Uk time Watson Burton client Shanks Waste Management UK has won major new contracts and begun work on two waste management plants during the past year. IAN GOODFELLOW, managing director of Shanks Waste Management UK, sets out the aims, challenges and key projects for the company moving forwardWHAT we specialise in at Shanks is recycling and turning waste into energy. One of our key aims in the UK is to establish a network of organic waste treatment hubs. This year we have made big steps forward with that aim by driving forward major facilities at Cumbernauld, Glasgow, and Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.We were also delighted to be named preferred bidder for the £750m Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Waste Partnership, a 25-year PFI residual waste management this year.
TRUSTED ADVISERSExternal advisers are important to us in helping us reach our business targets. We work with people we trust who will provide the quality of work we require.Watson Burton has been involved with us through a number of major transactions. We've worked with head of corporate Duncan Reid for many years and thoroughly enjoy it. Duncan takes the time to really understand the transaction and why we're doing it, which makes all the difference to the deal. He's highly professional and becomes a real member of our team,
while remaining objective at all times. He's also an extremely nice bloke, and we enjoy his company.It's very important to us constantly to communicate clearly with each of our audiences, especially the public. Many residents are wary of waste management facilities being built in their region. There are huge misperceptions. We have to make it clear, for example, that all waste is trucked away so proposed plants do not mean more vehicles on the roads, and clarify that in a highly regulated industry there are no adverse health issues for local people from waste management plants.
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