Yesterday I joined a London Livery company! I attended Court in Wax Chandlers Hall took the freedom oath and joined The Worshipful Company Of Constructors as a Freemen, I look forward to continuing to upholding the traditions of the company. A great few hours with some fantastic people, what an honour to join the 99th Livery... Continue Reading →
Five years ago I made my BBC debut 😂 while working on the Blackfriars site of the Tideway project, interviewed by the one and only Steph McGovern. Very interesting site to work on sat in the middle of the Thames, getting a boat to and from a floating barge. The barge constantly moving with the... Continue Reading →
Recently I was featured in the rather beautiful Liebherr Upload magazine. Really proud with how it turned out and honoured to be invited to feature ❤️ I touch on 👉My journey 👉 The future 👉 Necessary industry changes 👉Working for Select 👉Unplugged cranes If you haven't has a look you can have a look at... Continue Reading →
If anyone is up early tomorrow morning and fancies a listen I will be taking part in Wake Up To Money on BBC 5 Live at 5am. If 5am is not your thing I believe it will be on catch up. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0070lr5
What do a crane operator , a power lifter and a grime violinist have in common??? Ok not much but we are all featured in a BBC Bitesize piece for International women day. BBC Bitesize is a learning resource for school children in England. Please click and have a read - BBC Bitesize IWD2020
So on the 6th of October 2014 I joined the Select first Lifting Technician apprenticeship. This was a huge step for me I had spent my previous working life working in sales, starting in mobile phones, to advertising eventually ending up in recruitment. Sales was something I started doing while I was at university and... Continue Reading →
Amazingly while I was away in Poland for a wedding I have been shortlisted for the London Construction Awards, Women in Construction award. And even more fantastic off the back of this I was also selected for the Employee of the year award! Very chuffed! You can see more about the London Construction Awards here... Continue Reading →
So I won't pretend I knew much about Woman's hour prior to receiving a phone call about it but did I want to appear on BBC radio with a group of legendary Women in construction................. Hell yeah! When explaining to my Dad that I had been invited to the show he was really happy as... Continue Reading →
Recently I attended the Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce Annual report - Three years of progress event. This was my third year on the board, I joined the board as a Crossrail apprentice when I worked at Tottenham Court Road and I have been a board member since. Our main objective is to get more apprentices... Continue Reading →
So on Friday we filmed some of our Select Plant Hire Lifting Technician Apprentices on a very windy platform at the Northern Line Extension. It’s was great to hear of some of our past apprentices experiences of the scheme and a great insight into them personally. I was one of the first lifting technicians to... Continue Reading →