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The Hills Group Newsletter
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Issue 14 December 2007
‘Top Gun’
<strong>See</strong> <strong>special</strong> <strong>feature</strong> on John Day - <strong>page</strong> 6
> Honda
Hills secures contract
> Overweight?
Hills solves the problem
> Shorncote & Latton
Fossils Galore

Comment
by Alan Pardoe, Group Chief Executive
and Mike Hill, Company Secretary
Cover story
It is always sad to lose a good member of staff, e<strong>special</strong>ly when they don't want to give
up work. Read about John Day and his contribution to our aggregates business for over
30 years, as well as his bravery and exploits since recently being diagnosed with a
terminal illness.
The team keeps growing...
We have seen unprecedented growth in the number of people employed by the Group,
with the workforce growing by more than 10 % in the last couple of months to nearly
400 people. The last time that this many people were employed by the Group was back
in the 1970s, and this time ten years ago the number stood at 119! You can read about
18 new recruits on <strong>page</strong> 3 due to having won the prestigious recycling contract at
Honda. So a warm welcome to all joiners, we hope you stay for many years!
Group leadership changes
The Group continues to grow and evolve and as recently announced our roles will be
changing next April when Alan replaces Robert Hill as Group Chairman and Mike moves
to take up the Group Chief Executive position. Obviously more news on this will <strong>feature</strong>
in the next issue.
Group Performance
Our recently audited accounts confirmed record results for the year to the end of April,
with profit before tax of £8.4 million. These results were due to strong performances
from all our businesses. We are hoping for another strong performance, although results
next year will probably be slightly down on this year. Again, we thank you all for your
continued efforts.
Charity Golf Day a huge success
Hills were extremely proud to be the main sponsors of
the David Howell Pro-Am held at the Broome Manor
Golf Course recently in memory of local golfer and
former Broome Manor assistant professional Toby
Drayton who died of a rare heart condition at the age
of 37. The company felt a strong connection with this
event, as not only had Ryder Cup hero David won the
Hills Junior Open Championship twice, but Toby had
also played in both the Junior Open and the Hills
Wiltshire Professional Championship.
David had persuaded many fellow European Tour stars
to fly in and play which allowed more than 3,000
spectators to marvel at the exceptional golf from
players such as Paul Casey, Niclas Fasth, Graeme
McDowell and Bernard Gallacher as well as David
himself.
The Hills team was captained by David and included
Alan Pardoe, Chief Executive, Ross Snape of the
Kilbride Group and Craig Scott of Natwest. The
amateurs in our team described it as one of the most
daunting yet amazing experiences they have had, for
not only did they have to drive off the first through a
funnel of 500 spectators, but a gallery of 500
followed them around the entire 18 holes with
several thousand watching them finish on the 18th!
“it was as if the Ryder Cup had come to Swindon for
the day,” said Mike Hill the following day.
Paul Casey
Niclas Fasth
The Hills team - Craig Scott,
Alan Pardoe, Ross Snape and
David Howell
The proceeds from the event which reached almost £100,000 were donated to the
British Heart Foundation and Toby’s young family.
Alan Pardoe
Mike Hill
Useful contact
numbers &
website
information
Group website
www.hills-group.co.uk
Hills Homes
www.hills-homes.co.uk
Human Resources
Dept
01672 518924
IT Help Desk
01672 518932
Confidential HOTLINE
0800 328 4735
(for reporting suspicion of fraud,
theft or health and safety breaches etc)
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Monique Hayes
Publishers Note
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The newsletter is printed on recycled paper.
Contents
Comment 2
Hills News 3
Hills Homes 4-5
Quarry Products 6-7
Waste Solutions & Recycling 8-9
People News 10-12

HILLS
NEWS
Hills secures another major
contract with Honda
“This demonstrates to the industry our willingness to
become actively involved with major waste producers from
production right through to recovery, recycling and final disposal,” was
the comment from Alex Marland, Development Manager, following the
announcement that Hills Waste Solutions had been awarded the Lineside Waste
Contract for the Honda plant in Swindon. “It is an important gain for the Company and
further cements our relationship with Honda.”
Caroline Sloman,
Bids Co-ordinator
In addition to holding the Waste collection contract for the plant, which has been bid for and
secured by the Company annually since 2000, the new Lineside Contract involves the
management of 18 personnel inside the Honda complex. They are responsible for collecting
and segregating wastes for recycling from the production of 885 cars per day.
