adi Mail September 2015

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Issue 10 – September 2015

25 years and countingHighlights from our 25th anniversary conference celebrations

all the Latest group news

Fantastic Fundraisersadi charity Football tournament raises over £1900!

adi csr goes up a gear

The Editor Contents

Welcome to the 2nd instalment of adi Mail for 2015. We are already over half-way through an extremely busy and memorable year for the Group celebrating our 25th anniversary. An enjoyable time was had by all at our 25th Anniversary Conference and Celebrations on the 12th June at the National Motorcycle Museum. Photos and highlights from the day can be found on pages 10-13 in our 25th Anniversary special feature.

As unveiled on the day, we have lots of exiting things in the pipeline for the Group including our new range of work wear being launched across the Group very, very soon, our new adi Group sales and corporate social responsibility brochures which are now available at head office and, of course a brand new website coming to a browser near you in the not so distant future.

We have also been busy fundraising for our chosen charity of the year with our great office cake bake, bacon sarnie morning (hosted by adi’s Banbury team) and more recently adi’s charity football tournament. We are already well on the way to achieving our £5,000 target for the year with over £3,700 raised to date. There are still lots of events in the pipeline this year, so keep an eye out to learn how you can get involved – every little helps! Have a look at our fantastic fundraising highlights and photos so far on page 15.

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adi 25th Anniversary Conference & Celebrations (Pages 10-13)

Claire Fraysadi Mail Editor

Page 3 – Lusty’s Latest• adiCEO,AlanLustytalks25years of business

Pages 4-5 – New Recruits• adiwelcomesournewestteammembers

Pages 6-9 – Latest Group News• Allthelatestnewsfrominandaround the Group

Page10-13–FocusOn: • adi’s25thAnniversary

• adithroughtheyears

• Highlightsfromadi’s25thAnniversary Conference

Pages 14-16 - The Staff Room• LatestStaffUpdates

• Where’sAldo?

• FutureEngineers

• RaiseItWithRosieFundraiser

• adiCharityFootballTournament

• adiFundraisingUpdate

• ThePitLane

• NewsletterCompetitions

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“Ourpurpose is to grow a profitable group that adds value to our customer’s business,maintainsasafe ethicalworkingenvironment and is an organisation that people aspiretoworkfor.”

We are already over half-way into the year and a lot has happened over the last few months with many new developments in progress through our focus on continuous improvement across the Group.

I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank you all for attending and making our 25th Anniversary Conference & Celebrations such a memorable day. The event was an incredible success and it was great to have employees from across the UK and Ireland together to celebrate this important milestone in adi history, none of which would have been possible without your continued hard work and dedication to the Group.

We continue to develop our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability programme within the business and have since achieved Ecovadis accreditation. Ecovadis is a sustainability rating platform for global supply chains and adi was awarded the Gold level of recognition. In addition to Ecovadis, adi Automotive also achieved Achilles Accreditation achieving the highest possible score. The Achilles accreditation ensures that we are fully-compliant to the highest possible industry standards in reference to ethics, the environment, quality, and health & safety.

In the coming quarter century, the role of multi-disciplined engineering will become even more important in driving growth, innovation, and productivity in industries such as food and beverage, automotive and aerospace. Looking ahead, the Group is perfectly positioned to continue to unlock growth across these sectors. As a Group, our aspirations are to continue to grow by offering further engineering services. Our 25 year history has been to self-invest in a new division or service every 18-24 months, and we look forward to continuing this strategy during our next 25 years.

It is a privilege to lead adi over the last 25 years and see it grow from strength to strength with our ever diversifying portfolio of engineering services. We have grown and developed with the philosophy of outstanding customer service and constantly striving to be the best partner to our customers. As a business our passion and commitment stems from the dedication of our employees. Together we are engineering a better future for our customers, our staff, the environment and the local community.

