The shortlist for the Building Awards 2013 was announced last week. Wilmott Dixon, Sir Robert McAlpine, McLaren Construction Group and Galiford Try were shortlisted for the Major Contractor of the Year (over £300m) Award sponsored by Powerday. Simon Little, Sales & Marketing…

A recent project, supported by Powerday, that helps young unemployed Londoners into long term employment in the waste industry has secured lottery funding for two and a half years. The Kotuku Environmental Labour Project (KELP) equips the youngsters with basic skills and…

Powerday is sponsoring this year's Building Awards, Major Contractor of the Year (over £300m) Award celebrating success amongst the construction industry's leading companies.Simon Little, Sales & Marketing Director says: "This is the third year running that we have sponsored the Major Contractor…

Lewisham Council is supporting the Powerday sponsored London Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) programme by providing funding to two local amateur boxing clubs.The grants provided to the Marvels Lane and Double Jab clubs will help the clubs deliver borough wide programmes designed to…

Welcome to our winter newsletter! It has been a challenging year for most of us and the waste industry is no exception. Our clients have been facing up to difficult times although London seems to be fairing better than other regions. Despite…

Powerday has bolstered its events team with the appointment of Phil Reid as National Events Manager this month. Powerday already works with a number of events and venues across London including Chelsea Football Club, Twickenham Rugby Stadium and Chelsea Flower Show. With…

Hillingdon Council has renewed its agreement with Powerday to host Waste Weekends which enable residents to take their household waste and recycling to Powerday's temporary site in West Drayton.Powerday started holding the Waste Weekends in the London Borough of Hillingdon when Rigby…

The first year of Powerday's sponsorship of the London Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) has already seen the partnership funding agreement achieve great results. The four year sponsorship deal, in partnership with Sport England Sportsmatch, began in November 2011 with the aim of…

Powerday hosted a business support workshop for recycling companies on behalf of WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) last week (October 23, 2012). The half day event provided free advice on sales and marketing and covered a range of topics including knowing…

Powerday was delighted to attend the Sands End ABC opening at the Hurlingham & Chelsea secondary school on the 24th September. George Groves the Commonwealth Super middleweight champion, along with Powerday's Senior Business Development Manager Bob Casey, were there to hand out…

Powerday's joint funding with London ABA is helping to deliver some great work in South East London with the Double Jab boxing club.Double Jab in New Cross works with young people as young as five by offering them boxing and general fitness…

Earlier this month, Powerday hosted a fact finding tour of key players from the Waste Contractors & Recycling Industry Association of Queensland, a visit arranged by their CEO Rick Ralph. The 15 strong delegation was interested in seeing how independent waste businesses…

Powerday featured on three different stands at RWM last week as well as in a presentation in the Energy from Waste Conference Theatre.Irish based engineering company Turmec Engineering, air separation specialist Nihot Recycling Technology and Caterpillar's UK distributor Finnings all featured Powerday's…