A Message from the Chairman
Message from the National Chairman, Terry Brooks FBICSc
At last the website is up and running and when it is finally complete, it will contain constantly updated details about the Institute and Regions, together with Members news as it happens. However, this can only be achieved with your cooperation. We need to know details of your activities, dates of meetings and general or interesting news from both Corporate and Individual members.
At the Awards Dinner in 2007 I said it was time for the Institute to forget the past and move forward. As you are aware, we appointed a new Executive Director, Stan Atkins, and gave him a mandate to reassess our structure. Stan duly put forward his blueprint for the recorganisation of the staff and the office accommodation, both of which met with the approval of the Council. He set a deadline to have everything in place by April and true to his word, the tasks were completed by that date.
There are many new faces and only Gill, Paula and Tracy remain. Teams have now been set up to be responsible for each particular division - Finance, Membership Services and Training & Education. Further details of the new structure will soon appear on other pages.
During the reorganisation the day to day activities were carried out as normal and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff who left our employ at the end of March for their cooperation during this period.
New projects are being investigated and the current schemes are being looked at with a view to updating where necessary.
There is a wealth of knowledge and experience outside the Council and we intend to use this knowledge by inviting some of these people to participate in short working groups as required.
The role of the Moderator is under review to ascertain that their duties are carried out to the benefit of our clients and the Institute.
Overseas development is also under review whilst realising that there is still a need to develop further at home.
We continue to exhibit at cleaning shows and also shows with links to cleaning. Some interesting and possibly fruitful contacts have been made recently and are being followed up at present.
The Institute must continue to work with other bodies in the cleaning industry for the good of the industry and for the benefit of the people working in the cleaning business.
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