Powerday and a table of guests celebrated the What House Awards last week at the annual ceremony attended by over 1,700 housebuilding personnel at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane. This prestigious event in its 36th year highlights all that…

Powerday’s Simon Little was speaking at the famous River Room at Westminster yesterday at the launch of ‘Bridging the Gap’. The report by The Forward Trust, formerly known as Blue Sky and Rapt, demonstrates how ex-offenders and people in recovery can help…

Powerday is proud to announce that we have received a Green Apple Award 2017 for Sustainable Development. The annual international campaign recognises and rewards environmental best practice around the world and is supported by the Environment Agency, the Chartered Institution for Wastes…

It was a busy couple of days at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in October, with the venue playing host to the London Build Expo 2017. This year, a team from Powerday took residence among industry peers to talk to people about the…

Powerday will be celebrating the best of housebuilding with our sponsorship of the What House Awards this year.  The prestigious event, in its 36th year, highlights all that is best in the housebuilding sector and brings together the very best operators in…

Unfortunately, most people will have witnessed how fly tipping impacts local areas, particularly in secluded spots. But the fly tipping recently discovered just off the Colnbrook by-pass - close by to Heathrow Airport - amounted to a staggering 5,000 tonnes of waste.…

Major construction contractors are requiring their waste management contractors to attain PAS 402 as a UK wide standard. The key members of BuildUK have given their supply chain till January 2018 to attain the standard or make significant progress towards it. Build…

Powerday has retained the recycling performance reporting standard PAS 402:2013 following the company’s recent audit. As a leader in the field of recycling reporting, Powerday become the first waste management company in England to gain the standard, in 2015. The PAS 402…

The waste management industry is constantly evolving, with new technology and practices helping the industry to better deal with wastes of all types. At Powerday, we have been at the forefront of this evolution in the sector by constantly investing in new…

Following the retirement of Gerard Hughes, the newly built Materials Recycling Facility at Enfield has a new site manager, Terry Swaby. Terry joins Powerday with vast experience in waste management with both national and regional operators covering composting, anaerobic digestion, recycling facilities…

Powerday has purchased 25 new vehicles as part of the company’s continued commitment to safety and efficiency in fleet management. The £2million deal with Volvo includes 25 skip vehicles, 5 of which come with trailers, replacing 20 three year old vehicles. The new…

Simon Little presented the Best Community Recycling Initiative Award to Community Repaint yesterday at the Let’s Recycle Awards for Excellence. Powerday sponsored the award which recognises the achievements of charities, social enterprises and community groups in improving recycling and waste management. Community…

Powerday has commenced a new contract with leading Northern European waste-to-energy company, Geminor, for the export of 170,000 tonnes of high grade refuse derived fuel (RDF) to Sweden. This milestone agreement comes as the landfill tax charge in England hit £86.10 on 1st…