philip worked in plant protection 

for over 17 years, retiring in 1997 to live in Clacton. He is sadly missed. 

Gloria Eggleton has advised of the sudden death of her husband, Ken Eggleton, on 15 September. 

Ken joined Ford Motor Company Ltd aged 21 working his way to his final position as supply and 

distribution manager. During nearly 40 years service with Ford, Ken had been zone manager in 

Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles there, and later became zone manager for the 

Midlands. He has enjoyed 11 years of retirement. He is sadly missed by those who remember 

him. Gloria would like to thank the various departments at Ford who have been so kind and helpful, 

especially Pensions, and would like to thank Ford Motor Company Ltd for the floral tribute. 

June Cook and family are sad to announce that Peter Cook, a wonderful husband, dad, granddad 

and great granddad, passed away on 17 September. Peter worked at Dagenham truck fleet for 

over 20 years. He will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him. 

Olive Taylor and family wish to thank Ford Motor Company Ltd for the floral tribute at the funeral 

on 3 October of her husband Eric. Eric joined Ford in 1947 as a machinist at Dagenham on the 

axle line. A new life in Wales beckoned in 1966 as the business transferred to new operations at 

Swansea. Eric retired in 1981 as a supervisor on the machine lines and took up duties on behalf 

of Ford, visiting retirees and families in the Swansea area. Eric died peacefully in Morriston hospital 

aged 93. He will be remembered kindly by those he knew and met. 

Pat Sawkins would like to advise all former colleagues and friends in Ford and Autolite that her husband, 

Gordon Sawkins, sadly passed away on 13 October after a long and debilitating illness. 

Gordon, who formerly worked for Autolite, Enfield, also made significant contributions in his Ford 

career in Finance, KD Operations and Export Operations before retiring in 1984. Pat and Gordon 

will be forever grateful to Ford for bringing them together for the last 40 years. He will be much 

missed by his wife and family. 

Ronald Prior, who worked at Dagenham plant for Ford Motor Company for 15 years, firstly in the 

engine plant then the forty-acre site until 1992, sadly passed away on 18 July. He was a loving 

husband, dad, granddad and great granddad. He will be sadly missed by his family and all who 

knew him. Mrs A Prior would like to thank Ford Motor Company Ltd for the floral tribute sent in 

his memory. 

The wife and family of Edward (Ted) Shaw advise with deep sadness his death on 28 September, 

peacefully after a battle with cancer. The family would like to thank Ford Motor Company Ltd for 

the lovely flowers. Ted worked for Ford for 28 years, first at Aveley and then in environmental test 

at Dunton before retiring in 1992. 

Announcements 

CONGRATULATIONS to 

Frank Wiltshire who celebrated 

his 90th birthday on 

26 November. Frank 

worked as a foreman in the 

small parts paint shop at 

Ford Dagenham from 1947. 

Born in east London, he 

started work at the old 

Briggs plant straight from 

his ‘demob’ from the Army, 

in which as a Corporal he 

took part in the Normandy 

landings on Gold beach. 

After his retirement in 1974 

he moved to Cirencester 

and then to Tewksbury 

where his family held a surprise 

90th birthday party on 

26 November which was 

attended by about 100 

close friends and family, 

some of whom had travelled 

from as far away as 

China. Happy birthday 

Frank - let’s hear from you 

on your 100th. 

Activities / Clubs 

FORD Basildon Rendezvous 

Club, Gardiners Lane, 

Basildon, is now able to 

accommodate new members. 

Ford retirees can 

apply. Meetings take place 

on Tuesdays from 1.30 to 

3.30. Day trips, shortbreaks. 

Further information from 

01268 289763 or 01268 

420822. 

BRENTWOOD Rotaract. A 

club for 18-30 year olds 

who enjoy an active social 

life as well as fundraising 

for charities and helping in 

the community. The club 

has friendly and informal 

meetings on 2nd and 4th 

Wednesdays of each 

month. Events take place 

most weekends and some 

week nights. www.rotaract 

.org.uk/brentwood or 

07050 204896 for more 

information. Clubs also in 

Thurrock and Chelmsford. 

