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The trio and Sean Conlon (centre, in dark blue shirt) at the Midlands Down Syndrome Centre.
Powerpoint Engineering raises €20,000 for Down Syndrome Centre in Portlaoise
In February 2022, the electrical industry lost a strong advocate, great ambassador, and friend in Derek Thompson. A former ECA Edmundson Apprentice of the Year, JIB electrician, Managing Director, ECA Branch Chairman and CEO of ETT/SparkSafe, Derek was focused on increasing the professionalism and competitiveness of the electrical industry. Derek’s legacy will be celebrated by the Derek Thompson Industry Service Award during the Above & Beyond Awards (ABA). The category is presented to an organisation or individual who has contributed to enhancing electrical safety for a sustained period of typically five years. The ABA, created by the Electrical Safety Roundtable in the Workplace group, have been designed to recognise and celebrate individuals and organisations who go above and beyond to enhance and improve electrical safety within the workplace. The awards are now open for entries. The deadline is January 13, 2023, and winners will be announced in February. To enter, visit https://awards. electricalsafetyroundtable.co.uk/ Celebrating Derek’s legacy
Three Powerpoint Engineering employees, Conor McGarry, Johan Erasmus, and David Phelan, have raised an incredible €20,000 in aid of Midlands Down Syndrome Centre following a three-day, 575 km cycle from Malin Head in Donegal to Slea Head in the Dingle Peninsula earlier this year. Sean Conlon, who has been working part- time with the trio for the past six years, was the main inspiration behind the fundraising cycle. Sean is a service user at the Down Syndrome Centre Midlands, which is based
in Portlaoise and serves the Laois, Offaly, and Kildare communities. The centre provides essential services, information and support to families and carers of people with Down Syndrome, helping them reach their full potential and create a brighter future. “Down Syndrome Centre is Ireland’s first services-led centre for children with Down Syndrome aged 18 and under and their families,” Johan Erasmus commented. “We were blown away by the donations and messages of support.”
Job management software company BigChange received the Business Enabler of the Year Award at the Lloyds Bank BigChange named British business enabler of the year
L-R: Tansy Sheehy, Customer Service Director at BigChange and Sarah Cox, Customer Success Director at BigChange.
efficiency, productivity, and customer service and for using its position to promote best practices, safer driving, and compliant ways of working with field teams. “We are absolutely thrilled to win such a prestigious award,” commented Richard Warley, BigChange CEO. “The judges recognised the role we’ve played transforming how thousands of trades businesses manage jobs and mobile workers, and the huge positive impact it has made to their productivity, profitability and customer experience.”
British Business Excellence Awards, the UK’s most prestigious national awards honouring the innovation, success, and resilience of British business. The category celebrates outstanding businesses that help their customers to increase sales and profitability and gain a competitive advantage over their rivals. BigChange is the first job management software company to win this award. The award recognised BigChange’s contribution to helping its small and medium-sized business customers transform operational
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