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A RARE BIT OF CELEBRATION

By Morgan James, Welsh Section Chair

wet and our evening entertainment The
Party Bandits were on form as usual.
Lastly, and most importantly, we
raised over £2,000 for our chosen
charity Mission Hope Neath. Mission
Hope is a charity that reaches out with
love, compassion and practical support
to the most vulnerable members of
IN NOVEMBER, the Welsh Section’s society living in my town of Neath; the
55th Annual Charity Dinner produced hungry and the homeless.
a wonderful evening of food, drink The money raised will go towards
and entertainment at Cardiff’s Park tents, sleeping bags, blankets and clothes
Plaza Hotel. and other simple things we all take for
To welcome our guests during the granted. The Section appreciates all our
drinks reception, the brass ensemble members have given – you can’t begin
Tredegar Town Band provided a to imagine what this money can do for
performance full of class, which included those who need it the most.
Welsh classics and some more upbeat Thanks again to all the guests
numbers to really get the party started. from across the industry, connected
Once the guests were called to their industries and other stakeholders for
seats, it was then my turn to step up supporting this event and thanks to our
and give a speech, hopefully not boring sponsors: Armstrong Fluid Technology,
them too much in the process. Grace Long O’Donnell, Park Plaza Hotel and
and a toast to the Queen were delivered, Wardle Painters.
flawlessly, by Elliot Ross and Matthew The Welsh Section committee looks
Davies respectively. forward to seeing you all again at the
The food was lovely, the drinks were 56th dinner.

THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE Specialist Inspector in the Energy
Next, Martin Wayland, HM Principal

Division at HSE, completed the
final presentation of the evening,
By Grant Rogers, South West Section Chair discussing HSE’s role in the move to a
carbon free economy.
IN DECEMBER, the Filton Holiday Following a brief welcome and Grant then chaired a short Q&A
Inn hosted the South West Section’s introduction by Grant Rogers, South with the evening’s speakers before
autumn technical paper evening, West Section Chair, Clive Book Wales David Morgan, Past President of
‘RIIO-GD2 The Plan is in!’ & West Utilities’ Head of Emergency, IGEM, was invited to the stage to give
Attended by over 70 delegates, the Metering and Network Services, the vote of thanks.
presentation space was filled to capacity gave the opening presentation; a The South West Section committee
– another excellent turnout for this key Dickensian themed view on the would like to express their sincere
event in the Section programme. challenges of operating the WWU gas gratitude to the presenters, exhibitors
Eleven exhibitors, AVK, ALH network through Christmases past, and supporters, as well to the audience
Systems, Calverdale Technology, present and future, from GD1 to GD2. for their interest and engagement
Gerberit, PSS Hire, Radius Systems, Neil Dalley, WWU’s Area throughout the event. We look forward
Rush Construction Services, Steve Vick Engineering Manager, then explained to seeing you all next time.
International, Synthotech, Utonomy his team’s formula for success, making
and Wales & West Utilities (WWU) the link between innovation and
took stands at the event, talking to utilisation to deliver efficiency through
delegates about their products and the current price control period and
services before the presentations and into the next.
later over an excellent evening buffet. The agenda then turned to the future
Two further companies, Morrison of energy, with Chris Clarke, WWU’s
Utility Services and PM Projen, also Energy Strategy Director taking the L-R: CLIVE BROOK, NEIL DALLEY, GRANT ROGERS,
supported the event. audience along WWU’s road to 2035. MARTIN WAYLAND AND CHRIS CLARKE

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