Visit to Servowatch Systems in Heybridge
Last Friday, John Whittingdale visited Servowatch Systems Ltd based in Heybridge Maldon. Servowatch are international suppliers of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large yachts. Originally based in Tollesbury, the company moved to Heybridge in 2012 and in December 2020, it was acquired by Rolls Royce and is now part of the RR Power […]
Echoes of History Event
John Whittingdale attended the Echoes of History event organised by the Essex Historic Military Vehicle Association which took place at the Living Memorial Gardens in Rettendon, Essex. John is Patron of the Essex HMVA and said: “It was great that the HMVA were able to hold their annual event once again after the Pandemic and […]
Fundraiser Dinner for flooding in Bangladesh
John Whittingdale MP was delighted to join Jhual Ahmed, proprietor of Maldon Spice, and Sami Barlan, Proprietor of Sark, to celebrate the success of their fund-raising event to raise money for flood relief in Bangladesh. The two restaurants came together to offer a special meal at Sark on Sunday 17th July with the proceeds going […]
Public Meeting on future of Blackwater
Following his visit to Maldon Water Recycling Centre, John helped to organise and took part in a public meeting in Maldon Town Hall on the Future of the Blackwater Estuary. The meeting was chaired by Town Mayor Cllr Andrew Lay and other speakers were Dr Robin Price of Anglian Water, Hattie Phillips, a student at the Plume School […]
Visit to Maldon Water Recycling Centre with Anglian Water
John Whittingdale visited Maldon Water Recycling Centre operated by Anglian Water and later took part in a public meeting of the future of the Blackwater Estuary. The Maldon Water Recycling Centre treats sewage effluent from the whole of Maldon and is located on Osea Road, of Goldhanger Road. John saw each stage of the treatment process including the lagoons where the […]
Meeting with Chief Superintendent
John Whittingdale MP was pleased to attend a meeting at Maldon Police Station with Chief Superintendent Claire Talbot, the new Local Policing Commander for North Essex, which is the largest area within Essex Police. During their meeting, John raised with her the difficulties of policing the rural parts of the County like the Dengie Peninsula as […]
East Anglia GREEN, Letter to Minister for Energy
John Whittingdale and 12 of his colleagues have signed a second letter to Energy Minister, Greg Hands, putting forward our increasing concerns with National Grid and their handling of the East Anglia GREEN proposal. It is very clear John’s constituents support an offshore grid option that would protect our local countryside and communities- however this […]
Visit to Chelmsford Jobcentre
John Whittingdale MP was pleased to be able to visit the Chelmsford Jobcentre at the Gemini Centre, to meet Dave Cope, the Service Leader for Essex, and staff. He was delighted to hear about the success of the Way To Work programme which aims to help half a million job ready claimants in the UK, […]
Visiting SAHP in Maldon
John Whittingdale MP visited Solar Assisted Pumps in Maldon to meet staff and learn more about their products. SAHP was founded by Russell Borg and Joseph Fox who showed John round the factory which is in the industrial estate in Galliford Road in the building formerly owned by Calorex. Taking heat pump technology, SAHP has developed next […]
National Grid’s East Anglia GREEN proposals
John Whittingdale and other MPs from East Anglia, met with Greg Hands MP the Minister for Energy, to raise concerns about National Grid’s East Anglia GREEN proposals. Under this scheme, a new line of 400kV pylons will be built across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex including through Margaretting in the Maldon constituency. John share the concerns […]