Guy Bashford

Experience

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  Dacorum Borough Council

  Aug 1997 - Dec 2000

  Environmental Resources Co-ordinator

  Managed all aspects of delivery of the Councils Local Agenda 21 programme. This included the co-ordination of the +200 environmental stakeholder Dacorum Environmental Forum;Leading on the alignmet of the councils landscaping activities to conform to the Nature Conservation Strategy; Sucessful event management of Dacorum's 2day environmental fair which attracted over 15,000 as well as attendance from over 25 schools. Management and assessment of grant applications for community projectsfrom the Councils Millennium Project Fund. Show less

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  Hillshire Brands

  Jan 2000 - Aug 2003

  Environmental Manager

  Lead role improving the company's environmental performance in terms of reducing waste and trade effluent, improving energy efficiency, reducing water use and improving product design and packaging. Improvement of Environmental Management System.

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  Environmental Industries Federation

  Sept 2003 - Jun 2005

  NEEBS project Manager

  Project Manager for North East Environmental Business (NEEBS) programme. Co-ordinated marketing of the programme, event management, Evaluating and identifing Business Environmental needs and matching up with appropriate choices of consultants to do the work, evaluating quality of consultants work and reporting key findings to Business Link and regional development Agency.

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  Ricardo plc

  Jun 2005 - Jun 2010

  Envirowise Regional Manager North East of England

  I led the promotion and delivery of Envirowise business support services, working with key stakeholders through the NE England region. I also embedded Envirowise efficiency methods and tools with other mainstream business support providers including Business Link and the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS), Managing a annual budget of £150k- Played as lead role in developing MAS manufacturing best practice guide for the use of all MAS advisors throughout the UK- Identified £10m resource efficiency savings for NE businesses resulting in savings in the region of £3m being realised the following year. Several of these project ideas were subsequently rolled out across other English regions.- Designed regional Envirowise strategy to provide key evidence and justification on prioritising resources in the region. Strategy was adopted as the policy template across all regions. Show less

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  IEMA North East Steering Group

  Sept 2008 - Feb 2014

  Member

  Provide advice and support on IEMA regional activities such as organising events and the IEMA strategy in the region.

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  Redtree Environmental

  Aug 2010 - Nov 2018

  Director

  Provide businesses with clear concise environmental advice and support action plan for sustainble growth via; 'Getting more for Less' Redtree Environmental is a self owned consultancy designed to deliver guidance to private and private public sector businesses around sustainability issues. As Director, I consulted on a wide scope of resource uses including energy efficiency, space heating, compressed air, renewable energy opportunities and environmental compliance. - Delivered 20 resource efficiency and compliance audits and reports for a range of SMEs- Identified a number of efficiency savings to the value of £180k with under two year payback as part of the Norfolk REACTIVE project- Completed two R&D environmental business feasibility technology surveys to identify key resource cost areas- Delivered 15 water efficiency saving opportunities reports for a number of Sunderland City Council sites. Show less

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  NCG

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Sustainability & CRC Co-ordinator

  Newcastle College Group (NCG) is one of the largest higher education providers in England with a staff of over 3,000 across 150 sites. - Successfully guided NCG to the Silver accreditation of the Eco-Campus standard - a tailored Environmental Management System designed to address environmental impact of facilities for the higher education sector- Developed a interactive environmental awareness course which was used as part of the core induction training for all NCG staff- Prepared CRC data returns and ensured the group complied with all current and was prepared for the requirements of all impending future environmental legislation Show less

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  International Synergies Limited

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  NISP Practitioner

  International Synergies area an environmental consultancy business with an annual turnover of £10m and 20 staff across all UK regions. I was hired to promote ISL services to a diverse client base across North East England, identifying businesses with complex resource management issues and delivering consultancy on a variety of environmental solutions.- Key player in resources and implementation of three NISP synergy workshops in Leeds, Darlington and Liverpool.Built a nurtured a number of strategic synergies, winning business with a number of blue chip clients including Interserve Construction. Show less

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  Teesside University

  May 2014 - Feb 2016

  Project Officer

  I was hired to develop marketing initiatives targeted to SME's and deliver resource efficiency consultancy projects across the North East of England via the REPs programme. As Project Officer I led by example in a REPs delivery team of five, reporting directly to the REPs Project Manager. - Initiated strategic marketing initiatives to enrol SMEs on the REPs programme and securing 70% of all overall new clients- Directed delivery of 44% of all completed REPs projects since instigation- Pioneered targeted and quantifiable REPs reporting format to measure resource efficiency saving opportunities against current costs which have been adopted by the REPs TEAMSo if you are a SME business located in the North East of England and would like further details then please get in touch - guybashford@hotmail.co.uk Show less

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  Business Durham

  Dec 2016 - now

  The Durham Business Opportunities Programme (DBOP) is a three year programme of business support aimed to encourage and enable SME's in the County Durham region to grow through engaging the business and connecting them with opportunities.The project will focus on identifying potential market opportunities for businesses and helping them to realise these opportunities and will fill gaps in the business support offer, where identified needs of County Durham businesses are not being met. This will result in better connected, more competitive SMEs. The target beneficiaries will be SME's in County Durham who have not traditionally engaged for benefited from business support initiatives in the past.Key activities that will take place through the programme are; Awareness Raising & Identification of Market Opportunities, Proactive Engagement, Introductory Workshops, Intensive Follow-on support and co-ordination and monitoring. Following the initial business engagement tailored, bespoke support will be provided to address their specific needs identified. A key ethos driving the programme is what we can do for the business as opposed to what specific fixed business support offers best fit.Key partners include County Durham Engineering and Manufacturing Network, sister Business Support offerings such as Business Energy Efficiency Programme and other regional delivery partners. Interested in finding out more? - Please contact me a guy.bashford@durham.gov.uk Tel: 01207 291268 Show less

  • Business Engagement & Account Manager (East Durham)

    Nov 2022 - now

  • DBOP Business Engagement Officer

    Dec 2016 - Nov 2022