The Chaplain’s Blog for the New Year
The last year has been a disturbing year for our country and our planet – and that’s an understatement! We’ve had:- Covid-19, in its various guises continuing. To counter that we’ve had an impressive vaccination programme which may well have to be renewed in 2022…
New Year’s Honours 2022
With great pleasure, the Master and Wardens congratulate Court Assistant Dr Clive Hickman on his award of an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to engineering, manufacturing and technology. This honour follows swiftly on the heels of his award of the Royal…
Business Woman of the Year 2021
The Master and Wardens extend their warmest congratulations to Livery member Louise Hardy for recently winning not one but two Business Woman of the Year Awards. Louise won the ‘Business Woman of the Year’ for large companies with a turnover greater than £25m at the…
Speech by Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng at the Company’s Banquet
Master, Wardens, The Representative Lord Mayor, Alderman and Sheriff, Ladies and Gentlemen I will start with some good news…. Hands up please – if you were born before 1955 and are willing to admit it? Now can everyone please look at us young baby-boomers –…
The Annual Banquet
After a year’s absence the Company was privileged to return to the Mansion House for its Annual Banquet on Friday 29 October. Despite the lingering pandemic and a demonstration by climate change protestors outside the Bank of England, an excellent evening was enjoyed by all…
A Return to Live Events – The Master’s Out of Town Visit 2021
A welcome return to live Company events has been celebrated, as the Master’s Out of Town visit to Durham and the North East draws to a conclusion. 64 members and partners joined the Master and Mistress for a busy and enjoyable three days 16-19 September….
Launch of HMS Anson
Our affiliated submarine, HMS ANSON, has been launched at BAESystems Barrow In normal circumstances, the Company would have been invited to join the crowds to witness two important milestones in the life of our affiliated submarine, HMS ANSON: Mrs Weale, wife of the former Rear…
How the Brunel Dynasty engineered the City of London: Liveryman Martin Knights
The Thames Tunnel built during the first part of the 1800’s is an international landmark project which celebrates the world’s first subaqueous tunnel; and is the birthplace of tunnelling that has shaped cities all over the globe. The huge 18m diameter machines that now build…
The Chaplain’s Easter Message to the Livery
‘Spring is Sprung’ and, as you can see, the daffodils are out in full force in West Sussex. The picture is of Gravetye Manor – a country hotel – with a garden originally designed by William Robinson in the 1880’s. The grass, with its daffodils,…
More Chaplain’s Ramblings!
Well into our third Lock-down and it’s easy to get fed up and weary with it all. Nothing like as quiet as the first one and traffic levels are reputedly only a little less than normal, so there is still a lot of movement by…