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Training firm opens centre


Apprenticeship provider JTL has completed a major refurbishment at its training centre in Birmingham. The centre, in Mill Street,


Aston, provides training facilities for apprentice electricians and heating and plumbing installers, as well as offering training opportunities for school leavers who need help to make them employable, through the Government’s Traineeship programme. Centre manager Kevin


Newell: “The centre was a major investment by JTL when we bought it and moved in, in October 2013. “JTL invested over £1m in the


centre and this recent refurbishment has seen a further significant six figure sum invested, to revamp the building to work better for us and the young people we train.” JTL has dedicated training


centres in Orpington in Kent, in Norwich, in Oxford and in Aldercar in Nottingham.


A sculpture built from clay taken from the Passchendaele battlefield site representing soldiers from each side of the conflict has been unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, as part of the centenary commemorations of one of the most notorious battles of the First World War. Professor Stephen Dixon from Manchester School of


Art at Manchester Metropolitan University produced the sculpture after being inspired by photographs of soldiers from the six nations involved in the battle. The sculpture is the central feature of the


Arboretum’s new ‘Passchendaele: Mud and Memory’ exhibition, using clay from the Wienerberger Quarry and Brickworks, located on the Passchendaele battlefield site, as well as local Staffordshire clay. Two of the subjects depicted in


the piece are Lieutenant Colonel Harry Moorhouse and his son, Captain Ronald Moorhouse, who were both in the 4th Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the 49th Division. Harry was wounded on two occasions, but he always insisted on returning to his unit, until eventually he was in


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Mud masterpiece honours soliders of Passchendaele


command. Both men were killed on the battlefield on 9 October 1917, and their bodies were abandoned, never to be recovered. Professor Dixon, said: “Passchendaele was known for


its horrific muddy conditions, and the idea of making a sculpture out of the actual ‘stuff’ of the battlefield attracted me to the project.” The arboretum has also unveiled a programme


encouraging young people to engage with nature, via wildlife group and photography workshops which are run in partnership with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. The sessions take place from 10.30am to 12.30pm on one Saturday each month.


Confirmed sessions and themes for the remainder of 2017 are: 16 September (Pollination and Germination) 14 October (Searching for Spiders) 18 November (Animal Tracks and Signs) 16 December (Make your own Wormery Wildlife Photography Workshops).


Liz Blood, head of heritage and learning at the Arboretum, said: “These activities will help children learn about the abundance of wildlife on site and the importance of biodiversity.”


Your chance to call a castle home


Geoff joins ranks with Smith Cooper


Former Jaguar managing director Geoff Cousins (pictured) has joined accountant Smith Cooper as a specialist advisory consultant. Mr Cousins spent 25


Anyone who fancies becoming the lord of the manor will be interested in an unusual property that has come on the market in Staffordshire – a moated castle. The building is historic Grade I listed Caverswall


Castle, six miles from Stoke. The castle was built on the site of an Anglo-Saxon manor, on the spot where the two tributaries of the River Blythe rise. After being initially owned by Ernulf de Hesing,


the castle passed to Sir William de Caverswall and in 1275, and he used the tributaries to form the moat.


26 CHAMBERLINK September 2017 Edgbaston chartered surveyor Pennycuick Collins


have been appointed as joint agents for the sale of the castle, which is on the market for £5m. Richard Moxon, commercial partner at Pennycuick


Collins, said: “This castle is a rare and remarkable opportunity for any investor and it has vast potential.” The castle includes three converted turrets, and a


total of 11 suites. There are also games rooms, a library, wine cellar, workshop, gym room, orangery and even a dungeon, as well as 20 acres of gardens.


years at Jaguar Land Rover and is now a visiting professor at the University of South Wales, and runs a business consultancy. Darren Hodson, corporate


finance partner at Smith Cooper, said: “As a firm, we continue to see an increase in automotive transactions, and our clients continue to value our compelling offering of dedicated, experienced professionals and sector specialisms. It seemed only natural to support this industry expansion by inviting Geoff onboard.”


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