The bid was prepared and presented to Honda by Caroline Sloman, Bids Coordinator, who also
played a major part in the initial start up of the contract with Richard Bond, Key Accounts
Manager. Caroline is now handing the contract over to Richard who will be recruiting a Waste
Contract Manager to manage both the Honda Collection and Honda Lineside Contracts as one.
Once recruited the new Waste Contract Manager will be reporting to Richard Bond and will be
based within the Honda complex to ensure optimum contractual support.
Richard Bond, Key
Accounts Manager
New recruit...
to recruit!
Pamela Jackson joined us in August as our new Recruitment
Coordinator, before confusingly becoming Pamela Hunt in
September after marrying her fiance Dan! However Pamela
has taken such life changing events in such a short space
of time in her stride to help the Group focus and improve on
our selection and recruitment of new staff. Over time we
hope to continue improving our recruitment processes,
advertising and selection techniques to ensure that we
help management hire the right staff for the right jobs. She
arrived at just the right time with October alone seeing 151 application forms sent out, 41
applicants assessed and interviewed, 38 job offers sent out and 25 confirmed new starters!
“I have enjoyed my first three months,” Pamela told us, “with unique experiences such as learning
about landfill sites, leachate pipes and lagoons whilst off-roading with Brian Fitzpatrick! Everyone
has been very welcoming and supportive and I am very pleased to be involved and aim to make a
real difference in the recruitment practices for Hills.”
Welcome on board Pamela!
Ties and Scarves
The new-look Hills’ corporate tie and scarf are now available
to those members of staff who would like to wear them. Both
are 100% polyester – the tie has a ‘self-stripe’ in the fabric
and the scarf is 137cm long.
Available from Monique Hayes, Communications Officer at
Head Office.
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HILLS HOMES
New Austen Mini
arrives right on cue
Mr and Mrs
Austen had
their first baby
and moved into Dairy
House at our site in
Burbage - all in the
same week!
Josi Hobbs, PT
Administration
Assistant, has been
able to give purchasers
of our Burbage site the
benefit of her interior
design skills and is
pictured here with the
Austens and baby
Olivia in their new
kitchen.
Josi Hobbs (right) with
the Austen family
Our new Eden Project is ready!
Presenting our new 3 bedroom Eden home! On Saturday
27th October we held an open day at Ermin Gate.
Halloween face painting and a treasure hunt kept small
people amused, leaving the parents to have a look
around the new view home. The Eden home is available
to purchase from £214,950.
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Every cloud has
a silver lining
Welcome
Lynette Hemmings has come to join Dave
Bevan, Finance Director, on the property
accounts team, taking over from Stuart
Preston, who retired in July this year.
Despite difficulties in getting started on site sales at our Fairfield
development in Silver Street, Minety are off to a good start with
4 out of the 11 properties having been sold ‘off plan’. Properties
remaining are 3 and 4 bedroom homes. Further details are
available from Fiona Lawson, Sales Manager, on 01672 518944
during office hours.
Stuart (right) and Dave wish Lynette well
in her new post
Up and Coming
We now have our work cut out for us with 4
exciting new sites in the pipeline. Next on the
list are seven new homes in the pretty village
of Burton near Castle Combe. To follow on
come sites in Malmesbury, Heystesbury and
Southrop near Lechlade.
Artist’s impression of the ‘Barnwood’ style home at Fairfield
The land in Burton which is to be developed with
seven new homes
Safety first
Ten of the Hills Property staff recently passed
their CSCS Health & Safety tests. These have
to be taken by anyone who regularly visits a
building site. It was heads down for revision
while they tackled such knotty problems as ‘a
ladder should not be painted because…’
Left to right are: David Law, Senior Quantity Surveyor,
Fiona Lawson, Sales Manager, Mike Hercock, Buyer,
Jamie Andrews, Land & Planning Manager, Dave Bevan,
Finance Director, Colin Woodhouse, Development
Manager and Josi Hobbs, PT Administration Assistant.
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QUARRY PRODUCTS
Thanks
John
Many current and former employees of the
Company were very sad to hear the news
that John Day, foreman at Latton Quarry
was diagnosed with a terminal illness forcing
him to give up work for the Company after
31 years.
ohn joined as an HGV driver at Kingshill in May
1976, before soon moving to Aggregates as a pit
Joperative. He subsequently worked at many pits
including Fairford, Lechlade, Sandpool and Barnground
and was promoted to foreman in September 1987.