FORD Sunday Football 

League (FSFL) is looking for 

new members for the 2011- 

12 season. This is an adult 

11-a-side league with two 

divisions and three cup 

competitions. All matches 

played at either Basildon or 

Newbury Park Ford Sports 

and Social Club grounds. 

Call Derek Green on 0208 

594 2645 or 07851 

466731,email green453@ 

btinternet.com. Further 

FSFL details at 

www.thefa.com/fulltime/ford. 

BRENTWOOD Handball Club 

is looking for new members, 

experienced and inexperienced, 

male or female, 

16 years and over. The club 

meets every Monday from 

7.30 pm to 9pm at The 

Brentwood Centre, 

Doddinghurst Road, 

Brentwood, Essex CM15 

9NN. Visit www.brent 

woodhandball.co.uk or call 

Hans-Jörg, 07948 343988 


FORD Sports and Social 

Club, Basildon is looking 

for new members for short 

mat bowls. Meetings 

Mondays 6-9 pm. Come 

along or contact 01268 

454275 for further information. 

BADMINTON club for Ford 

players. Brentwood area. 

Friendly atmosphere. 

Intermediate to advanced. 

Thursdays 8-10.30 pm. 

Four courts. Peter, 01708 

473997. 

BOWLING all year round at 

Ford Sports (Basildon) 

Bowls Club. Come and join 

us on our all-weather 

green. Regular club mornings 

and coaching available. 

Experienced bowlers 

or those wanting to learn 

are welcome. Contact 

Charlie, 01277 623752. 

Camping/Caravans 

CARAVAN awning, Eurovent 

model St. Tropez. Grey / 

green. Size 975 extra wide. 

Acryllic with steel poles. 

Vgc. £250 ono. Jackson, 

0151 292 1110 or 07876 

332235. 

Cars 

DOG car guard, complete kit 

for late Ford Escort Estate. 

£20. Barron, 01708 

229860. 

FIESTA 1995, M-reg. Great 

runner. Recent new clutch, 

battery, disc brakes. 

77,000 miles. Needs some 

work for MoT. £350. 07592 

859569. 

FOCUS LX TDCi 1.8. 53-reg. 

Manual, diesel, MoT-10/12. 

Tax-09/12. 5-door hatchback. 

Grey, alloy wheels, 

A/C, steering wheel reach 

adjustment, folding rear 

seats, radio / CD, front 

electric windows, CL, driver’s 

airbag, passenger 

airbag, height adjustable 

driver’s seat. Body 

coloured bumpers, rear 

wiper, 96,500 miles. £2,300 

ono. Patel, 07958 511389. 

FORD Fusion, 2004, silver, 

1400cc, auto. 55,000 miles. 

In good condition. £2,700. 

Pluck, 01708 550163. 

RADTECH intercooler for a 

Focus ST225. Excellent 

condition. £150. Edwards, 

07825 398161. 

SIERRA RS Cosworth 1990- 

H. Black. 52,000 miles. 

Immaculate condition. All 

old MoTs. 12 months tax 

and MoT. Always garaged. 

£1,250 ono. Roberts, 

07878 377503. 

TOW bar for 2002 Focus 

Estate. £40. Pluck, 01708 

550163. 

Cycles / 

Motorcycles 

ELECTRIC bike, Urban 

Mover model UM36SX. 

Includes many extras. As 

new condition. Little used. 

£500 ono. 01375 378050. 

YAMAHA FZR 400, Genesis, 

registered 1990. 18,000 

miles. Vgc. MoT. With 

stand, gloves and helmet. 

£1,150 ono. Jackson, 0151 

292 1110 or 07876 332235. 

Household 

CENTRE light fittings, brass 

base and five glass 

shades. £25. Nash, 01702 

714354. 

IKEA Adel birch doors / end 

panels. Used but very 

good condition. £10 each. 

All sizes. Jayne, 01277 

650141. 

MAHOGANY oval dining 

table. 3’-w x 5’-l. Extends 

to 6’6”. Four chairs and 

two carvers. Excellent condition. 

£50. G-Plan sideboard, 

mahogany. 6’6”-l x 

1’6”-w x 2’5”-h. Four cupboards, 

two drawers. 

