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		<title>Ways2Win Speaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Norman Hucker introduced Wendy Wills, who is the Managing Director of ways2win business tendering organisation.  With professional clinical qualifications – and having held senior management positions within the NHS – Wendy was able to discuss her experience and detailed understanding of how best to win public sector tenders.

Wendy provided an overview of her company and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/ways2win-speaker/</link>
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		<title>Annual General Meeting</title>
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1. Introduction
John Vieth noted apologies for absence and ran through a summary of the last 12 months.

Interesting range      of speakers including; Business Link, Local MP, PardoeBevins,      Sedgemoor District Council and others.
Visits to House of      Commons &#38; London Eye, more recently, Cannington Cold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/annual-general-meeting/</link>
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		<title>CCTV Visit &#8211; 21st May 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sedgemoor District Council CCTV control room is located at the Sedgemoor District Council offices in Bridgwater House.

They are a 24/7 service monitoring 170 CCTV cameras in Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Cheddar and North Petherton.  They also work in partnership with Taunton Deane Borough Council and South Somerset District Council, monitoring the CCTV systems in Taunton, Wellington [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/cctv-visit/</link>
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		<title>North Petherton Indoor Bowls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members were made very welcome by staff at the venue, and each team was provided with a coach.  After a bit of practice, the real competition got going. There was some keen rivalry.  In particular between the ladies and men on the Presidents team.  We were lucky enough to have a County Level player – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/north-petherton-indoor-bowls/</link>
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		<title>Bridgwater Challenge Summary &#8211; 19th February 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doug Bamsey, Corporate Director Regeneration Sedgemoor District Council, gave an interesting and informative update on the topic of the &#8220;Bridgwater Challenge&#8221;.

The vision for Bridgwater is that in 2060 the town will be energy conscious, known for its ambitious approach to sustainability and low carbon living.
Bridgwater will be seen as a place that has been re-energised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/bridgwater-challenge-summary-19th-february-2010/</link>
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		<title>Business Link Speaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The President welcomed Lucie New, who stepped in to represent  Liz Oram Business Link.  Liz has the role of Competitiveness Partnership Manager and works with businesses in the local area.  Lucie works substantially in Bridgwater and  updated everyone on the work of Business Link and the help it could offer.   In particular, drawing attention to  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/business-link-speaker/</link>
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		<title>Marathon Man Graham Bentley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marathon Man – Congratulations to Graham Bentley from Jasun Filtration Plc who completed the Bath Half Marathon on 7th March 2010, with a very good time!   Graham would like to thank all sponsors and reports he raised over £500 for his charity.
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		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/marathon-man-graham-bentley/</link>
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		<title>Emerging From Recession &#8211; 15th January 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest Speaker Rebecca Bevins, from PardoesBevins, encouraged a lively discussion with her presentation  &#8221;Emerging from Recession&#8221;


A range of relevant topics were covered.  These included:-

Changing terms and conditions of employment
Fair reasons for dismissal
Restructuring and reorganising your workforce
Retaining talent, remembering Survivor Syndrome

For further information please refer to website –www.pardoesbevins.co.uk
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		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/emerging-from-recession-15th-january-2010/</link>
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		<title>Local MP supports aims of Bridgwater Industrialists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As guest of honour and speaker at the last meeting in the 2009 calendar. Ian Liddell-Grainger was delighted to update the group on his activities at Westminster and how he fully supports the associations drive to engage with the potential investors to the town.

A lively debate on current topics was enjoyed by members and their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/local-mp-supports-aims-of-bridgwater-industrialists/</link>
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		<title>Visit to Palace of Westminster &amp; London Eye Flight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday 13th October 2009 &#8211; Visit to Palace of Westminster
A full coach of members and guests left Bridgwater at 6.3Oam. We arrived in London to glorious sunshine. After passing through strict security we were met by Ian Liddell-Grainger and introduced to our tour guide. We received a fascinating tour of the Commons and House of Lords, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/visit-to-palace-of-westminster-london-eye-flight/</link>
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		<title>52nd Annual Presidents Dinner &#8211; Blackmore Farm &#8211; Cannington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;52nd Presidents Dinner&#8221; was a resounding success.  The ladies looked splendid, the food &#38; wine was excellent and Roger Evans kept every-one&#8217;s attention with his haunting experience&#8217;s and tales of local ghost history.  The beautiful banquet hall at Blackmore Farm added to the atmosphere of the occasion &#8211; was it the draft from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/52nd-annual-presidents-dinner-blackmore-farm-cannington/</link>
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		<title>Into Somerset Presentation from Chris Langdon &#8211; October 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Langdon reminded us of the many reasons Somerset is a great place for you to live and for your business to grow.

