Manchester Hub meeting

The first Manchester SIM hub meeting occurred on 15 June at the Wharf Pub. Organiser Sam White is pleased to announce it was successful. There were 5 company members in attendance, a soon-to-be member and 2 further guests. They had some great discussions and it was decided that this would be a regular meeting point for the Manchester Hub. They also have an array of exciting excursions lined up, including a theatre outing, a tour of the University of Manchester labs, and a Manchester city walking tour, to name just a few. A second meeting will be held at 7pm on Thursday August 3rd at the Wharf pub, 6 Slate Wharf, Manchester M15 4ST. If you wish to attend or find out more, please get in touch with Sam.
APPEG Group Photo outside Houses of Parliament

WCSIM Group to All-Party Parliamentary Engineering Group in House of Lords

On Wednesday 22 February, Liveryman Ian Gilbert, Freeman Edward Talboys and Apprentices Noa Barcons Daniels and Oliver Bridge were hosted by Professor The Lord Mair CBE at the All-Party Parliamentary Engineering Group (APPEG) discussion and lunch in the House of Lords. The discussion for this event was around ‘Skyscrapers’, where there were short presentations from Professor Hanif Kara OBE and Marta Galinanes-Garcia, both from AKT II, and Natasha Bellamy from Laing O’Rourke.