Focus Consultants hosts work experience student in Lincolnshire office

Andrew Sharp and Callum Hunt

Focus Consultants once again showed a willingness to help the next generation progress by hosting a student for two weeks’ work experience.

Callum Hunt, 15, a pupil at the William Lovell Church of England Academy in Stickney, spent a fortnight at Focus’ Boston office this summer.

The Boston office, which is based at Endeavour Park in the town, has won two Investors in Education Awards for its commitment to providing top quality work experience for young people and Callum was the latest student to join the team to find out more about the industry.

Partner at Focus Consultants, Trevor Newton, said: “At Focus Consultants we strive to provide young people with work experience that is valuable and helps their development, and we were happy to have hosted Callum for a two weeks and hope that he enjoyed his time in our Boston office.”

Focus, which has its head office in Nottingham, and other branches in London and Leicester, specialises in creative approaches to securing funding packages and delivering high quality projects across the UK. Since its creation in 1994, Focus has helped to secure more than £953 million of grant assistance for a range of projects and businesses across the UK and delivered more than £1.3 billion of projects and programmes – making it one of the most successful companies of its kind.

It also offers a range of services to the property and construction industry, including building surveying, quantity surveying, project management, and sustainable development support.

Pictured with Callum Hunt is Andrew Sharp, senior consultant at the Focus Boston office.

For more information, visit www.focus-consultants.co.uk

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Focus Consultants presents donation to Lincolnshire Autistic Society

Janet Corcoran receives donation for Lincolnshire Autistic Society

An annual charity golf day and raffle staged by Focus Consultants has raised £250 for Lincolnshire Autistic Society.

Players at the Belton Park Golf Club event near Grantham in Lincolnshire included representatives from private and public sector organisations.

The event featured a number of prizes for achievements including longest drive and nearest the pin, as well as a fund-raising raffle.

Pictured is Trevor Newton, partner for the Lincolnshire offices of Focus, presenting the donation to Janet Corcoran, secretary of Lincolnshire Autistic Society, who said: “We are very grateful for the support of Focus Consultants and would like to thank all those who took part in the charity golf day, and Focus for choosing us as the nominated charity.”

Lincolnshire Autistic Society, based at Donington, near Spalding in Lincolnshire, was set up more than 30 years ago and supports individuals and parents, as well as working with and advising statutory bodies and other organisations across the county.

Trevor Newton, who organised the annual tournament, said: “The charity Golf Day has become a regular event on the calendar for Focus Consultants and we are pleased that a number of clients and associates were able to join us and help us to raise money for Lincolnshire Autistic Society – a deserving local good cause.”

Focus, which is based in Nottingham, has offices in Boston and Aubourn in Lincolnshire, as well as in Leicester and London.

It offers services to the property and construction industry, including building surveying, contract administration, party wall surveying, clerk of works, quantity surveying, project management, CDM services and BREEAM assessments, as well as energy calculations and modelling. 

The company also specialises in funding and economic development including area regeneration strategies, funding applications, economic impact appraisals, business plans, and research and evaluation. Since 1994 Focus has secured for clients more than £953 million of grants for projects and businesses across the UK and delivered more than £1.3 billion worth of projects and programmes – making it one of the most successful businesses of its kind in the country.

For more details about Focus Consultants, visit www.focus-consultants.co.uk  

For more details about Lincolnshire Autistic Society, visit www.lincolnshireautisticsociety.org.uk or contact the helpline on 01775 821213.

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New group finance director for expanding contractor J Tomlinson

Mel Sowter and Mark Davis

Contractor J Tomlinson has appointed a new group finance director as part of the company’s expansion plans.

Mel Sowter is the first female director to join the Nottingham-based firm since it was founded in the 1950s.

A results driven, commercially astute and strategic finance director with demonstrable success in business growth, Mel joins J Tomlinson as the company expects to see its turnover increase from £54 million in 2014 to £67 million this year, with a forecast to rise again next year.

The firm, which operates across the East Midlands, West Midlands and Yorkshire, employs 383 people, and has been named in Deloitte’s Businesses Leading Britain 2014 report, which provides insights into the UK’s 1,000 fastest-growing businesses with annual revenues between £30 million and £1 billion.