At Barnground he was nicknamed the 'Mole' by Doug
Wheeler due to his ability to create heaps everywhere!
In 1990 John moved to Shorncote Quarry as foreman
and started his DAPS course (Doncaster Assisted
Private Studies), which he completed the following
year, when he was made Quarry Quality Controller.
In August 1994 he moved up to Ryall House Farm
Quarry in Worcestershire as Production Supervisor.
It was there where he was joined by a young Mike
Hill who had just left accountancy to join the family
firm. “I had a great 5 or 6 months at Ryall,” Mike
remembers, “you couldn't have a better man than
John showing you the ropes. He was totally in love
with quarrying and seemed to really enjoy teaching
me how to operate the big machines and explaining
how the washing plant worked.”
John and Ellie Day
John returned to Shorncote as Relief Foreman in
May 1996 after Ryall House Farm Quarry was sold
to RMC. In November that year, a joint venture was
formed with Aggregate Industries to open and run
Latton Quarry, and John moved there as foreman
working with John Wheeler. In January 2000
Andrew Liddle moved over to Latton to work with
John and over the next seven years they moved
the Latton operation forward to what it is today.
The lakes at Latton have received comment from
numerous parties as showing an excellent example
of quarry operations and restoration at the
gateway to the Waterpark. John remained at Latton
until the diagnosis of liver and pancreatic cancer
prevented him from carrying on.
John has shown a remarkably philosophical, brave
and positive attitude since learning about his
illness and has not been sitting idle since stopping
work. He has enjoyed an evening with work
colleagues past and present at the Elliot Arms in
South Cerney, as well as a 'thank you ' lunch with
his manager, Company directors and shareholders
at the Wild Duck in Ewen. He spent a day visiting
the last remaining airworthy Vulcan bomber up at
Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire with colleagues
and also spent an amazing day at Kemble Airfield
in a Bulldog aircraft experiencing aerial combat
and acrobatics. John spent much of the time in
control of the aircraft and, as can be seen by the
childlike grin after landing (cover picture) he
thoroughly enjoyed himself. He still pops into
Latton to have a 'cuppa' and find out how things
are on site.
There are a number of things that give John
pleasure such as charity work with the Lions Club
or regularly attending Institute of Quarrying
meetings, but there are three big loves of his life.
One is the Vulcan Bomber which he describes as
'his' plane and with which he has been obsessed
for as long as he can remember. Another is work.
John is a man who lives for working in the
quarries and nothing has motivated him more
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John and Ellie with Company directors and shareholders at the Wild Duck in Ewen

With one of the three big loves of his life – the Vulcan Bomber
Peter Andrew
New Business
Development
Manager for
Quarry Products
Peter Andrew joined Quarry Products
recently as Business Development
Manager. His remit includes leading the
sales function for aggregates and
concrete. Following Paul Dixon's
retirement in February 2008, Peter will
also lead and manage concrete
operations. Peter will initially be based at
Shorncote Quarry and report to Alan
Mackenzie.
Above: Getting ready for take off in the Bulldog
at Kemble airport
Right: Certified as a ‘Top Gun’
than the challenge of sorting out breakdowns or
repairs on site. “John enjoyed the involvement in
planning the extraction phases,” his manager
Andrew Liddle told us, “but always leapt at the
chance of jumping on a machine to either dig for
England, creating traps for Keith Broadhurst to
get stuck in, or to complete a section of
restoration as he did in Lake 3, near Latton
village, where he created two small islands,
which he has unofficially named Joshua and
Joseph after his sons!” However his biggest love
is his family – his wife Ellie and the two boys.
We at Hills would
like to thank John
for all he has done
for the Company
for the last 31
years and our
thoughts are with
him and his family
for the times
ahead.
Above left: The creation of John’s
two islands, ‘Joshua’ and ‘Joseph’, in
Lake 3 at Latton
Left: The lake as it looks today
BBC & Hills
Nature of Britain
A recent ‘Nature of Britain’
programme featuring freshwater
habitats included a section on the
Costwold Waterpark and the work
which Hills has undertaken in
protecting the Sand Martins which
nest in quarries.
You can view the programme by
going to the BBC website bbc.co.uk
and clicking on ‘Science and Nature’
and then ‘Nature of Britain’.
