Communications Team – North Holdings Group

Safety stand-down held at all 34 group sites

Operations paused for ninety minutes on 8 October so that every team could review a recent near-miss and the group’s lifting and isolation rules.

The award covers two combined heat and power plants in western Jutland and takes the division’s contracted order book to £1.2 billion.

The September intake is the group’s largest, with places in mechanical maintenance, electrical and instrumentation, and logistics operations.

The sister company’s twelfth annual outlook models a refined copper deficit of 310,000 tonnes in 2027, driven by grid and data centre demand.

A £6.5 million investment lengthens the siding to accept 775-metre trains and adds a second loading road.

The group has appointed a new finance chief, succeeding Marcus Whitfield, who remains with the group as Financial Controller.

A 1.8 MW rooftop and carport installation is expected to supply about a third of the depot’s annual electricity use.

A 12,000 square metre groupage facility at Waalhaven removes a handling step from most consignments and later cut-off times into the Ruhr.

Employees with 10, 20 and 25 years of service were honoured at events in London, Immingham and Rotterdam.