Here’s to the next 25 years…

Alan Lusty, CEO

LUSTy’S LaTeST

Welcome to adiadi welcomes our newest recruits

Paul NorthoverProduction Director

Aquapak

Andrew AchaSenior System Engineer

adi Automation

Elliott LeavyProject Engineer

adi Ireland

Steve HughesSurveying Director

adi Building & Refurbishment

Matt BrearleyElectrician

adi Automotive Services

Manish BediTechnical Support Engineer

adi Climate Systems

Liam McNamaraArchitectural Technician


Louise Gormanadi Ireland

Shaheen CummingsElectrician


Helen O’Dwyeradi Ireland

Adrian RowlandDivisional Manager


Jake ThomsonElectrician


Dave WaldronElectrical Supervisor


Peter WhitehurstElectrical Improver


Jason Johnson Business Development

Manageradi Automation

Desmond GilhoolyCAD Engineer

adi Ireland

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Geoff Head Building Services Technician adi Facilities Management

Terence Hunt Facilities Technician

adi Facilities ManagementGary Orchard

Facilities Technician adi Facilities Management

Patrick Metcalfe adi Ireland

Michael Teague adi Ireland

Darren McCormack adi Ireland

Nathan Rowe Quantity Surveyor


Joel Ouelletteadi Ireland

Tony McDermottadi Ireland

Vicky Smith Purchase Ledger Clerk &

General Administratoradi Group

David JonesBuilding Fabric Technician adi Facilities Management

Laura HallidayBusiness Development

Manageradi TEGG Service

Izabela KielbOffice Administratoradi Process Pipework

adi also welcomes…

Iain LaidlawFacilities Technician

adi Facilities Management

Matt WildeProject Engineer

adi Process Pipework

Philip WattFacilities Manager

adi Facilities Management

David KillbournApproved Electrician

adi Electrical

William Joseph adi Electrical

Neil EdmundsLead Electrical Facilities

Technicianadi Facilities Management

Ben CattellBusiness Development

Manageradi Telecom

adi Smart Metering Services had a very successful day exhibiting at the ESTA aM&T Conference at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry complete with their very own SMS branded Blackpool Rock – which proved to be a big hit with delegates at the show (and adi employees.) The team has generated a number of new leads and potential business opportunities off the back of the event and look forward to exhibiting at future events.

Forthethirdyearrunning,adiGroupexhibitedattheMadeInTheMidlands Expo held at G2G Training Centre in Wolverhampton. The event wasattendedbysome1,500visitorsfromwithintheengineeringandmanufacturing industries with over 125 exhibitors.As proud supporters of Made In The Midlands, which carries out valuable work in helping to raise awareness of the region’s manufacturing prestige, events like this are essential in bringing together experts from across the supply chain to discuss industry issues, rekindle old relationships and forge new ones. We look forward to attending the next MIM Expo in 2016.

BackinMarch,adiBuilding&RefurbishmenttogetherwithHomeserveUKandadditionalvolunteerscompletedathreeweekcommunityproject to refurbish Walsall Football Club’s Community Room. The room is widely used by thousands of young people in the local community and plays hosts to numerous activities such as match day visits, soccer schools events, and school visits. Extensive work was carried out to ensure that the facilities were updated and given a new lease of life so that youngsters and schools in the local community can continue to enjoy and benefit from the facility.

adi Smart Metering –RicohArenaExpo

adiBuilding&RefurbishmentRevamp Walsall FC’s Community Room

MadeInTheMidlandsHatTrickForadi

adi Visit’s Number 11 Downing StreetWe were delighted to be invited along to the Manufacturing Reception at Number 11 Downing Street with First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. The event was to thank British businesses for their input in the Manufacturing industry and delegates had the opportunity to speak directly with George Osborne about the challenges that businesses face in the manufacturing industry in the UK and EU.

adiCEO,AlanLustycomments;

“We are extremely proud that adi Group was invited to be part of this event and that we have been recognised as a business for our contributionstotheindustry.Thisisdowntotheeffort,commitment andhardworkofeverysingleemployeehereatadi!”