Larkrise to Candleford
The art department of the BBC
contacted Hills to supply materials
for the ten-part adaptation of Flora
Thompson’s magical memoir of her
Oxfordshire childhood, Larkrise to
Candleford, which is to be screened
in early 2008 on BBC One.
Steve Mead, Telesales Co-ordinator,
was able to source 20mm shingle
from Shorncote for the driveways,
chalk for the children to use on the
slate boards and stone blocks for
the stonemasons to use.
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WASTE SOLUTIONS & RECYCLING
Restructure
for Waste Division
The waste division is committed to achieving a reduced dependency on landfill and to
seek out alternative waste solutions. To help achieve this aim, the division was recently
reorganised by functional operations linked together by operational relevance, as
opposed to location.
A detailed organisation chart for the division has been placed on all staff notice boards. In brief,
the changes are as follows:
Steve Burns assumes the
role of Waste Operations
Manager and is responsible
for landfill, waste treatment
and recycling.
Peter Moore, Transport
Operations Manager, is
responsible for transport
operations which includes
the provision of and maintenance
of commercial and
recycling collection
vehicles.
Alex Marland,
Development Manager, is
responsible for waste
'development' related
activities.
Steve Palmer moves to the
position of Sales Manager
reporting to Alex Marland
WEEE Did It
Hills and Wiltshire County Council were
part of only 25% of Local Authorities and
their Waste Management contractors in the
UK that were fully compliant with the
Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment
Regulations (WEEE) on 1st July 2007.
The new regulations require that evidence
be provided for the amount of electrical
items recycled, which necessitates that
electrical items are collected and disposed
of separately as opposed to being recycled
as scrap metal.
To ensure that compliance was met, Hills
and Wiltshire County Council joined forces
to consult with a number of Producer
Compliance Schemes (PCS) and an
agreement was signed with Electrolink, an
Accredited Approved Treatment Facility
(AATF), to ensure that all WEEE collected at
the HRCs is recycled correctly and the
tonnages counted towards the recycling
targets set by the Government and Europe.
Local Authorities and their waste
contractors who have not complied with
the regulations are liable for the cost of
recycling the hazardous wastes such as
TVs, fluorescent tubes and fridges, and will
face action from the Environment Agency.
Recycled Wood
works Wonders!
The UK generates around 9 million tonnes of waste wood each year, of which less than 20% is
currently recycled. Two new initiatives by the wood recycling facility at Lower Compton are
seeking to help redress this balance by capitalising on the growing demand for recycled products.
75 litre bags of Garden Mulch, manufactured from recycled packaging wood, are now on sale for £3.00
each at selected HRC sites. The trial, designed to assess consumer reaction and demand, has proven
successful and a second batch has been bagged to maintain stocks through the autumn season.
This easy to apply, low maintenance mulch offers the benefits of both moisture retention and weed
suppression, whilst also remaining environmentally friendly.
The second exciting development was the signing of a two-year agreement with Welsh Biofuels Ltd
to supply recycled woodchip for the manufacture of pelletised wood fuel which offers a viable and
sustainable alternative to the rapidly diminishing supply of fossil fuels. Hills worked closely with
Biofuels to meet the exacting feedstock specification and to ensure that
deliveries commenced on schedule in September.
Woodchip which is
converted into pellets
to be used as fuel
Martyn Parfitt, Recycling Team Manager (left)
is congratulated by Martin Litherland of
Wiltshire County Council
Calendar Competition
winner
Leah Wilkinson may only be 8, but the pupil from Holy
Trinity Primary School knows a thing or two about
recycling. Her picture of people recycling their paper, glass
and garden waste beat 2,500 entries from all over Wiltshire
to be the overall winner of the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s
Waste Action Calendar Competition. The calendar is being
published by the Trust with generous funding from Hills.
“We believe that if you can learn how important recycling
is when you are young, you’ll continue to do it when you
grow up. And if we’re really lucky, while you are growing up
you might convince Mum and Dad to recycle too,” Alan
Pardoe told the winners at the ceremony where they were
presented with their certificates.
Alan Pardoe
presents
Leah
Wilkinson
with her
framed
picture
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MRF Picks New Equipment
Salisbury District Council’s decision to stop collecting paper and cardboard and
replace it with a kerbside collection of plastic and cardboard, will result in an extra
300 tonnes of cardboard and 1,000 tonnes of plastic being delivered to the MRF at
Lower Compton each year.