You can live in real market towns and villages, enjoy short commute times and make the most of the countryside, the coast and the clean air.
At the heart of the £90 billion economy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/into-somerset-presentation-from-chris-langdon-october-2009/</link>
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		<title>Nigel Finch presents update on Web Activity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members were given a tour of the ABI website and an overview of Google Analyitics.  A demonstration of how site navigation can be tracked and reports obtained on activity.

Which areas of the site people access and how long they spend on each page.  We can identify which pages are more appealing and which we could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/nigel-finch-presents-update-on-web-activity/</link>
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		<title>Dunster Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday 21st August 09 &#8211; Dunster Show
Association President for 2009 &#8211; John Vieth- invited members to attend the Dunster Show as sponsored VIP guests.  It was a real treat to have ring side seats and an excellent lunch in the main marquee.  The main ring was full of activity all day with a range of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/dunster-show/</link>
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		<title>Bridgwater Industrialists Annual Golf Tournament raises £500 for St. Margaret’s Hospice Charity.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[12 intrepid golfers from the association played temporary greens at Enmore to raise money for St. Margaret’s Hospice. The winner was Ray Cavill closely followed by Dave Bishop and Geoff Day; however everybody went away with a prize.

Thanks go to Nigel Wixon and Steve Varcoe from Enmore who helped us raise £500 for such a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/bridgwater-industrialists-annual-golf-tournament-raises-500-for-st-margaret%e2%80%99s-hospice-charity/</link>
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		<title>2009 Annual General Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Minutes &#8211; Annual General Meeting  22/05/2009
1) New Members –Welcome to Keith Jones, European Silicones  Finance Director of Amber Chemicals ;Chris Sidaway representing  Sedgemoor District Council and Harley Brown MD of PC Comms. (appologies)

2) Review of the last year by our President.
3) Review and adoption of the last year’s accounts by Peter  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/2009-annual-general-meeting/</link>
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		<title>51st Presidents Dinner</title>
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Members of the Bridgwater Industrialists gathered for the  51st President&#8217;s Dinner, at Blackmore Farm, Cannington, on the 22nd  November 2008.

The evening was well attended with business leaders from many  of Bridgwater&#8217;s top Industrial Employers.

The guest speaker was Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger MP for  Bridgwater, who delivered an encouraging speach about how well placed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/51st-presidents-dinner/</link>
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		<title>New web site launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Somerset Web Services have written a new web site to help us to  increase our local profile and develop our membership. The site has been  sponsored by Magnox South at Hinkley Point A Power Station. We hope you  find it useful.
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		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/new-web-site-launched/</link>
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		<title>Health &amp; Safety Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caroline Coleman, HM Inspector of Health &#38; Safety was a  guest speaker at our June meeting. She addressed to the association  regarding the role of the H&#38;S Executive.
The main purpose of the HS Executive is to:-

Review protection &#38; to reduce risk of accidents in the  workplace.
Develop laws and set standards
Measure trends
Provide information [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/health-safety-update/</link>
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		<title>Talk by Mr Neil Parish, MEP</title>
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Mr Neil Parish is one of three Conservative MEP&#8217;s for The South West of England and Gibraltar and is Chairman of the European Parliament&#8217;s Agriculture Committee.

An extremely interesting talk was given by Mr Parish at our meeting. It was an eye opener to find out about the internal struggles of the European Union within Brussels [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/talk-by-mr-neil-parish-mep/</link>
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		<title>A Tribute to Ken Dewar OBE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St Mary&#8217;s Church, Bridgwater was packed full, for a  service of thanksgiving held on Friday 2nd May 2008, to mark the sad  passing of our Honorary Member and friend Ken Dewar.

Ken had been President of The Association of Bridgwater  Industrialists until April this year and previously in 1975, 1991 and  2006-7. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/a-tribute-to-ken-dewar-obe/</link>
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		<title>Bridgwater Industrialists tour of Hinkley Point A Site</title>
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Members of the Association of Bridgwater Industrialists (20  Club) visited Hinkley Point A Site to see at first hand the progress of  decommissioning being made on the Site, which ceased generation in May  2000.

The Membership of the Industrialists is drawn from Directors  of Industrial and Commercial firms in Bridgwater and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org/bridgwater-industrialists-tour-of-hinkley-point-a-site/</link>
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