AlanLustypicturedwithChancellorGeorgeOsborneandRachelMaclean(ProspectiveMPforBirmingham Northfield) at the Manufacturers Reception

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BITCWestMidlandsGala-ANightToRemember SafetyFirst-adiAutomotiveReceives Recognition From Beck&Pollitzer

adigroupwereproudtobeoneoftheleadsponsorsatBusinessInTheCommunity’s West Midlands Gala event. The annual event recognises and celebrates local businesses that are transforming communities and business practices to create a fairer and more sustainable future.The evening itself was very inspiring learning about how local businesses have made a difference across the region through CSR activity. Alan also had the honour of presenting the awards for the West Midlands Collaborative Action Accolade category which adi Group sponsored.

Next year we hope to bring home a Responsible Business Award of our very own. Watch this space!

As reported in the last edition of adi Mail, adi Automotive employees scored a hat trick of recognition for their pro-active attitude towards health and safety at one of our larger client sites. The team has continued to put health and safety first on site with Sam Abbott not only receiving a Health & Safety recognition award, but also vouchers for a JLR driving experience for going the extra mile in keeping the site safe. Well done Sam and keep up the good work!

adiAutomotive AchieveAchillesAccreditationOne of our key clients requested that adi Automotive complete a supplier assessment through Achilles, who manage a global network of collaborative industry communities, allowing trading partners to share high quality, structured, real-time data. adi Automotive Services gained a score of 4/5, the highest achievable on this assessment, with no non-conformances raised.

Around 800 of world’s leading buying organisations and 90,000 key suppliers are currently members of the Achilles’ network. Achilles work with some of the world’s best known companies including Shell, National Grid, Aston Martin & Jaguar Landrover.

Comet System AWinningFormulaadi Healy Compressor Services have been working in close collaboration with adi Telecom to develop a state of the art paperless service CRM system. Launched back in March the comet system has enabled us to improve the efficiency of the services we offer to our clients.

The new system gives us the facility to complete paperless dynamic risk assessments, full rams, expandable job sheets, attach photo evidence, electronic client signatures and direct emailing - all before we leave site.

Feedback received from our customers to date has been overwhelmingly positive and we believe that the Comet system has put us at the forefront of service technology.

adiisadiIsEcovadisAccreditedTheGroupwererequiredtotakepartinoneofourclientsCSREvaluationprogrammes called Ecovadis. The Ecovadis programme provides a sustainabilityratingplatformforglobalsupplychains.Around100multinationalcompaniesinNorthAmericaandinEuropehaveselectedtheEcoVadis solution to assess and monitor their global supplier bases including AkzoNobel,Alstom,Heineken,Nestle,Coca-ColaEnterprises.adi Group were awarded a gold recognition level. This excellent result includes adi Group amongst the top 5% of companies evaluated by EcoVadis. To achieve gold recognition level at the first attempt is a superb achievement.

Well done to everyone involved in achieving this accreditation.

adiIreland’sTriptotheUK

Over40stafffromIrelandwereuparound

4am on Friday 12th June travelling to Dublin

and Belfast airports to catch flights to

Birmingham to attend the 25 year adi Group

celebrationday.Agreattimewashadbyall

duringtheday(andnight).

The only small mishap from the day occurred

when Greg Ziembicki dislocated his shoulder

that afternoon at the adi fair. Greg fell all

of 2 feet off a space hopper to the ground

and somehow managed to pop his shoulder

out… happily after a quick trip to the hospital

he was back with the group that night!