Recently repolished. £50. 

Bartlam, 01277 821640 or 

07742 742897. 

SINGLE pine bed, 6’4” x 3’. 

With mattress which has 

been used twice. 

Flameproof. Brand new 

condition. £50. 01277 

621611. 

TWO glass display cabinets. 

Bow fronted with internal 

mirror and back lighting. 

Mahogany finish. £75 each 

or £100 the pair. 

Immaculate condition. 

Hayes, 01268 727620. 

WILLOWBROOKE electromotion 

reclining chair. Mint 

green chenile. Very good 

condition. Hardly used. 

Cost £2,500 new. Accept 

£950 ono. Brodie, 07751 

037203. 

Holidays 

DEVON / Cornwall border. 

Three cosy cottages sleeping 

2, 4 and 6. Situated in 

flowered courtyard with 11acres 

of gardens and river 

meadows. B&B also available. 

Eight miles from 

beaches and coastal paths. 

Brochure 01409 271298. 

www.carpenterstinney 

cottages.co.uk 

DISNEY, Florida. Executive 

villa. 5 beds, 4 baths, pool / 

spa. Disney 10 mins. 

www.stayinourvilla.com 

Brochure 07766 403375. 

FANTASTIC 4 bed / 2 bath 

villa, pool, spa. Disney 15 

mins. Only £399 per week. 

01420 474441 / john.pow 

ell@homecall.co.uk or visit 

www.bluehorizonvilla.co.uk 

FLORIDA. Hamiltons 

Reserve. Disney 10 mins. 3 

bed luxury villa. Solar heated 

pool. From £295 pw. 

Sharon, 01702 549190. 

MENORCA, luxury heated 4 

bedroom villa with outstanding 

sea views, available 

all year round. Email 

DoreenSykes@aol.com or 

visit www.villainmenor 

ca.com 

PORTUGAL, Praia da Luz, 

W.Algarve. 5 bed, 4 bath 

villa. Sleeps 10. Private 

pool, gdns. Fully equipped 

kit, utility. Sea and country 

views. Nr beaches, golf. 

07803 922223. 

Miscellaneous 

BEATRIX Potter musical 

teapot. £15. Four Royal 

Doulton and Coalport 

flower posies. £20. 07982 

718823. 

COLLECTION of potpourrie 

round containers in various 

colours. £25. Brittain, 

01702 349907. 

LEXMARK printer. Never 

been used. £10. 07982 

718823. 

MARKLIN Lima accessories. 

All still in packets. Some fit 

Hornby or Triang. Brittain, 

01702 349907. 

PC, 19” black flat screen. 

Canon printer. Desk. £90 

ono. Nash. £25. 01702 

714354. 

PROM dress. Size 8. Barbie 

pink / silver. One shoulder, 

corset, stole, puffy from 

hips down. £125. Batty, 

07534 946915. 

SONY turntable / record player 

and a pair of speakers. 

£100. Teak Compact CD 

player. Cullis, 01708 

552799. 

WILLOW pattern Churchill tea 

set, including teapot, sweet 

dishes etc. Unused. £50. 

01702 349907. 

X-FACTOR Karaoke outfit, 

still in box. Complete, 

unused. £50. Brittain, 

01702 349907.

Outdoors 

BOSCH garden shredder. 

Hardly used. £25. Clee, 

01708 223655. 

GOLF clubs, including 7 

irons, 4 woods, putter. 

Dunlop bag. Shoes, size 7. 

£25 ono. Murray, 020 8554 

0256. 

PETROL strimmer with hedge 

trimmer attachment. Only 

used once. Cost £120 new. 

Accept £60. Bartlam, 

01277 821640. 

Property 

BRENTWOOD. New build 

one bedroom top floor flat. 

Open plan lounge / diner / 

kitchen. Bedroom with built 

in wardrobe. Bathroom. 

Storage cupboard. 

Balcony. Secure parking. 

Security entry phone system. 

Courtyard. Walking 

distance station. Ideal for 

commuter. £180,000 ono. 

Deb, 07515 404135. 

CHAPEL St Leonards, Lincs. 

