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IGEM NEWS | Industrial Affiliates

Wales & West ENERGY ASSETS

Utilities tackles GROUP ACQUIRES

FUTURE ENERGY
colleague wellbeing ENERGY ASSETS GROUP (EAG) has
announced the acquisition of
Yorkshire-based Future Energy Group.
The acquisition will strengthen
EAG’s existing nationwide multi-
utility network design and
construction division and
complement its strategy to adopt
gas and electricity network assets.
Future Energy Group (FEG) will
become part of Energy Assets
Utilities (EAU) division, expanding
EAU’s capacity and geographical
reach to serve multi-utility network
customers throughout Britain. FEG
will continue to trade under its
current name.
FEG is based in Batley and
provides a range of services
through its subsidiaries Future
Utility Solutions, Future Metering
Services and Future Plant Services.
FEG has grown into a leading
Wales & West utilities infrastructure provider,
Utilities tackles designing and constructing gas,
colleague wellbeing electricity and water networks for
contractors, transporters, operators
WALES & WEST UTILITIES has held four in 10 people are afraid to disclose and consumers across the UK.
its first Wellbeing Conference, mental health problems to their Colin Lynch, Chief Executive
bringing together colleagues from employer, Wales & West Utilities is Officer of Energy Assets Group,
across Wales and the south west of keen to provide the support to help said: “We are very excited about
England to support wellbeing and its 1,450 colleagues. bringing Future Energy Group
psychological health in the workplace. Sandra Morse-Weaver, Wales & under the EAU banner. The
The event, held at Newport High West Utilities Occupational Health company’s expertise, geographic
School, saw over 60 colleagues from Manager, said: “At Wales & West reach and success in residential and
across the business come together to Utilities people are at the heart of commercial markets marks a
share information and provide input to everything we do, customers and significant milestone in our plans to
the company’s future wellbeing colleagues alike. The health and extend the reach of our network
strategy and how it should support its wellbeing of all of our colleagues is of construction activity across every
colleague’s mental health. the utmost importance to us and this area of Britain.
At the conference, Wales & West inaugural conference was pivotal in “In addition, we see this
Utilities Chief Executive Graham shaping our future direction of acquisition as a perfect fit for our
Edwards signed the Time to Change wellbeing at work. We want to make asset ownership business stream,
Wales pledge to end the stigma faced sure that we help keep ourselves and delivering opportunities in meter
by people with mental health our colleagues ‘whole’, as only by asset management and local
problems. Wales & West Utilities is having happy and engaged colleagues network ownership.” ■
the latest company to join the can we deliver outstanding customer
movement of employers throughout service to the communities we serve.”
Wales and has pledged to change the During the day-long event
way the organisation thinks and acts colleagues had the opportunity to
about mental health at work. listen to speakers and take part in
Time to Change Wales is a partnership interactive sessions in small groups.
of three leading Welsh mental health The day was headlined by two
charities, Mind Cymru, Hafal and Gofal. external speakers Jules Twells, from
It is funded by Big Lottery, Comic Relief Time to Change, and Peter Simpson, a
and the Welsh government. registered mental health nurse,
With research showing that one in registered nurse tutor and an
four people will experience a mental accredited behavioural and cognitive
health problem in any one year, and psychotherapist. ■

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