Get well soon Greg!

adi IRELANdUPdATE

SalesTeamUpdate

Andrewdunneupdatesusonthelatest happenings across the sea at adiIrelandHQ.It has been another busy couple of months for Andy and the team with many new projects on the horizon with the likes of Alkermes, Alexion, Pownall & Hampson, Graingers, Sawmills and Eco-lab. On a Contractor Management System (CMS) front, the team are expecting to secure a number of new opportunities with new clients in the coming months with a number of existing clients looking for 2nd licences for other facilities.

adi Ireland were also shortlisted in the Facilities Management Awards in two categories; ‘Innovation in Facilities Management Services’ and ‘Health & Safety’ hosted in June. Launched last year, the Facilities Management Awards celebrate achievement and advancement in the field of facilities management across the private, state and semi-state sectors.

Andrew comments: “We are very proud to be shortlisted in not one, but two, categories for the prestigious Facilities Management Awards. The adi Ireland team always endeavours to provide world class service, and it is fantastic to have that recognised.”

TheadiIrelandteamalwaysendeavours to provide world classservice,anditisfantastic to have that recognised.

Aswereachmid-waythrough2015,the adi Group sales team continues togrowinnumbers,competencies,knowledgeandsuccess.In recent months we have added two additional team members, Laura Halliday as TEGG Business Development in the South West and Jason Johnson as Automation Business Development Manager.

Laura has a background in service sales and facilities management, so is ideally suited to the role of TEGG Business Development, whilst the knowledge of automation systems Jason brings from to adi, adds significant depth to our Automation sales capability.

Our newest team members, join the current group sales team that represents a number of our divisions including adi Healy Compressors, adi Facilities Management, adi

Environmental and adi TEGG Service.

To date this year, the team have completed in excess of 600 visits to both new and existing clients, operating in various industries from food and beverage, automotive, defence, aerospace, recycling, construction, printing, chemical and petrochemical, to name a few. These client interactions continue to grow the adi Group brand and ensure we maximise our group selling opportunities.

2015 will see a continued investment in client knowledge, application experience and opportunity sharing across the entire team, driven by our CRM system, quarterly group sales team meetings and regular internal team contact, to ensure every customer interaction, generates the maximum return for both adi and the client.

Laura Halliday (adi TEGG Service)

Jason Johnson (adi Automation)

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14 full-time Apprentices

Carbon Footprint reduced by 10.78%

Over£8,000raised for charitable causes

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CSRRound-Up QHSEUpdateIthasbeenanotherbusy few months for the team in the Group QA/H&Sdepartmentas we continue to grow our portfolio of accreditations with all Group companies achieving Safe Contractor certification. On an individual divisional front, adi Automotive Services and adi Climate Systems are now OHAS 18001:2007 certified. OHAS 18001:2007 is an internationally recognised health and safety management standard and six of our divisions are now accredited to this certification. adi Automotive Services also achieved accreditation to ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management) and adi Environmental passed their annual ISO14001:2004 surveillance audit. Lastly, adi Electrical, adi Mechanical and adi Automotive Services have also achieved CHAS Accreditation.

Looking ahead to the remainder of the year, in Q3 and Q4 a number of divisions that already have their ISO9001 (Quality) and OHAS18001 (Health & Safety) certifications will have their annual surveillance visits. Good Luck to all involved in these processes.

CSR by the numbersThis month will see the launch of our ThinkSafe,WorkSafe,HomeSafecampaign.Ourcampaignwillfocusonbehaviour and safety culture. Remembering the acronym, START, will help your thought processes:

Stop - and consider the task you are about to undertake

Think - about the hazards involved in the tasks

Assess - the risks to your health and safety

Resource - ensure you have the correct, tools, equipment and PPE

Take on - if you are sure that the job is safe

Hours worked since last LTA – 562,050 (31/01/15 to 24/7/15)

Previous hours worked since last LTA - 943,650 (15/04/14 to 30/01/15)

Lookoutforthepostersandflyers.

WecontinuetoworkcloselywithBusinessInTheCommunity(BITC)providing opportunities for individuals in our local community in the form of workplacementsandskillsdevelopmentthroughtwoBITCschemes–ReadyForWorkandBusinessClass.Through BITC’s Ready For Work programme we have taken on several placements already this year across multiple departments including HR, IT, Admin, adi Healy Compressor Services, Purchasing and Accounts. Ready For Work aims to help disadvantaged individuals gain and sustain employment.

