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Mayor of Dorchester Robin Potter helps celebrate 10 years of Poundbury Gardens
POUNDBURY GARDENS CELEBRATES 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
To mark its 10-year anniversary, Poundbury
Gardens held 10 days of celebrations. To begin the week there was a cake cutting ceremony in the Engine Rooms where the Mayor of Dorchester Robin Potter helped cut the special cake. Lucy Simpson, manager of Poundbury Gardens, said:“ It was a real pleasure to see so many residents, customers and local businesses attend the ceremony to mark this very special milestone. We are extremely proud of our role in the local community and as Poundbury continues to grow, we are looking forward to seeing what the next 10 years has in store.”
C G FRY’ S SITE MANAGER STEVE WALKER TAKES HOME SUPREME TITLE IN PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
Dorset-based developers C G Fry & Son
Ltd were delighted when Site Manager Steve Walker was announced as the overall winner in the Medium House Builder category at the 2015 NHBC gala ceremony. The NHBC‘ Pride in the Job’ Supreme Awards was held in January at the Park Plaza in London and C G Fry & Son directors and staff were on hand to cheer Steve on. Steve started as Site Manager at Poundbury in October 1993 working with The Duchy of Cornwall. He has won the‘ Pride in the Job’ supreme award for the North East Quadrant. Pride in the Job is the house-building industry’ s most prestigious awards programme, and the award is the highest industry accolade a site manager can receive. The judging process lasts 11 months to ensure that site managers are assessed at every stage of the build and winners are selected from an initial pool of thousands. After taking home his award, Steve Walker said:“ I was overjoyed when I heard my name read out, but I couldn’ t have achieved it without a great team behind me. Receiving this prestigious award and being publicly recognised by the highly respected NHBC is very much as a result of the ethos of C G Fry & Son as a company, and its reputation for consistently building quality homes with attention to detail.” Philip Fry, Managing Director of C G Fry & Son Ltd, said:“ This is the sixth year in a row that C G Fry has been a finalist; two
years ago Steve was a runner-up, and now he’ s gone one better! This is such a great accolade for not only Steve but all of his team and the whole company. To get selected as number one from the thousands that enter is a fantastic achievement.”
The C G Fry & Son team celebrate their NHBC award success
WELCOME TO NEW ECO FIRM
Wessex ECOEnergy has launched its new firm in the Buttermarket and will offer customers a way of generating their own energy day and night. By using solar storage, customers are able to generate energy from the sun during the day and store this for use in the nighttime. Director Daniel Cole is passionate about solar energy and is striving that all new roofs should have built-in solar flush devices to help your home become more energy neutral. The company is focusing on technologies that save CO2 and saving money for Poundbury’ s homeowners and businesses.
New eco energy firm Wessex ECOEnergy hopes to save you money. Business partners Martin Hawkins( left) and Daniel Cole( right).
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