Personnel Changes

Brian Connor
Having worked for W.B.Simpson as “man and boy” initially as an apprentice terrazzo layer, Brian has now been appointed as a Director of W.B.Simpson & Sons (Terrazzo) Ltd and will oversee and manage these projects as well as taking special responsibility for managing Kengate Terrazzo.

Dipti Kotecha
We welcome Dipti to the company as assistant accountant to David Barnes and look forward to a positive contribution to the company.

Tony McShane
We would also welcome Tony to the company as a commercial manager to bolster this department. Tony has worked for us a consultant for a period before agreeing to join us on a permanent basis.

Peter Saunders
Peter has worked with us for the past 3 years or so as a project manager at Knightsbridge Station, Wembley Stadium, and up to the completion of St Pancras International Station. Due to family commitments he has gone back to Cape Town South Africa, where the climate is also a little more favourable!
 

TTA Awards 2007

This year a 40 strong contingent from WBS attended the annual Tile Association Awards at Solihul on Saturday 21^st April 2007 we collected an award for the ‘Best use of Tile in a Construction Project’ for our work Wembley National Stadium for Multiplex. We were also nominated for 6 other categories.

Construction News Awards

We would like to announce that for the second year running we have been nominated as a finalist for the Construction News Specialists in Construction Awards 2007 in the Finishing and Fit-out category held at the London Hilton Park Lane. We attended with a number of Directors and senior staff from our major clients in the industry. We failed to win again but were “Highly Commended” for our efforts.

2007 London Marathon

Director Steve Medhurst will foolishly be competing at this years event as a runner for Arthritis Care. Full details can be found on www.justgiving.com/stevemedhurst if you would like to contribute.  He eventually finished with a calf injury in 4 hours 39 minutes and raised £2,200.00 for the charity.

2012 Olympic Project

We would like to announce that we have sponsored a young athlete and prospect for the GB athletic team for the 2012 Olympics. We have agreed a sum of money towards training and travel costs for the next 3 years with a review and further funds dependant on progress, and needs.

Sarah Hopkinson, currently 16 years old, hails from Cheltenham Gloucester, and principally runs in the 1500m event, but also in 800m and 3000m. She is currently preparing for the IAAF World Youth Championships to be held in the Czech Republic later this year, and we wish her the very best of luck.