The Consort Eileen and the Master, as well as other members of our Company and other Livery Companies attended the Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch. It was hosted by the Lord Mayor and demonstrated the City’s support for members of His Majesty’s Armed Forces and…
Anniversary Celebration, Mansion House
…by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli. Air Vice Marshal Mick Smeath CBE gave the principal address. He has extensive staff experience in the Ministry of Defence having completed tours in several areas including operations, capability development and people. He spent two years as…
Installation Court, Apothecaries’ Hall
…The Company was very pleased to welcome Liam Hogg, Lee Morton and Gerald O’Shaughnessy as new Liverymen, and Martin Ballard, Avtar Jirh, Tom Morton, Michael Nates, Lina Nieto, Elizabeth Price, Mark Smith, John Ward, Judy West and John Wylie as new Freemen of the Company….
Annual City Livery Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra
Members of the Company attended this magnificent evening of music at the Barbican Centre to help the LSO connect with the City Livery Companies, Clubs and Guilds. We were introduced to the evening with a pre-concert performance of music by George Frideric Handel, Franz Schubert…
Moorland Restoration and Natural Flood Management webinar
Our Webinar was presented by Tom Spencer, Research Scientist at Moors for the Future Partnership. Tom gave us a fascinating presentation on how the severe erosion of blanket bogs in the Peak District following the industrial revolution has led to degradation of key ecosystem services…
Newcastle University Supporters’ Event, The Gherkin
As Master of the Company and a Trustee of the Water Conservation Trust, I was invited to a Supporter Thank You Event in London. For several years the Trust has provided an annual bursary for a Newcastle University postgraduate student on a water and environmental…
Universities Programme
…management sectors. These links with universities also provide the Company with the opportunity to work closely with some of the most accomplished research units in the UK. Students are selected by the university on the basis of quality and financial need and the Trust provides…
New Member’s Dinner, Guildhall
…time limitations of our formal meetings. Each of the officers of the Company took it in turns to speak for four minutes about themselves and their involvement in the Company. In between the talks we all discussed the Company activities and shared our backgrounds and…
Rowing the Water Conservator’s Cutter
…its history and the moderrn traffic. Our very great thanks to our Cox and guide Stuart Smith. His skills at safely navigating us and particularly manoevouring in a running river were impressive. Our thanks to Cory’s for providing us with a base to row from….