GB Card & Partners recently attended the ICE South West Awards held at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.

This formed the finale to a three day visit to the region by Sir John Armitt, President of the ICE, starting in Bristol, followed by a debate hosted by ICE Exeter City Club and dinner afterwards for the debate team and committee members.

GB Card & Partners supported Sir John’s travel arrangements by flying him and some of the committee from Exeter to Newquay for a lunch with local industry leaders before the awards dinner in the evening.

Thank you to Podbury IT Services and Freedom Aviation for providing the aircraft and pilots!

In July, the whole company met in Exeter to share information and allow new staff to meet the rest of the team. The day started with a pasty lunch and then a review of the first five years of GB Card & Partners. The current position of the Company was shared before taking a brief look at plans for the next five years. This was followed by us retiring to The Beach House in Exmouth, where we were met by Geoff Bowen, a hydro-geologist turned vintner, who led us through a wine tasting tour of his superb range of wines accompanying some fine cuisine prepared by his French chef. The planned boat tour along the Jurassic Coast the following morning had to be abandoned due to the sea conditions which, with hindsight, wasn’t such a bad thing!

GB Card & Partners welcomes Laura Bacon into the role of Principal Engineer. Laura, a Chartered Geologist and UK Registered Ground Engineering Professional, joins the company in the Exeter office to support work locally, in the South East and overseas. Laura brings with her a variety of technical and management skills and will be working on some of our key projects. Her application to join the team was timely as we look to develop our business strategy for the next five years. Over the coming months, further positions are expected to be filled in Exeter and Surbiton.