Fred Banks Cup Winner 2011
Congratulations to Ben Coope from Derry Building Services on winning 2011’s Fred Banks Cup. This annual award recognises the top electrical apprentice employed by an ECA Nottingham branch member, who has completed the City & Guilds 2330 course and been awarded a technical certifi cate with credit or distinction in all eight modules. This celebrated award was fi rst presented in 1973, in memory of the late Fred Banks, who was Nottingham branch secretary for many years, and a keen supporter of apprentice training. Ben was presented with the engraved cup, a plaque
and a cheque for £100 at the Nottingham branch Christmas lunch on 6 December.
Sports boost for Gowerton
Gowerton School in South Wales has become one of the latest recipients of ECA sports sponsorship as part of the ECA’s Golden Decade of Sport initiative. It has received a £1,000 donation, which has been used to purchase new netball kit for the senior girls’ teams and match and practice balls for the senior rugby teams. The sponsorship is a welcome boost for Gowerton’s netball players, who are embarking on a tour to Australia and Hong Kong in the summer of 2013. Dave Kieft, from ECA South Wales region, commented that this donation was ‘a statement of the ECA’s commitment to the youth of today and how we want to encourage our future generation to participate in team activities in a global environment. Good luck to all and enjoy a life changing experience’.
Ben with Steve Burley, director
of Derry Building Services
LEP ahead of the competition
ECA East region wants to increase awareness of LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) opportunities. The government has set up LEPs as locally-owned partnerships between local authorities and businesses. LEPs identify local economic priorities and look at ways to drive economic growth and the creation of local jobs. There are four that feature in the local region; Greater Cambridgeshire and Greater Peterborough, New Anglia, Hertfordshire, Kent and Greater Essex and East Sussex.
Businesses can engage at their events, discuss viewpoints and increase awareness about the areas in the region being stimulated and the potential opportunities available.
One of the tools the LEPs will have is the ability to create
Enterprise Zones, looking to energise business growth in one area. These zones will benefi t from tax breaks for businesses, including a business rate discount worth up to £275,000 per eligible business over a fi ve-year period, simplifi ed planning rules and the faster rollout of broadband internet. The local authorities and LEPs will be able to redirect business rate income from these zones into tangible projects. ■ For more information, visit
www.newanglia.co.uk and
www.yourlocalenterprisepartnership.co.uk
Sponsorship tackles a problem
In the East region, the ECA’s Golden Decade of Sport initiative has made a signifi cant £1,000 donation to Ipswich RFC Youths and Juniors. This has enabled them to purchase equipment for their young players, including a whole suite of Tackle Tubes and bags to help train youngsters in tackling techniques and add fun to practice.
All of the age groups that have engaged with the equipment (U9s, U10s and U11s) have really enjoyed their experience of using the equipment. Paul Rowland, chairman of Ipswich RFC Youths and Juniors, expressed his thanks to the ECA for the donation, commenting that he was grateful for ‘a wonderful and productive and incredible investment in our boys, made possible by the ECA’s generosity’.
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