RECENT NEWS AND EVENTS

               Earlier this month we facilitated a very successful Partnering Workshop with the 22-strong Senior

               Management Team of Aone+ and the Highways Agency in Area 12. This Workshop used the world

               renowned and very successful Team Management Profile Tool as a basis for highlighting

               individual's work preferences. The workshop saw both organisations collaborating and maximising

               their potential as a team by understanding individual's strengths and weaknesses and preferred

               roles within their working environment. One key objective for the workshop was to develop a deeper

               understanding of themselves, as well as their fellow team members. Members then used this

               knowledge to identify ways to further improve, to take advantage of the challenging economic

               conditions to deliver more for less.

               The day was brilliant, with loads of positive feedback from participants and they were extremely

               keen to see further roll out of the TMP across their middle managers, as well as a follow-up for them

               to continue to develop their knowledge and understanding.

               This was the first time the Highways Agency and Aone+ (the HA's leading MAC provider) have

               utilised the Team Management Profile and from the feedback so far, hopefully will be the first of

               of many more to come.

               To view the rest of our pictures, please take at look at our gallery on our workshop page. 

               For more information on Team Management Profiles, please look at our Team Management Systems

               page. Should you have any questions or require any further information, you can find all our

               contact details on our contact us page.

              CURRENT NEWS: 

              Our Director, Scott Bloxsom attended an Industry Forum hosted by Tarmac at the Haydock

              Racecourse on 5th October. This  forum brought together a wide range of public and private sector 

              representatives to discuss the impacts of the pending October Spending Review and how we can optimise 

              opportunities to work together more efficiently and effectively.

              We are also planning to take an opportunity to bring together both local authorities and Highways Agency

               to discuss the potential savings to be gained from working together in a structured approach. 

              On 1st September, Scott Bloxsom attended the final PIM (Partner programme Infrastructure

              Management) Conference in Utrect, The Netherlands. This conference brought to a close a 5 year

              project aimed at sharing Best Practice between the UK and The Netherlands in several areas related

              to Road & Waterway infrastructure management. Our involvement with this major public/private 

              change programme focused (among other things) on provision of advice on Best Practice 

              Maintenance Procurement and Partnership working. Our involvement goes back to the inaugural 

              workshop held on 5th October 2005, and we have played an integral role in working with 

              Rijkswaterstaat to improve their business.

              We look forward to continuing our relationship with Rijkswaterstaat in future years. For further 

              information on the PIM project, please go to www.rws.nl/pim