Chalet for sale close to 

beach, shops, etc. Sleeps 

4. Fully refurbished. 

Excellent site. £15,950. 

01754 874231 or 07981 

702055. 

COMPETITION 

results 

Winners of the NEC tickets 

to the Classic Motor Show 

AT Davies, Bridgend; F 

Southgate, Benfleet, Essex; A 

Bennett, Grays, Essex; J 

Tomlinson, Chingford, London; 

B Ewin, Langdon Hills, Essex. 

SUDOKU 

November 2011 solution 

1 5 3 8 9 7 4 2 6 

7 6 9 4 5 2 1 8 3 

4 8 2 1 3 6 9 5 7 

3 1 5 2 8 4 7 6 9 

8 4 6 7 1 9 5 3 2 

9 2 7 5 6 3 8 1 4 

2 7 1 6 4 5 3 9 8 

5 3 4 9 2 8 6 7 1 

6 9 8 3 7 1 2 4 5 

Suduko winners of the 

Mondeo book are 

S Dhanda, Southampton; A 

Mumford, Liverpool; C Glover, 

Weedon, Northants.. 

CROSSWORD 

November 2011 solution 

Quick Across 

7 Naive; 8 Elegant; 9 Treadle; 10 

Alike; 12 Settlement; 15 

Exasperate; 18 Tango; 19 

Visitor; 21 Discern; 22 Amiss. 

Quick Down 

1 Instrument; 2 Miser; 3 Mend; 4 

Defeat; 5 Decadent; 6 Mariner; 

11 Enterprise; 13 Employed; 14 

Earnest; 16 Ravine; 17 Strip; 20 

Stay. 

Cryptic Across 

7 Alone; 8 Oratory; 9 Tumbler; 

10 Ditto; 12 Accelerate; 15 

Leave well; 18 Yacht; 19 Valises; 

21 Palaver; 22 Steam. 

Cryptic Down 

1 Tastefully; 2 Forms; 3 Reel; 4 

Source; 5 Hand-bell; 6 Portray; 

11 Open-sesame; 13 Creative; 

14 Parcels; 16 Wavers; 17 Aster; 

20 Lost. 

£20 Crossword winners 

W Gregory, Southampton; P 

Livings, Hullbridge, Essex; J 

Lilley, Romford, Essex. 

HOOK END, Brentwood. 3 

bed semi. Lounge, diner, 

study / playroom, large 

kitchen, sun lounge, cloakroom. 

GCH. Large bathroom, 

3 double bedrooms. 

Large front garden. Garage. 

Parking for 3-4 vehicles on 

drive. Large south facing 

rear garden overlooking 

fields. £315,000. 01692 

584930. 

SPAIN, Torrevieja. 

Exceptional two bed, 2 bath 

ground floor apartment in 

vgc. South facing corner 

plot. Very large communal 

pool. Mains gas, A/C, many 

extras. Fully furnished. Near 

all amenities. Euros 99,000. 

bev_laurie@hotmail.com 

WARLEY, Brentwood. 2 bed 

terraced Victorian character 

cottage. Close to 

Brentwood mainline station 

and Ford’s central office. 

Modern fitted kitchen and 

bathroom. Spacious lounge 

/ diner. 45’ south facing rear 

garden. Tastefully decorated 

throughout. £249,995 

ono. McEwen, 07930 

873932. 

Wanted 

VILLEROY and Boch Antonia 

white wine glasses. 01277 

215125. 

CLUELESS 

We apologise for the omission 

of one of the clues in 

the November crossword. 

For those of you who struggled 

on without it - the clue 

for 6 Down was ‘Give a picture 

of the left shaft. (7)‘ 

The deadline for receipt 

of advertisements for the 

February issue is 

11 January 2012 

RETIREES 

Directory 

ENQUIRIES REGARDING: 

Payroll 

Change of bank details 

Change of address 

Personal deductions 

Retiree / spouse deaths 

Lottery payments 

Replacement identity cards 

Non-receipt of Ford News 

Phone 01372 200330 

Email ford.payroll@mnpa.co.uk 

Please quote your name and 

retiree ID 

OTHER ENQUIRIES: 

Phone 01372 200320 

Email ford.pensions@mnpa.co.uk 

Or write to 

Ford Pension Funds Admin 

Leatherhead House, 

Station Road 

Leatherhead 

Surrey KT22 7ET 

Retirees can receive Ford 

News and the European 

@Ford magazine via email 

from fordmailing@ 

mnpa.co.uk 

Ford Privilege Car 

Purchases 

Phone 0845 710 0400 

Lottery 

results 

BRIDGEND 

August draw. The car was 

won by EK Morgan. RA 

Walmsley won £200 and MJ 

Simpson, £100. 

