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The Wainwright Newsletter | Summer 2008 | Issue 5
Welcome to
The Rockface
Welcome to your Wainwright newsletter, New chairman
back after a two-year break with a new takes the helm
name, a new look and plenty of
interesting news. Wainwright’s new chairman has praised the company to gain greater market share
our staff for their strong commitment through increased efficiencies and
Last year was a record one for our and says the company has a great improved service standards,” she adds.
company in terms of both turnover and family feel to it.
profit. However, the year ahead looks like But she warns that the recent huge global
being a challenging one not just for us but Born and brought up near Wells, Catherine increase in fuel prices will need to be
also for the whole quarrying industry. Usher has been interested in quarrying carefully managed in order to maintain
since she was a girl, when she and her profit margins.
Wainwright along with other businesses is brothers used to cycle around the Moons
feeling the effects of huge increases in Hill area in the school holidays. Catherine’s experience as a lawyer in the
energy costs. We continue to enjoy a real estate world and includes the
healthy level of sales volumes but margins It was this longstanding interest – not to negotiation of complex funding and
are being squeezed as a result of the mention more than 30 years’ experience in development transactions and managing
higher prices. the business world – that made her the fast, high-volume property transactions,
automatic choice to replace Alastair Ross such as the acquisition and disposal of
High oil prices not only mean increased Goobey as our chairman. shopping centres, industrial parks, hotel
fuel costs but also higher costs for chains and shipyards.
bitumen and other oil derivatives. Catherine was invited to become a non-
executive director of Wainwright by the She manages the London office of DLA
However, Wainwright is in a strong position Board in 1996. Piper, one of the world’s largest legal
for whatever lies ahead, both financially services organisations, and is its Regional
and in terms of our resources in plant and Alastair, who took over as chairman in Managing Partner for London, responsible
people. 1997, and the Board asked her to become for strategic development.
chairman last October, a request she was
Since our last newsletter we have brought delighted to accept. Catherine is a member of the
our new asphalt plant on stream and we Confederation of British Industry’s London
have also been strengthened by the “The business has a great family feel to it Regional Council and sits on the Advisory
recruitment of new members of staff. and all the staff are very committed to the Board of Heart of the City, which matches
business and to maintaining quality and business support to charities needing help.
I extend a warm welcome to all the standards,” says Catherine. She is also a member of the Lord Mayor of
newcomers to Wainwright. There are too London's Dragon Award committee.
many to mention by name, but we feature "Wainwright's is now benefiting from the
some of them in The Rockface. large capital investment in the new asphalt
plant which is operating well and enabling
Peter Barkwill Managing Director