Two of our most recent placements from the programme have since been

offered full-time roles within the Group after impressing us during their placements.

We are already looking forward to welcoming our next Ready For Work placements to adi later this year.

In other news, our BITC Business Class partnership with North Bromsgrove High School continues and we recently had three NBHS students (pictured) on work placement for a week across business administration, accounts and within adi’s Mechanical division at adi Head Office.

If you would like more information on how you can get involved please contact Tina ([email protected])

BusinessInTheCommunity

adi’s‘ThinkSafe, WorkSafe,HomeSafe’Campaign’

GotaQHSEqueryorconcern?Getintouch!If you require any further information about QHSE and our ‘Think Safe, Work Safe, Home Safe’ campaign please contact [email protected].

Remember your Safety Representative in the UK is Steve Colin: [email protected]. If you are interested in becoming a Safety Representative in the UK then please contact Roy Cumberworth, [email protected].

Over465hrsvolunteered by adi staff

“The last 25 years have been a real journey,andbeingabletocelebratethe group’s success with a team 450 strongisincredible.Icanthinkofnobetterwaytomarkour25thyearthancelebrating our employees’ talents and energy in helping us reach such a successfulmilestone.”

AlanLusty,CEO

AQUARTEROFACENTURyANdCOUNTING! adiCELEBRATES25yEARSOFBUSINESS

We’ve come a long way in 25 years – a very long way. From our inception with just one division (adi Electrical) supplying installation and testing services for industry, before expanding into multiple disciplines such as automation, welding and fabrication leading to the formation of Systems adi Group in 1995. The rest as they say, is history…

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THEadijOURNEySOFAR

Earlierthissummer,adiemployeesfromacrosstheUKandIrelandcametogethertocelebratethebiggestmilestoneinGrouphistory,our25thcompanyanniversaryconferenceattheNationalMotorcycleMuseuminSolihull.Herearesomeofthehighlights…

The day kicked off with numerous videos and pyro-technics showcasing the Group’s biggest milestones throughout the years, our vision for the next five years, and the unveiling of our new Group Brochures, new staff work wear and a preview of the upcoming adi website relaunch. Two of Alan’s long term mentors, Ron Plant, Barrie Barrett and adi’s first ever employee Andy Rowberry also received recognition and awards for their support and guidance in the development of the Group over the years shaping the company as it stands today. One of the biggest highlights of the day was the surprise Village Fete with a selection of traditional stalls, from test your strength and wheel of fortune to a coconut shy and a percussion tent. There was plenty of friendly rivalry across adi’s 11 sites with some of our more competitive employees battling it out on the racing cars and bug bikes and of course the human table football! The celebrations continued long into the evening with a gala dinner and entertainment at the conference centre as well as some extra celebrations on Broad Street.

Here’stothenext25years!

25TH ANNIvERSARy CONFERENCE&CELEBRATIONS

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OURNEWGROUPBROCHURES!

NEW WORKWEAR

The adi Marketing, Comms, Sales and HR teams have been hard at work revamping our Group literature over the past few months and these are the results – a new Group Services brochure for our customers and sales teams and, the first ever adi annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) & Sustainability report. Copies of the new brochures are now available at adi Head Office. Should you require a copy of either brochure (in physical or digital format) please contact

ClaireFrays([email protected]).

As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations we were proud to unveil our brand new workwear. The new workwear will be officially launched across the Group in the coming weeks.

Roger Phipps (adi Electrical) pictured with colleagues and friends at his retirement party. Roger has worked at adi for over 20 years!

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BriggInTheBrook

Whilst loading one of the adi vans

on site, Brigg Price encountered

a slight misfortune when one of

the extension leads rolled away

and ended up in a brook! Thanks

to a “can do” attitude and a

pair of spectacular welly boots,

Brigg was able to retrieve the

runaway item – not before his

colleagues managed to snap a

photo though! Unlucky Brigg!

