• 44000 sq ft chiller

• 4000 sq ft freezer

• Additional staff welfare block

• V&A racking

• Sprinkler installation

• And all ssociated mechanical & electrical services install.

We are delighted to announce the completion of the scheme on programme and within budget.

Holly’s Story

Having always worked, Holly, 29, from Bristol was bringing up her four-year-old daughter, Phoebe alone. When Phoebe suddenly fell ill, Holly was forced to turn to a foodbank for help.

Under normal circumstances, Holly could just about scrape by, but when her daughter became poorly spending weeks in hospital, she was forced to close her  shop temporarily. When Phoebe recovered, they returned home to empty kitchen cupboards, bills racking up and no income to support them.

Holly felt unable to ask her family for help again and after discussions with the local Citizens Advice Bureau she was referred to the foodbank.

 Holly said: “The people at the foodbank were wonderful, they understood and saved us.”

The system has helped us achieve grid electricity independence of just over 30%, reducing our CO2 emissions by 6 tons.

Key Stats:

Annual consumption – 62’000 kWh

Electricity generated from solar PV system – 22’485 kWh

Solar PV self-consumption – 18’963 kWh

Grid electricity independence – 30.59%

Tons of avoided CO2 – 6

Key Stats:

Scope 1  Emissions were calculated to be 118.6 tCO2e. The major direct emission was fuel use in company vehicles.

Scope 2 Emissions were 5.5 tCO2e. The major Scope 2 emission was from the use of electricity for office building.

Scope 3 Emissions were 273.5 tCO2e. The majority of scope 3 emissions were associated with Grey Fleet usage.

Total included emissions for the subject were 397.67 tonnes.

Intensity metrics

tCO2 / £ Million Turnover – 5.30

tCO2 / Employee – 4.68

Our sustainability and management practices were assessed, and Uplands were awarded a Silver sustainability rating, putting us in the top 15% of businesses in the UK.

The process also highlighted ways for Uplands to meet our corporate sustainability goals, and drive impact at scale by guiding the sustainability performance improvement of both company and supply chain.

The overall score places us in the Top 1% of suppliers reviewed.

The organisation aims to support and educate those most vulnerable to injury, working with junior school children through to adults with learning disabilities.

It is interactive and offers an exciting and memorable environment in which to learn, partaking in activities within their realistic scenarios.

Our involvement has been continual throughout the year, providing a ‘live’ building environment scenario in which children learn about site awareness / falling from heights, and road crossing awareness when approaching building sites. We have worked with one of our clients, The Co-op, to install a ‘self-scan’ machine within the existing food store environment, to assist adults with learning difficulties.

To find out more visit:
https://lifeskills-bristol.org.uk/

“We are taking on this huge challenge for a little-known charity called Action Medical Research. Action was founded in 1952 by Duncan Guthrie in his quest to find a cure for polio, and for his daughter Janet. Early research funded by the charity helped to develop the first oral polio vaccine which eradicated new cases of the disease in the UK. Later, Action helped to develop the use of ultrasound in pregnancy and the rubella vaccine – helping to save thousands of children’s lives and change many more. Action have continued to fund vital research projects and have made some remarkable discoveries which have prolonged the lives of poorly children the world over, more recently the cooling cap for new-born babies, research into childhood cancers, meningitis research for kids and the list goes on.

As a team, assisted by some key sponsors, we are supporting Action Medical Research’s “Born Too Soon” campaign, supporting research into premature birth and its ongoing effects. Every year in the UK alone, over 61,000 babies are born prematurely with many suffering illness and disabilities which can remain with them throughout their lives. Globally, premature birth is the biggest killer of children under five years old.

Our team’s name is Elijah’s Star and is named after baby Elijah who was born prematurely at 25 weeks weighing just 1lb 13oz. Elijah tragically died at just 37 days old. Before he died, his parents allowed Elijah to become part of a study (funded by Action) trying to find a way to identify conditions in premature babies before they become life-threatening. Jenny, Elijah’s mum, explained why they took part in the Action research “Elijah led a very traumatic little life so any change that could stop another child going through this would be amazing”. With permission from Elijah’s family, we are racing in his name and will aim to row across the Atlantic in just 37 days, for every day that Elijah lived. It will be quite a test for four 50 – something chaps, but we’ll put our backs into it and do the hard yards.”

Dean Frost
Clade Engineering

We would like to thank everyone involved in supporting this achievement, and continuing to maintain the high standards we set ourselves as a business.

Our annual Achilles audit (Client: National Grid) also went really well with a 100% pass rate on both our internal Documentation / Procedures and evaluation Site Visit. A superb achievement and a big thanks to everyone that has contributed in this process.

The project has been well received by the local community and opened by Michael Eavis of the Glastonbury Festival. Thanks and well done to all involved.