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♀ #InternationalWomensDay2023 ♀

Today is International Womens Day! It also happens to be #WomenInConstructionWeek 👷‍♀️

We have amazing women working with us at End Systems.

Across the company, we have women from many backgrounds in a variety of positions with a variety of skills who do amazing work on a daily basis.

However, within our industry there are a lot of problems women face.

In the UK women only make up 14% of the industry and only 1% of skilled tradespeople are women.

We’ve asked the End Systems ladies to share some quotes about what #internationalwomensday means to them and for what advice they have about joining our industry.

Thank you to everyone who contributed!

IWD 2023

🤗Employee Appreciation Day🤗

Today is #NationalEmployeeAppreciationDay!

We have enjoyed some breakfast and treats in the office today to celebrate 🥓🧁

Below is a message from our MD Kay Corlett,

“We would like to thank you for your devotion and hard work. Totally Appreciated. Working together needs harmony, succeeding together needs a lot of commitment and compassion. Thanks for being a great team.”

Thanks to everyone at End Systems for all you do! ❤

⚡ New Starters! ⚡

We’ve had two new starters join us recently.

Robbie and Jack have joined the End Systems team as Apprentice Commissioning Engineers!

Both come in with a variety of skills that will be beneficial to their new roles and we’re looking forward to seeing their journey within the company.

It’s great to have you on board!

Phil Spencer Retirement Interview

In this post, we have an  interview with Phil Spencer who retired from End Systems in December 2022 after over 40 years with the company.

If you prefer, you can hear the words from Phil himself here!

Introduction to yourself & how you started at the company

I came to End Systems in February 1981 for an interview with Brian Townsend for the position of Assistant Commissioning Engineer and was offered the position, however, I refused it and said I wasn’t interested in doing the work because I wanted to further my education.

Brian rang me the following day and told me that he’d found me a position in the office as assistant to the Managing Director, which I took up and never looked back!

42 years later, we’ve been through three or four changes in address, I’ve had the fortune of working with lots of different people., finally retiring on Friday 23rd December 2022.

What’s changed about the industry since you started?

There’s a dramatic change in the health and safety across the whole industry. We used to encounter injuries, deaths, etc, throughout the construction industry, and the improvement in health and safety has made it a much safer place to work. It’s still a tough industry at times, but ultimately, I love the industry, I’m glad I’ve been in it for so long and I wouldn’t have liked to have been in any other.

What are your hopes for the future of the industry?

The future hopes for the industry is the continuation of innovative ideas and safe places to work, if and when we do continue moving down that route, it will improve the industry phenomenally.

What advice would you give to people starting out?

What advice would I give? Well, I started here with little or no knowledge of the industry, but just by grinding it out, I worked through it, working hard under the influence and guidance of Brian.

I managed to progress to Estimator, Senior Estimator, Cost Manager, Commercial Manager, and then ultimately Commercial Director. So it just shows that if you keep driving in the right direction and you’re doing the right things, that there’s an opportunity there for everybody to enhance the capability within a business.

What’s are you most proud of from your time here?

Personally, it’s my promotion from within. I’m very proud of working for End Systems, who offer quality service throughout, and I believe that we are the best in the land and I’m truly proud of having that badge on my chest.

What will you miss the most?

I’ll miss the people most. Obviously, I’ve dealt with a lot of different clients in my time, so I’ll miss the contacts I have made in my 42 years, however, it’s the End System staff who I saw day in, day out that I’ll miss most, and in particular, Kay, Andy and Dale.

What are your plans now?

Plenty of exercise, golf, a part time job at the driving range, relaxing, and included in that will be going on plenty of holidays. It’s a big change, a massive change. But I’m ready, I’ve done my bit and I’m ready to pack my bags and start off on my new chapter in life.

Thank you.

🎆 Happy New Year All! 🎆

End Systems is open once again today after the Christmas break.

We hope everyone had a good break and feels refreshed coming into 2023.

This year is looking great for us once again, and we look forward to working with our new and existing valued clients!

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🎄 End Systems Christmas Tree! 🎄

Only 12 days left ’til Christmas…

It’s now close enough to Christmas to post this… right? 👀

Our tree has been up in the office for a while but Olivia Banks has done such a good job we had to share it  after enough time had passed that there was no longer a fear of judgement 😅

Happy Holidays all!

🎅 #ChristmasJumperDay2022 🎅

It’s Christmas Jumper day!

Today at End Systems we’ve all put our best festive jumpers on to support Save the Children International even the elf got involved!

In the spirit of giving, we’ve also put together to donate food items and clothing for the local organisation Teardrops Supporting Your Community who do amazing work to support the local community.

Thank you to everyone here who has donated! If anyone would like to donate to Save the Children you can through this link.

Thanks once again all!

🎄 #ElfDay2022 🎄

Let me take an elfie 📸

Today is Elf Day and End Systems have been putting on our festive costumes for Alzheimer’s Society helping to raise money for vital support for people and their families affected by dementia.

You can also help by donating via our Just Giving page here

🩹 First Aid Qualified 🩹

Some of the End Systems team have recently qualified as First Aiders! Thank you to Lucy Brogan with Nemo First Aid.

We’re big on training our team in various skills, especially when it comes to saving lives.

Remember ESL:

Education
Saves
Lives

Well done to everyone who completed the course!