Farewell, Darren
January 30, 2012
To the strains of Rod Stewart's 'Sailing', family, friends and colleagues of Darren White bade farewell to a much-loved young man today.
Darren's funeral was attended by several hundred mourners, many of whom knew him from his days at Doosan Infracore both in the UK and Europe. Many others will have got to have known him as boss of United Lift...
Work life balance
January 16, 2012
Last week was a tough week for me personally as it marked the start of my return to work following a year's maternity leave - a year that meant being away from office life, the world of work and more importantly, our ever-changing industry.
After settling back in properly this week, I have discovered that although our industry changes...
Exciting times ahead
January 10, 2012
In the three months since our purchase by Informa Exhibitions, a lot has changed at ShD Towers. In addition to the physical move we have undertaken from Uxbridge to Victoria, we have seen a number of behind-the-scenes changes which will make a big difference to the way we work to bring the ShD family of products to you.
For example, we are in...
RIP John Chalkwright
January 04, 2012
We were extremely saddened to hear just before Christmas of the death of John Chalkwright, who worked in sales for ShD for many years. More recently, he has been working with Warehouse & Logistics News, so he is well known to companies within our industry.
Although I never worked alongside John, I have attended many press events with him and...
Men behaving badly
December 13, 2011
I was recently fortunate to be a guest of those very nice people from Cooper SH at the Rail Freight Group's Christmas Lunch.
This high-profile annual event always seems to attract a keynote speaker of the highest quality. This year's event was no exception, with Business Secretary Vince Cable taking to the mike.
As a professional and...
ShD is under new ownership!
October 05, 2011
If you're reading this, then you may have already read elsewhere on PressOnShD that ShD and its sister titles and exhibitions have been bought by one of the world's largest exhibitions and publishing groups.
What a culture shock! Going from a relatively small (c.20 employees) company to a relatively large (c.9,500 employess) company in one...