J Tomlinson CEO Mark Davis said: “The team at J Tomlinson is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mel Sowter as our new group finance director, at a time when the company is going through a significant period of growth.

“She has experience of both the construction sector and the service business, bringing a valuable set of skills to the company.”

Mel is responsible for the financial and management accounts of J Tomlinson, as well as the human resources and information technology support services. Her position is a newly created post.

“I am delighted to have joined J Tomlinson, a well-known company with a good reputation in the market place,” she said. “The company’s expansion plans are very exciting and the company values are very people focused. I relish the opportunity to join the team, add value and make a difference.”

Mel has previously worked for organisations including Xylem Water Solutions, a global market leader in water and wastewater transport and treatment for municipal and industrial customers, where she was also the first female to join the board in the UK, housebuilder Westbury Homes, and Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust.

J Tomlinson, which has its head office in Beeston near Nottingham, offers services in construction, refurbishment, repairs and maintenance, mechanical and electrical engineering, energy efficiency, renewables, and facilities management, and works across a range of sectors including social housing, emergency services, healthcare, education, retail and commercial property.

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Charity golf day organised by Focus Consultants raises funds for hospice

More than £200 has been handed to charity following an annual golf day staged by Focus Consultants. 

The company, which specialises in funding and economic development, project management, chartered surveying and energy, staged the event at Belton Park Golf Club in Grantham. 

Players donated £230 in the raffle, and the proceeds were presented by Focus Partner Trevor Newton to Ann Randall of St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice. 

Trevor, who is based in the Boston office of Focus, organised the event which has become an annual date on the Focus Consultants’ calendar, and attracted players from across the East Midlands. Twenty three clients, associates and staff took part in the charity day. 

Trevor said: “It was great to see so many clients at our charity golf day, and I am very pleased that we have been able to support the very valuable work carried out by St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice with our donation to charity.” 

Focus Consultants, which has offices in Nottingham, Leicester, Boston and Aubourn in Lincolnshire, and in Holborn, London, specialises in funding, research and economic development, project and programme management, construction and property services and energy services. The company works on private and public projects across the UK. 

Veronica Brien, Head of Fundraising and Marketing at St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice, said: “We are so thankful that Focus Consultants has chosen to support St Barnabas. The funds they have raised will go towards helping more than 9,000 people across Lincolnshire receive the specialist end-of-life care they deserve. Their support ensures that our patients and their families can make the most of every single second they share, regardless of how much time remains.” 

The hospice has been providing specialist palliative and end-of-life care for more than 30 years across Lincolnshire. In the last 12 months St Barnabas has cared and supported 1,215 people within the Boston area through their day therapy, hospice at home, out-patient and in-patient services. 

Focus chose to raise money for St Barnabas as the charity recently provided care to a colleague and family. 

For more information about Focus Consultants visit www.focus-consultants.co.uk

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Building and project management firm Focus Consultants appointed for Pilgrim Hospital work

Building and project management firm Focus Consultants has been appointed by new client United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) to carry out a range of improvement work at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.

Currently design work is continuing on the new Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS) reception desk in the main entrance. Work is due to get underway on-site in the New Year.

Focus will be working with the trust on various projects, including demolition, remodelling and refurbishment work at various locations across the Sibsey Road site.

In delivering the schemes, Focus Construction and Property Services will be providing a full spectrum of services including building and quantity surveying through design services, technical project management and contract administration to take the projects through to completion.

ULHT joins a number of other NHS trusts and hospitals which have used Focus Consultants’ services to help with improvement schemes, including Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Trust and St Luke’s Hospital, Market Harborough.

“We are proud to be working with United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust on these projects at Pilgrim Hospital, which is just ten minutes from the Focus Boston offices in Endeavour Park,” said Trevor Newton, partner at Focus in Lincolnshire.

“The health service is a very important public sector service, and, having worked with a number of NHS trusts, we are pleased to now be bringing our skills and expertise to helping with improvements at our local hospital.”

The work that Focus Consultants will be carrying out is part of on-going refurbishment at Pilgrim Hospital.

Focus Consultants, which also has offices in Aubourn in Lincolnshire, Nottingham, Leicester and London, specialises in funding, research and economic development, project and programme management, construction and property services and energy carbon sustainability services.

www.focus-consultants.co.uk

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