Blog

  • Recycling should be a way of life

    18/06/2015

    By Rukhsana Nabi – Partnerships Manager Here at Emanuel Whittaker we are really proud of our commitment to the environment which includes recycling and we aim to reuse and recycle all the time.  As Recycle Week ends we thought it was a great opportunity to have a quick look at the sort of recycling our … [more]

  • We love learning!

    15/05/2015

    By Lee Bradbury – Health, Safety & Environment Manager Learning at Work Week is an annual awareness campaign organised by the Campaign for Learning and aims to put the spotlight on the importance and benefits of learning and development.  As regular readers of our blog will know, here at Emanuel Whittaker we are particularly proud … [more]

  • Give a lot of love

    19/02/2015

    By Clive Newton – Managing Director We recently presented a cheque for £2573.50 to Dr Kershaw’s Hospice, Oldham and it got us thinking about how much money we raise throughout the year. This particular fundraising event was a golf day held last year at Saddleworth Golf Club organised by our Facilities Manager Phil Peacock, Contracts … [more]

  • Carry on camping

    26/01/2015

    By Philip Peacock, Facilities Manager We take our responsibility to the environment very seriously and have a robust environmental management system which is successfully and independently assessed against the ISO14001 Standard.  As a result, we are always looking at ways to recycle not just at our Oldham head office but across the various sites we … [more]

  • Supporting foodbanks this Christmas

    30/12/2014

    by Natalie Price – Resident Liaison Officer You may recall that last month, the Trussell Trust, a charity that has launched over 420 foodbanks across the UK, reported that growing numbers of people on low incomes are turning to foodbanks to survive.  The report said that almost  500,000 adults and children were given three days’ … [more]