September draw. The car 

was won by J David. S 

Davies won £200 and M 

Wyatt, £100. 

October draw. The car was 

won by L Cope. J Williams 

won £200 and J Sandalls, 

£100. 

DAVENTRY 

September draw. £4,000 

was won by A Monarch. 

£100 prizes went to J 

Atkinson, SR Spencer, D 

Jenson, IV Rankin and RA 

Scrivens. 

ESSEX 

Draw date 4 October. The Ka 

Studio was won by IE Russell. 

£5,000 went to J Wynstanley. 

£1,000 prizes were won by D 

Thain, R Lloyd da Silva, L 

Ngoden, J Miranda, F Powell 

and MS Bhamra. PE Bishop 

won £750; W Pitts, £650; B 

Gohil, £600; RJ Lockington, 

£575; M Dain £500; R Patni, 

£475 and AM Humphreys, 

£400. £100 prizes went to GR 

Andrews, NA Miller, D 

Patterson, W Whiskin, V 

Lander, G Penning, R Hake, 

PG Martin, PKA Gordon, A 

O’Connell, JA Jarvis, DB 

Coleman, P Russell, KD Knight 

and D Geden. 

Draw date 27 October. The 

Ka Studio was won by W 

Udall. £2,500 went to J 

McGhie. £1,000 prizes were 

won by CE Mellowship, AE St 

Pier, WE Collard, R Crowney 

and RM Nightingale. JR 

Gadbury won £600; DS Hulse, 

£575; DB Welsh, £525; P 

Spinks, £500, JJ Fisher, £475; 

R Linford, £400; LA Nicholls, 

£350 and HE Ablett, £250. 

£100 prizes went to WH 

Whiskin, S Patel, L Henderson, 

AR Johnson, GP Masters, G 

King, CC Welch, DW Milne, 

RG Brown, G Rogers, A 

Bowler, SJ Fox, GW Pinto, AC 

Ambler and C Licorish. 

HALEWOOD 

Aug draw. A Crozier won 

£5,000. £1,000 went to A 

Wallace. J McCall won 

£800; F McGivern, £750; G 

Davies, £700; P Berry, £500; 

M Ward, £450; G Osborne, 

£400; A Roberts, £350; M 

Eaton, £300; J Furlong, £250 

and M Welsh, £200. £150 

prizes went to C Shaw, T 

Maher, R Millar, B Wilson 

and J Malins. £100 prizes 

were won by P Williams, M 

Hodgson, D Coffey, J Green, 

B Durcan, P Beavan, P 

Owens, D Yates, J Newhowe 

and W Donnelly. 

For enquiries regarding lottery 

prizes contact your local Ford 

Sports and Social Club co-ordinators 

on the following numbers: 

Bridgend: 01656 672291 

Daventry: 01327 305318 

Essex: 0208 590 3797 

Halewood: 0151 448 4262 

Southampton: 02380 587460 

Memory lane 

The archives have been under investigation to reveal 

Ford’s long-standing relationship with Britain’s police 

forces. 

For several decades Ford vehicles have been a 

favourite of the UK’s emergency services. ‘Bobbies’ 

could regularly be seen patrolling local villages in skyblue 

Anglias, with iconic white doors. The Anglia 105E 

was notably famous for its overhead valve engine and 

long gearing, which anticipated the opening of 

Britain’s major motorways, the M1 and M6, in the 

early 1960s. Today, Ford vehicles still play a leading 

role in Britain’s emergency services. 

You can view @ford 

magazine and Ford News 

magazine online at 

www.at.ford.com subsection 

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