Where’sAldo?Aldo’s adventures have continued since our March newsletter edition - including a spontaneous trip to Frome after the 12th June Conference with the adi Specialist Welding Solutions team who showed him the welding tricks of the trade.

Aldo has also been jet-setting around the UK and beyond with trips to Belgium to support Patrick Sherrington at Spa Francochamps and a week with the adi SMS team in Blackpool. Jaunts to Ireland and rides in hot balloons are in the pipeline – who knows where Aldo will turn up next!?

We’re hoping to get Aldo out and about to some of our regional sites before the year is out so, if you’d like to take Aldo out and about with you please contact [email protected].

HappyBirthday

Step aside Brad – Malcolm Edwards (adi Environmental) is in town!

Congrats to adi FM’s Jess Massey

on finishing in the Top 12 finalists of

the Miss Black Country Pageant.

Dave Biggs recently turned the big 40 and we

received this gem of a photo from one of Dave’s

colleagues who asked not to be named (Sorry

Dave!). Many Happy returns from everyone at adi!

The Bournville Office Choc-a-holics!

L-R: Dennis Turner, Dave Hepburn,

Alan Bate and David Beebee

Congratulations to Simon Myles (adi Electrical) and wife Melanie on the birth of Gianna on the 22nd December weighing 6Ibs 2oz.

Congratulations to Sam Gater (adi Environmental) and wife Hannah on the birth of their daughter Delilah Rose on the 11th May weighing 6Ibs 14oz

Congratulations to Justyna Owczarek (adi Group) and partner Pete on the birth of Layla-Mae born at 10.58am on the 15th May, weighing 8lbs 10oz.

Congratulations to Michael Yates (adi Process Pipework) and wife Rachel on the birth of their daughter Millie on 16th May weighing 6lbs 8oz.

Congratulations to Spencer Taylor (adi Climate Systems) and wife on the birth of Isla Katie on 25th June weighing 8Ibs 3oz.

Future Engineers

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GOAL!adiCharityFootballTournamentASuccess

OurpartnershipwithBarnardo’sasourchosencharityoftheyeariswellunderwayandsofarwe’veraisedover£3,700!Fundraising kicked off with our New Year Charity Raffle which raised over £150 and since then there have been lots of great efforts from adi staff. One of the highlights being our Head Office Cake Bake and adi Banbury office Bacon Sarnie Morning which raised a further £251 for Banardo’s. New initiatives such as the Head Office tuck shop and Barnardo’s bear have also proved extremely popular with staff. More recently Varun Sarna from adi Climate Systems hosted the third annual adi Charity Football Tournament which went on to raise over £1,900 for Barnardo’s. Great work Vaz!

Our online Easy Fundraising page continues to thrive. It’s really easy to use and really helps towards our fundraising total. To get involved simply register on our page www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/adi2 and download the toolbar.

We’re well on our way towards achieving our 2015 target of £5,000. Stay tuned for more fundraisers and volunteering events in the coming months!

SamGaterTakesOn The Prudential Ride

FundraisingHighlights

Varun Sarna (adi Climate Systems) hosted an adi Charity Football tournament at Aston University to raise money for Barnardo’s.

The tournament was held with 10 teams including KPMG, Deutsche Bank, UHY Hacker Young, Reed Global, Capita Symonds, UK Cables, friends of the tournament organiser Hardly Athletic and Xavi Dodgers, plus two adi Group teams. The winners of the event were Deutsche Bank who defeated Capita Symonds 6-1 in a thrilling final.

adi also wishes to extend a big thank you to Jo, Alasdair and the team at S&P UK Ventilation Ltd for their very gracious sponsorship donation for the tournament which included trophies and medals for the teams and a wide variety of refreshments for all attendees. S&P is Europe’s largest manufacturer of fans and ventilation products for all domestic, commercial and industrial

applications and a valued supplier of the Group.