To cope with the increased tonnages, small modifications were made to existing
equipment and a new picking line and ‘Badger’ baler have been installed.
Some facts & figures
20,000 plastic bottles = 1 tonne
1st May 2007 – 31st October 2007 – The MRF sold 488 tonnes
of plastic = 9,760,000 bottles
The new ‘Badger’ baler
installed at the MRF
Weight problem solved
An ongoing, national problem with rear end loaders,
where it has been virtually impossible to load one
without overloading the rear axles, appears to have
been solved.
Previously, heavy packing equipment situated at the
rear of the vehicle added to the axle weight limits
and restricted the amount of waste that could be
loaded. In most cases a roadside VOSA check would
have resulted in an immediate prohibition notice
issued against the overweight vehicle.
Our new Mercedes Benz Econic 8 x 4/2CTT
conversion with the odd axle configuration has been
Hills’ answer to the problem. During the early stages
of loading, when the axle weights are most critical,
the availability of an extra axle at the rear end
spreads the load more evenly. The vehicle still
operates as 32 tonnes gross, but would be difficult
to overload even when compacting to its maximum
capacity. It has certainly generated interest within
the waste industry.
Health & Safety
Waste Solutions employees now have a platform for addressing health and safety issues by way
of the Health & Safety Committee which meets once a month.
Chaired by Paul Elling, Compliance Manager, and attended by operational volunteers from each
of the sections within the division, the meetings provide a forum for involvement,
communications and guidance which supplements the existing arrangements for communicating
health and safety information.
The volunteers act as representatives for their operational colleagues, bringing forward their
comments and concerns. Minutes from these meetings are then displayed on staff notice boards
at Waste Solutions’ sites.
Our new REL that beats the ‘weight’ problem
Committee members (left to right) Tyrone Shadwell, Machine Driver,
Les Gibbs, Kerbside Loader, Martin Smith, LGV Driver, Andy Ody, LGV
Driver, Melanie Beswick, HRC Site Supervisor, Julie James, Secretary
& Office Administrator, Paul Elling, Compliance Manager.
Inset:
Left: Neil Luce, LGV Driver
Right: Brian Fitzpatrick, Assistant
Waste Facilities Manager
Malta – ultimate 're-use' champions!
Foden Haulmaster in the 1980’s
The same truck in Malta earlier this year
We were recently contacted by Tim Byrne, a waste
and recycling transport enthusiast from the Midlands.
Tim told us that one of his many European enthusiast
contacts had identified one of our old Rear End Loader
(REL) lorries still in service in Malta! The vehicle in
question was the Foden Haulmaster that <strong>feature</strong>d in
our centenary brochure as pictured far left in service
for us in the 1980s. You can also see it as it is today in
an attractive blue colour! Although shiny, smart-looking
trucks are obviously not high on the Maltese agenda,
you have to admire how they take the term 'recycle
and re-use' to the limit, as this vehicle left our service
nearly 20 years ago!! Unbelievable!!
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PEOPLE NEWS
Farewell Gordon
In September we bid a fond farewell to Gordon Strange who retired after 27 years’ service.
Gordon was based at Chapel Farm where he operated at least four different landfill
compactors and became an expert in the ‘fine art’ of waste compaction. He was a reliable
and valued stalwart of the Chapel Farm team and his experience and convivial nature will
be missed. We wish you well on your retirement.
Gordon and wife Lorraine take it easy
on the sofa that he received as a
retirement gift from the Company
Long Service
There are many employees who have worked for the Company for
a considerable period of time and we would like to acknowledge
those who have reached significant milestones in the year 2007.
