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Concept achieves Gold with Supply Chain Sustainability School

17th May 2023| Community| Concept

Concept Building Services are committed to helping the environment in which we live, and this commitment is shown by receiving gold status from the Supply Chain Sustainability School.

To earn this award, we have shown the following;

Offices – initiatives have been implemented in all offices to promote conscious energy usage. This has been achieved through toolbox talks to educate employees and signage to raise awareness. The progress is monitored during quarterly office audits, where any actions are addressed, and appropriate improvements are made.
Sites – audit documents have been amended to include on-site energy usage, promoting discussions with site teams and contractors surrounding energy consumption issues.
Vehicles – promotion of car sharing and the use of public transport where applicable.
Materials – encouragement of using local suppliers and ensuring accurate orders are placed to avoid unnecessary waste. Additionally, clients are encouraged to consider sustainable material resourcing and more environmentally friendly options such as LED lighting and solar panels.
Waste – ensuring waste is appropriately segregated by waste stream to enable correct disposal and recycling. We are proud to have a 98% recycle rate on our waste last year.

Celebrating the King’s Ascension on Ascension

17th May 2023| News| Concept

Ascension Island News

Concept proudly supported the island parade to celebrate the King’s coronation. Our on-island staff enjoyed the day and were privileged to be part of the celebrations on such a unique island.

Concept sponsors the next generation of potential football stars

8th February 2023| Community| Concept

Concept continually works within the community to help young people reach their goals (no pun intended) and we have recently been sponsoring aspirational football stars of the future by providing new kit for their teams.

During the last few months we have sponsored players and teams across the country, from Dunfermline in Scotland, down to the West Country and in the South East.

The Exeter Panthers showing off their new home and away kits. Go Panthers!

The Horndean Hawks proudly showing off their shiny trophy and Concept branded football kit. Well done Hawks!

We are also sponsoring Tyler Sibbons who plays for Dunfermline Athletic Ladies FC. We wish Tyler all the best and continued success at her club.

Concept’s very own Dan Small with his son showing off Lindfield Juniors Under 8’s new kit. Proud father!

Operation London Bridge

29th September 2022| Community| Concept

Following the sad passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a meticulously planned operation codenamed ‘London Bridge’ was rolled into action and what followed was the largest state funeral since the death of Queen Victoria.

The entire event was flawlessly executed and viewed by billions of people across the world.

The Duke of Norfolk (the chief organiser of the operation) recently issued a letter of thanks to all those involved of which Concept also received. Concept were proud to assist our partners in delivering what was a monumental operation of considerable scale and importance, and one which involved thousands of people across multiple sectors.

You can view the letter by clicking on the below link.

The Earl Marshal’s Letter of Thanks

Concept Sponsored young British Skier strikes Gold

19th July 2022| Community| Concept

Concept’s support of Candice Bomberg has aided this young British athlete to hit the top in her first year of senior competitions. The talented British skier has really impressed with 8 podium top 3 finishes at highly competitive international races and ending a very creditable 8th Overall (6th U21 and 4th U18) in the Arnold Lunn World Cup Slalom Standings for upcoming skiers from over 50 nations.

Other notable results at the national finals in Tignes, France included being crowned the British Slalom U18 champion, U21 Runner-Up and Overall third. In the Giant Slalom she also took the U18 title and was the U21 Runner Up.

It was a similar story at the English Championships in Bormio, Italy where she took Gold in the U18 Slalom and Giant slalom with silver U21 and Senior Runner-up in the Slalom and was also 3rd Overall senior.

Her tough first FIS racing season saw her compete in 45 races over five months across 17 alpine locations.

Unsurprisingly her achievements have been rewarded by a call up into the British Senior FIS racing squad and she is highlighted here in this GB Snowsport Selection Press Release

Candice was born in France with dual nationality and pre-
pandemic was both a French and British Junior Skiing Champion in Slalom. She also finished an impressive 4th in her international youth debut.

Preparation for season 2022/3 is well under way with a series of glacier skiing camps in the French Alps mixed with tough gym sessions, hiking or mountain biking.

Candice said of her Concept Sponsorship:

“I am really grateful to Concept for their generous support, this has allowed me to compete internationally at the highest levels – I am fully committed and dedicated to take my talent as far as it will go, so thanks for being a very important part of my journey”

In September she will head to Argentina to train on snow in Patagonia for a month and represent Great Britain in the LatAm Cup Series of races.

Next seasons goals will include targeting the European Youth Olympic Festival (U18’s) in Italy and the World Junior Championships (U21’s) at Meribel, France and further climbing her way up the World Rankings.

Future trajectory and ambitions will be to race for GB at Europa Cup level, progressing onto World Cups and Senior World Championships with an eye on competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina Italy when she will be only 20 years old.

It is worth noting that Candice has one more season as a U18 and four more years in the U21 category.

Concept achieves NSI Fire Gold approval

30th June 2022| Community| Concept

We are extremely proud to announce this latest achievement which further
bolsters our rapidly increasing arsenal of abilities. Having NSI certification shows to our partners that Concept is fully qualified to design, install, commission and handover, as well as the verification and maintenance of Emergency Lighting Systems.

Concept Building Services laying down the foundations to future British Skiing success

14th February 2022| Community| Concept

Concept Building Services are sponsoring Candice Bomberg, a junior British Skier with true podium potential.

Pre-Pandemic, Candice was both the French and British Under 14 Ski Slalom Champion and she finished an impressive 4th on her youth international debut.

