Worcestershire trainee and apprentice day.

The Ringway trainee and apprentice get together in Worcestershire was very positive with feedback provided on what works well and areas that can be improved.

During the last two years we have recruited nine trainees and very favourable comments were made about the standard of training and the mentoring system.

We are looking to recruit four highway maintenance apprentices this year anyone interested please let your supervisor or Hughie Walsh know.

Reporting of near misses.

A near miss is an incident that does not result in an injury.

We need to improve our near miss reporting in Worcestershire and in an effort to raise the number of reports we get every month we are offering a reward every month for the best near miss we receive.

The reward for June goes to Juan Ortiz for his near miss report regarding vehicles not following the rules when leaving depots. Warndon, Stanford, Newlands and Lydiate Ash all operate with a "left turn only" rule when leaving the depots.

Welcome to Jatinder Singh (Jay)

We would like to welcome Jatinder to Worcestershire Highways. Jay takes up the position of Target Price Estimator and has recently graduated from Nottingham University where he studied Quantity Surveying.

Jay is from Leicester and has relatives that live locally, he is also a Liverpool fan but we wont hold that against him.

Worcestershire Highways win the CIHT "Effective Partnership" award.

Last Wednesday at the CIHT awards, held at Lords cricket ground, Worcestershire Highways won the effective partnership award, beating off stiff competition from thirteen other entries. The judges gave particular praise for the way that Worcestershire has delivered a value for money service and a high level of customer satisfaction.

Ringway Worcestershire "LEAN and GREEN" initiative.

During June and July we will be launching our "LEAN and GREEN" initiative here in Worcestershire.
The LEAN aspect of the initiative will entail a Lean review of our administration processes followed by a LEAN review looking at the way we carry out footway works.
As part of our GREEN initiative we are discouraging the use of printing and asking that meetings are arranged with economy in mind. At the end of the month we will be launching our new fuel measures, initially looking at company cars. The measures will detail amounts of fuel used and the miles per gallon obtained for each vehicle and driver. We will be looking to reduce our fuel usage which is the fourth largest contributor to our carbon footprint here in Worcestershire.

Ringway Staff Recognition Award.

At the last round of staff briefings held throughout Worcestershire you all voted for your candidates that should receive a prize to reward their efforts during the last three months. Pictured here are the winners Des Dalloway, Richard Tustin and Steve Winters.

Thanks to everyone for taking part.

Staff Recognition Award

Following the recent staff briefings held throughout Worcestershire you all voted for the candidates for the staff recognition award. The winners are Des Dalloway, Richard Tustin and Steve Winters who are pictures here receiving their prizes. Thanks to everyone for voting.