We were pleased to attend the Morgan Sindall Construction Southern region supply chain awards at which we were awarded the ‘Sub-Contractor of the Year Award 2020 (£500K+)’. The ceremony was held at Morgan Sindall’s St Mark’s School site in Southampton and the awards were presented by their Regional Director, Cliff Kinch, and the Regional Supply Chain Manager, Phillip Church.
The award is in recognition of the pre-construction help the Hopkins team have provided throughout the year and the proactive start on site of our St Mark’s installation team.
In line with our Business Direction Plan, we are pleased to update you on the progress made to date and the exciting news that we can now share the following internal promotions.
In our Contracts department we presented the need for Regional Managers to now drive all three of our offices. We are pleased to announce that Neal Haworth has been appointed as the new Regional Manager for our Thames Valley office, and Nick Humber has been appointed as the new Regional Manager for our Fareham office.
In Major Projects we are pleased to announce the successful appointment of Robert Weston to Project Director.
Good luck to all three candidates in their new roles.
Wates Group Construction has recognised J&B Hopkins for its continued and proactive approach to safety and wellbeing on their site at HMP Albany, IOW. Our operations team of Ian Strugnell and Dan Thorne have consistently looked to set new challenges and initiatives that have been formally recognised by the Wates site team to win their ‘South West Region Supply Chain Award 2021’ for ‘Health Safety and Wellbeing’. Well done to all involved and a special thanks to Charlotte Stevens – Assoc CIPD for her support on the Wellbeing Day.
Pictured is Director Scott Adams receiving the award from Supply Chain Manager, Simon Greenaway, and Principal Building Services Manager, Stuart Burnside.
Hopkins have a long history in supporting charities and sports clubs in the local community and this year is no different. Back in July 2021 Hopkins sponsored the newly formed Hedge End United FC Under 7’s who play the Eastleigh & District Mini Soccer league at Stoneham Park. Hedge End United are a well-established club with teams at most age groups from under 7’s through to under 14’s. The club’s ethos very much aligns with Hopkins with a focus on teamwork, respect, sportsmanship and playing with a smile on your face! Now the season is drawing to a close, we wanted to give you an update on the boys’ progress. The team have done amazing this season, from losing their first game 10–1, they are now holding their own in the top league and playing some great football at times. More importantly the boys are all playing with a smile on their faces and have become best of friends. A big well done to all the boys from us at Hopkins! ⚽️
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J&B Hopkins are always actively looking for young and driven individuals to join the Hopkins team as an apprentice, offering our staff opportunities to progress their careers. We offer professional training courses to support the development of career paths for talented individuals.
J&B Hopkins Ltd currently employ 3 trainee mechanical design engineers and 2 trainee electrical design engineers who are currently attending Southampton City College undertaking an ONC “Ordinary National Certificate” in Building Services.
We also employ 4 mechanical trade apprentices and 4 electrical trade apprentices. All apprentices attend Southampton City College and are undertaking NVQ Level 2 courses for their respective trades.
We employ other trainees within our estimating department. In addition our directly employed Assistant Project Managers support our Contacts Managers and Project Managers with the administration of our internal Quality Management Systems.
Thank you to all of our Hopkins staff, clients and suppliers who supported us for another successful and enjoyable day at Meon Valley Marriott Hotel and Country Club.
Congratulations to the 18 trophy winners, it was a very competitive and keenly contested golf day.
We look forward to next years event.
Rowans Hospice is a local charity which provides specialist hospice care and support to patients with life-limiting illnesses, their relatives and carers, all care being free of charge.
Rowans has supported and continues to support our colleague, Vivien Banks and her family when her husband sadly passed away to cancer. As a company we wanted to show our support with a fundraising competition at our annual golf day to help raise money. Hopkins are proud to have raised a total sum of £1,000 pounds.
Enjoyable two days at Silverstone watching the racing in the sun, with the added bonus of the football on the Saturday! Thank you to all of our clients who attended and making it an occasion to remember.
We took the opportunity to get 120 members of Hopkins staff, along with a few suppliers together for an entertaining evening watching Hampshire win the T20 match v Gloucestershire on Friday 17th August at Ageas Bowl, Southampton. Thank you to everyone who attended and making it an occasion to remember.
National Apprenticeship Week!
At Hopkins we value our apprentices and the fantastic contribution that they bring to our organisation. Our apprenticeship programme is thriving with 18 members currently undertaking training in different areas of the company, which will help support our business direction plan over the coming years.
To help celebrate we asked two of our design apprentices, past and present, to share their thoughts and experiences. Ben Sherwood, who is at the beginning of his career and Jason Parker, who is well into his career and a great example for our apprentices that ‘the sky’s the limit’ with hard work and determination.
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