Born and raised in the French Alps, Candice was skiing as soon as she could stand and descending Black runs by the age of four. She progressed impressively through the highly competitive French racing system by winning regional races and was a French and British junior Champion. She has been ear marked as an athlete of exceptional talent and with her British Citizenship a true potential to compete at the very highest levels of the blue-ribbon skiing events for Great Britain.

Concept’s sponsorship will help to fund Candice who is now 16 at her Elite International Training Academy in the French Alps, that has been developed by Sir Clive Woodward.

APEX2100 is located in the perfect training location of Tignes, France and has some of the best young skiing talent from around the world with currently 60 Athletes from 23 Nations.

The academy boasts some of the best ski training facilities known and a notable recent appointment as Candice’s Head Coach is Sasha Rearick, who joined APEX after 19 years as the most successful US Ski Team Trainer ever.

Concept’s backing of Candice will support a young British female athlete to achieve her sporting potential.

Candice’s goals and ambitions are to work her way up the world senior rankings, eyeing World Junior Championships in 2023, Youth Olympics in 2024, Europa and World Cup Skiing Events and aiming for the 2026 Winter Olympic games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy when she will be only 20.

From Concept to completion, this backing of Candice will provide the supporting infrastructure and financial resilience for a full scale build on her skiing dreams.

Please visit Candice’s Instagram for more information and further updates

https://www.instagram.com/candicebomberg_ski/

500 Cups of Tea, 1200 Sandwiches, 1200 Cups of Soup, 1200 Hot Meals!!!

8th September 2021| Community| Concept

Feeding 1200 people in a month is quite normal for the charity ‘Hope for Food’, based in the Bournemouth area of Dorset, and Concept Building Services (Southern) Limited, working closely with an FM manager from Mitre, were only too pleased to lend their support to this South Coast based Charity when the opportunity arose.

The operation, run and managed by a small committee who act as trustees, is 100% made up of volunteers who between them give over 7,000 hours a year cooking and serving food in the soup kitchens, which they run five evenings a week. As with all charities, ‘Hope for Food’ relies heavily on the support of the local community and is always looking to build strong links with surrounding businesses. In the same breath, Concept have regularly been one of those companies to step up to the plate when approached and so, when we were able to assist with an internal structural request, it was a simple positive reply.

Of course, although some of our Fabric, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers might profess to be more than capable cooks we felt their skill sets might be more applicable to the charity’s needs by helping them move into a new distribution centre at West Howe Industrial Estate. Concept staff dismantled all the racking, primarily used for storage at the old base, and re-instated it in their new premises at Unit 13, in such fashion, that it offered a seamless transition for the soup kitchen operation. ‘Hope for Food’ continues to be busy supporting the homeless, disadvantaged people and families in poverty in the Bournemouth area. Their recipients can be male, female, young and old, but usually they are just poor, vulnerable individuals who are hungry. For us at Concept, it was just a pleasure to assist in this small manner to help maintain the smooth running of their invaluable services.

2021 Challenges – 100 Miles Plus – The Winner!

25th June 2021| Community| Concept

The results are in, the mileage checked and a clear winner has emerged after the expected burst of effort during the end of month Bank Holiday weekend. Just to remind everyone, the challenge was to see who could walk the most miles over 100 miles in the calendar month of May. A financial incentive for the winner was the added carrot.

With one week to go Tracy Stedman from Accounts was a clear leader but an amazing surge over the last few days by Tom Bond, also from the accounts team, saw him achieve an incredible total of 321.71 miles walked in the thirty one days of May. A remarkable average of 10.38 miles per day. Tracy ended up in a clear second place with an equally outstanding 294.92 miles completed while Alisdair Kelly, our Security Manager, trundled in third with an admirable 142.81 miles completed.

Congratulations to everyone who took part.

Concept’s 2021 Challenges

29th April 2021| Community| Concept

After months of lockdown and an inevitable air of uncertainty as to what the summer months will bring this year, the Directors at Concept have set a couple of friendly challenges for all those who are interested within the company. They say friendly because the advantages of these types of events enhances team building and at the same time stimulates individuals to get out and about after months of restrictions and that can be great for morale….……..but, we all know that life isn’t quite that clear cut. Where there is a challenge, there is competition, and where there is competition, there will be a winner!

Dan Small, the Assistant Managing Director, has set the 5K running challenge while Gill Alexander the Financial Director has set the 100 mile walking challenge.

At first, both could be viewed with either an element of skepticism or apprehension. 5K run, easy, I could jog that? 100-mile walk, that’s a long way and imagine the blisters after that distance! So, two interesting sets of parameters were stipulated.

Saturday 1^st May – Monday 31^st May – using the ‘Map my Walk’ App on their phones. Whoever achieves the highest mileage above 100 miles for the month will receive £100 from the Company and £100 for the winner’s charity of choice. Ten members of the Accounts and Administration teams have phones charged, walking boots and backpacks stocked and Elastoplast’s at the ready. Being a Bank Holiday weekend, both at the start and the finish of the challenge, inevitably there will be a surge of effort at both ends by the competitors; but will the consistent steady walkers win the day? Tuesday 1^st June will see the outcome.

Sunday August 1^st – Brighton Marina. A flat 5K from the Marina to Brighton Pier and back again. The winner is who can get the closest to completing the course in under 20 minutes! Yes, who could run sub 4 minutes a kilometer for five of them. Fourteen guys are currently in training and there certainly seems to be an element of sand bagging on times in some quarters already. Watch for the results later this year!

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