These milestones start at 10 years’ service and go on to include
service for every five years thereafter. Congratulations to:
10 years’ service
Graham Vanstone, Project
Manager
Rob McGready, Quarry Manager
Derek Woodward, Plant Operative
Anthony Brown, Bricklayer
Michael Pitts, LGV Driver
Albert Shorter, P/T Recycling
Operative
Alan McLellan, LGV Driver
John Chapman, MRF Foreman
Gordon, Lorraine and grandson (middle) with colleagues from Chapel Farm (from
left) Bob Tapp, Operations Support Manager, Terry Hill, Plant Operative, Kate
Goss, Site Technician, Simon Skerten, Falconer, Colin Rouse, Foreman, Phil Wilson,
Plant Operative and Chris Eels, Site Manager
15 years’ service
Mick Chivers, Assistant Quarry
Manager
Ray Coram, Transport Supervisor
Bob Tapp, Operations Support
Manager
20 years’ service
Mike Webster, Divisional MD,
Waste Solutions
Bill Wills, Metal Fabricator
Discovering Fossils
25 years’ service
Paul Dixon – Divisional MD –
Concrete
Mike Webster
– Divisional
MD, Waste
Solutions,
celebrates 20
years’ service
30 years’ service
Stewart Waterson, Foreman /
Weighbridgeman
40 years’ service
Marc Eltham, Sales Representative
The quarries at Shorncote and Latton afford Palaeontologists with an unique opportunity to see
rocks that are rarely exposed inland and a recent field trip, organised by Roy Shepherd, who runs a
web based organisation known as Discovering Fossils, attracted well over 100 enthusiastic fossil
collectors from all over the country. The first half of the day was devoted to Shorncote where the
Cornbrash Limestone is about 165 million years old and some spectacular finds were made such as
sea urchins and ammonites (a distant relative of the modern day squid and octopus), fossil sea
shells and sharks teeth. Participants on the day were fascinated to learn that the Jurassic sea floor
exposed in the rocks at Shorncote was once laid down in a tropical marine setting, not too unlike
the Caribbean today!
The afternoon at Latton Quarry provided an opportunity to investigate the Jurassic Oxford Clay and
much younger Ice Age gravels. Large numbers of ammonites were found, some preserving their
original mother of pearl shells, fossil wood and even the teeth of a marine reptile known as a
Plesiosaur were unearthed.
The Ice age gravel also gave up it’s secrets including the discovery of a well preserved mammoth
tooth amongst other Ice Age relics. Dr Neville Hollingworth, who guided the group on the day, was
amazed at the number of finds made and commented, “what attracts such enthusiasm is that the
science of Palaeontology appeals to people of all ages. It is the thrill of making a discovery new to
science, the opportunity to learn about past environments and the history of Life on the planet.”
You can visit the Discovering Fossils’ website at www.discoveringfossils.co.uk
New Employees
A warm Hills welcome to the following
employees who joined the Company
between 1 Aug 2007 & 31 Oct 2007.
Ian Hall, Plant Operative
Mark Fletcher, Site Manager
Pamela Hunt, Recruitment Co-ordinator
Andrew Rimmer, Kerbside Loader
Richard Steer, Plant Manager
Shaun Higginson, Kerbside Loader
Lynette Hemming, Senior Accounts Clerk
Graeme Bushby, LGV Driver
Ralph Hanraads, Site Technician
Jason Turner, LGV Driver
Peter Dodsworth, Waste Picker
Paul Weinling, Kerbside Loader
Neil Taylor, Kerbside Loader
Tony Seager, LGV Driver
Gary Kelly, Transport Shipper
Robert Stevens, Plant Operative
Jacqueline Wilkinson, Assistant Payroll
Officer
Christopher Constable, LGV Driver
Colin Stocking, LGV Driver
Ronald Pendry, PT Yardperson/Sorter
Anthony Stepp, Driver’s Mate
Simon Notman, Kerbside Loader
Wayne Goodman, Site Labourer
Clifford Davis, LGV Driver
Martin Gibb, LGV Driver
Darren Batchelor, Team Leader
Robert Burns, Recycling Operative
Karol Baczewski, Recycling Operative
Martin Hawes, Recycling Operative
Darren Hallam, Recycling Operative
Stephen Fuller, Team Leader
Rajesab Torgal, Recycling Operative
Martin Cremin, Recycling Operative
Jason LeFeuvre, Recycling Operative
Garth Large, Recycling Operative
Michael Proffitt, Team Leader
Colin Chrystie, Recycling Operative
Lawrence Belcher, Recycling Operative
Kenneth Mulenga, Team Leader
Christopher Shepherd, Recycling Operative
Thomas Kyeremeh, Recycling Operative
Wilfred Denley, Recycling Operative
Alan Gorton, Recycling Operative
Right:
A budding
palaeontologist
with his 165 million
year old ammonite
found at Shorncote.
Below:
Fossils galore!
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Girl Power!
We are pleased to announce that Adele Clark who previously
worked as an Office Administrator at Lower Compton, has
been appointed as a Recycling Collection Supervisor for the
Kerbside collection service.
Adele Clark with Recycling Collection Supervisor
colleagues (left) Ken Webb and Adrian Homes (right)
We’re in the Pink!