The tournament has raised over £1900 for Barnardo’s. There is still time to donate over on our JustGiving page or via text message. Simply text VSFC99 £5 to 70070.

Well done to Vaz (adi Climate Systems) for organising the event and to all the teams, volunteers and sponsors that helped make the tournament such a great success.

Sam Gater of adi Environmental took part in the Prudential London Bike Ride on the 2nd August raising over £670 for Barnardo’s in the process. The event saw over 25,000 riders in the 100 mile sportive across London and Surrey.

If you would like to sponsor Sam and support Barnardo’s you can still donate via Sam’s JustGiving page at the following link https://www.justgiving.com/Sam-Gater1/ or by texting SGAT88 £5 to 70070.

Well done Sam – great effort!

RaiseItWithRosieFundraiseradi Automotive’s Mark Abbott, together with daughter Rosie helped raise over £2,000 at the annual Pete Casemore Charity fishing match for ‘Raise It With Rosie’ proudly supporting the ‘Make A Wish and Tree of Hope’ foundation.

Rosie was sadly diagnosed with a fast growing brain tumour and after 15 months of intensive chemo she finally went into remission. Unfortunately, a month later a MRI scan revealed the tumour has come back and Rosie is currently undergoing further treatment. She and her family work tirelessly on charity events with the proceeds going to “Make a Wish Foundation, Teenage Trust, Little princes Trust & Ronald McDonald Housing”.Mark would like thank Ritchie Webb (Managing Director of adi Automotive) along with suppliers Edmundsons, Anixter, Thorlux, and fellow work colleagues who kindly donated gifts for the raffle.

Competition TimeGrab yourself one of two £25 vouchers to a store of your choice in our newsletter competitions! It’s dead easy!

NewsletterQuestionCompetition:Who did Alan meet at Number 11 Downing Street?(Remember you’ll find the answer somewhere in this months adi Mail!)

The Sports 2000 Duratec Series is well under-way and it has been a great start to the 2015 championship season with races at Silverstone, Thruxton and Donington Park plus Enduro rounds at Brands Hatch GP, Thruxton and Spa Francorchamps.

Patrick began the year well with pole position at Silverstone but engine trouble saw him finish the race down in the 7th position. This was followed by 3rd on the grid for Thruxton again with engine trouble but after a superb race Patrick was able to snatch the lead in the final laps and take the first win of the year. More recently a trip to Donington Park saw a pole position converted to a win and a second place after a massive battle with fellow MCR Race Car driver Michael Gibbins.

Overall after the first 4 rounds Patrick is currently leading the 2015 Sports 2000 Duratec Championship and is looking forward to the double header in August at Oulton Park.

Patrick says; “Thanks to all the team at adi for the support so far this year and we are doing all we can to retain the title in 2015!”

Racing Calendar 2015The remaining Sports 2000 Duratec Series race dates are listed below as Patrick looks to end the season in style. If you would like tickets to any of the below racing events please contact Claire Frays ([email protected]).

Competition WinnersCongratulations to Jim Duffy (adi FM) and Jessica Horton (adi Group) who were the winners of the March Newsletter competitions. Jim won a £25 Debenhams Voucher for the winning caption and Jess received a £25 Primark Voucher for correctly answering ‘Barnardos’ in our newsletter question competition.

Send your answers and/or captions to [email protected] by Friday 4th September to be in with a chance of winning! Winners will be revealed in the next edition of adi Mail!

THEPITLANE

Patrick in action at Thruxton

adi employees make the trek to Spa to support Patrick on the way to a 2nd place finish!

Patrick takes the hole shot at Thruxton

Patrick’s Biggest supporter, Aldo poses with more Silverware

Newsletter Competitions

CaptionCompetition:

Aug 22nd - Oulton Park International

Sept 12th/13th - Silverstone GP

Oct 24th/25th - Brands Hatch (Formula Ford Festival)

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