The annual ‘Wear it Pink’ day saw a total of £184.90 raised by staff and with the Company
kindly agreeing to match the contribution, we raised an amazing £369.80 for the Breast
Cancer Campaign.
Thank you so much to all of you who took the time and trouble to be part of the fundraising
and as the pictures below show – it can be a lot of fun too! Special mention of thanks to all
the staff at County Park who
raised the most money (£70.00)
and held a cake sale to boost the
coffers - the number for Weight
Watchers appears on <strong>page</strong> 13!
Tickled pink at head office
Above: County Park decide to ‘dress-up’ (from
left) Jane Parons-Hann, Alex Marland, Peter
Moore, Delia Tucker, Julie James, Paul Elling,
Mike Webster and Geraldine Frost
Trooper Curtis
A normal days’ work for Alan Curtis would
usually mean driving an LGV for Hills at
Lower Compton, but at the moment he is
on operational duty with the Army in
Afghanistan. Trooper Curtis is in Salonika
Company on Op Herrick 7 and due back in
May 2008. Take care, Alan!
New arrival
Congratulations to Kelly and
Jim White, LGV Driver, a
daughter, Harmony,
born on 19th
September.
Have bag... will travel
Not only is the Hills’ foldable, reusable bag great for getting
your grocery shopping home, it also appears to be the next
‘must have’ item to accompany you on your travels!
…and closer to home in Swindon,
with Richard Bond, Key Accounts
Manager at the recent Swindon
Half Marathon.
Pictures received from various staff members show that the bag
has a taste for some serious globe-trotting. We wonder where
it will get to next?
On a sunkissed beach, under the
palm trees in Fiji with Emma and
Martyn Parfitt, Recycling Team
Manager
In Los Angeles California, where it was attracted by
the bright lights of Hollywood, the hunks on Muscle
Beach and almost arrested by the LAPD – with
Amanda Bertoni, Human Resources Assistant
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PEOPLE
NEWS
Staff
Achievements
Well done to the following staff who
have achieved various recognitions of
competency during the past few months.
Brian Waymont,
Depot Manager
- NVQ Level 4
COTC for
Treatment of
Hazardous
Waste
Jacqueline
Hibbert,
Workshop
Administrator -
First Aid at
Work
Certificate
from St John’s
Ambulance
Keep on running…
An excellent effort by three Hills staff saw them complete the Swindon
Half Marathon in less than two hours.
First home was Gary Kelly, Transport Shipper, with a time of 1hr 43min,
followed by Richard Bond, Key Accounts Manager, in 1hr 49min 01sec
and Rob Laird, Management
Accountant, at 1hr 59min 30sec.
Well done to all of you and
e<strong>special</strong>ly Rob, who said that “it
was a super-human effort, as I
had a bad cold at the time.”
Garry Kelly
All that Jazz
Rob Laird
Richard Bond
Hills recently sponsored a gala evening of jazz which <strong>feature</strong>d 77 year old jazz legend Kenny Ball and
his Jazzmen and Pete Allen’s Jazz Band. The event, held at the Memorial Hall at Marlborough College,
was in support of Marlborough’s Riverbank Theatre project and was a sell-out. A fun and memorable
evening was had by all!
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Bill Wills, Metal
Fabricator –
NVQ Level 2 -
Welding
Above: Robert Hill and Pete Allen
meet up after the performance
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Roger
Shearman,
Transport
Co-ordinator,
Certificate of
Professional
Competence
in National
Haulage
Andy Ody (left)
and Neil Luce,
both LGV Drivers
– Health &
Safety and Risk
Assessment
Certificates
Jon Bucksey,
Divisional
Accountant –
accepted as
a Member of
the Chartered
Institute of
Management
Accountants
(CIMA)
Wedding Belle
Congratulations to Dan and Pamela Hunt ,
Recruitment Co-ordinator, who were married
on 8th September at Wellington Barn, Calston.
They spent their honeymoon in Gran Canaria.
Left: Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
in action on the night
Viking brought
back to life
Nathan Carr, Depot Manager, rescued this Viking
after it was thrown out of his Dad’s garden shed
and destined for ‘the tip’. Lovingly restored by
Paul Hinks, Recycling Sorter / Supervisor, the
rejuvenated Viking now has pride of place on
top of Paul’s Manitou which works in and around
the MRF feeding the lines and loading lorries.
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