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Issue One - February 2012

Power Electrics Inside Magazine

Inside:

+ In the News+ Social Revolution+ Business end of Fantasy Football+ Quarterly Coupons+ Movember

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In the issue..

4 Power Electrics in the News

8Remember Remember the Mo of Movember

10Department Update and New Staff

20The HR Board

12Power Electrics and the Social Revolution

14The story so far with PowerElectrics Premier League

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Dear All Welcome to the first issue of the Power Electrics Inside Magazine. The magazine will act as a newsletter to all staff who work within Power Electrics and will include relevant news and information.

Released in three different formats, pdf, digital and hard copy, the magazine will be released quarterly.The magazine will be available on the Network as a pdf in the following location - (N):Magazine.The digital copy of the magazine will be available to view through the intranet at www.wordpress.powerelectrics.com/word-press, and there will also be hard copies available in all staff kitchens.

The Magazine will always need content, so if you have a story or article you wish to share and think it will be relevant or any other suggestions please email leighg@powerelectrtics.com with the story and we will try our best to get it in the next issue.

There will be regular features which will appear in all of the issues, one of which will be the eBuy article which you will be able to display items you wish to sell, whether it be a car or christmas cards. More information about this can be seen on page 13.

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Power Electrics in the NewsPrime time coverage for Power Electrics at Silverstone

Nothing beats the atmosphere at Silverstone and this year’s British Grand Prix proved no exception, especially for one of Power Electrics Generator’s drivers, when Paul Di Resta and David Coulthard

hitched a lift across the course in his truck during the F1 coverage on National TV.

For the 10th year running Power Electrics Generators, the UK’s leading independent supplier of special-ist generators for sale and rental, supplied Silverstone’s event coordinator, 360 Creative Event Services, with multiple synchronizing generators ranging from 100kVA to 500kVA. The units provided power for Silverstone’s main corporate hospitality areas including; the British Racing Drivers Club, heliport power and a number of merchandising and food outlet areas. The Company also provided on-site support for installation and decommissioning and an on-site engineer over the event days.

Power Electrics go to the Races

Power Electrics Generators has recently won a three-year contract to supply the UK’s largest racecourse group, Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR), with a selection of rental generators, electrical distribution, cables and tower lights. The agreement covers JCR’s fourteen racecourses, includ-

ing Aintree, Cheltenham, Newmarket and Epsom Downs, which host the likes of the John Smith’s Grand National Meeting, Cheltenham Festival, Guineas Festival and the Investec Derby Festival.

The agreement includes the provision of fuel, engineering support and full site management and generators ranging from 15kVA - 1000kVA and a number of multiple synchronising 500kVA units.

Power Electrics was awarded the contract following a three month tendering process, which included liaison with the core technical management team and JCR’s main venues.

Jockey Club Racecourses is part of The Jockey Club, which has been at the heart of British racing for more than 260 years and is today the largest commercial group in the sport. All of the The Jockey Clubs profits generated are reinvested back into racing.

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Power Electrics in the NewsNew Load bank added to the fleet

Power Electrics go to the Races

Power Electrics Generators has recently won a three-year contract to supply the UK’s largest racecourse group, Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR), with a selection of rental generators, electrical distribution, cables and tower lights. The agreement covers JCR’s fourteen racecourses, includ-

ing Aintree, Cheltenham, Newmarket and Epsom Downs, which host the likes of the John Smith’s Grand National Meeting, Cheltenham Festival, Guineas Festival and the Investec Derby Festival.

The agreement includes the provision of fuel, engineering support and full site management and generators ranging from 15kVA - 1000kVA and a number of multiple synchronising 500kVA units.

Power Electrics was awarded the contract following a three month tendering process, which included liaison with the core technical management team and JCR’s main venues.

Jockey Club Racecourses is part of The Jockey Club, which has been at the heart of British racing for more than 260 years and is today the largest commercial group in the sport. All of the The Jockey Clubs profits generated are reinvested back into racing.

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As part of Power Electric Generator’s business development strategy, continued expansion plan and commitment to customer service it has added a new load bank to its fleet. The 2.2mVA Froment MC1C;

a combined resistive/inductive unit which enables non-unity load testing.

Load testing a Generator or UPS is essential. Without it users can never be confident that their standby power equipment will work in that crucial moment that it is needed. There are two ways to undertake a load test - a full Mains Failure Simulation affected by throwing off the circuit breakers on the electricity supplies and allowing the system to pick up the operational load, or by attaching Load Banks to the system to simulate it. Clients can have their loads tested onsite or at PE’s Bristol headquarters. This can be under-taken as a ‘one off’ or as part of a maintenance plan by the company’s highly trained engineers.

PE’s’ Service Sales Manager, Leigh Preece commented; “Power Electrics has an unparalleled reputation as a specialist Generator business whose detail to service is second to none. All our engineers are highly skilled and fully conversant with all aspects of diesel power Generation. The new load bank is an excellent addi-tion to the fleet and allows us to conduct both automatic and manual test programs. We are committed to providing first class Load test services to our customer’s generators and this investment will help us to deliver that.”

Load banking is also a key part of maintaining Power Electrics hire fleet as well as an integral part of commissioning and test-ing new Genset installations. The company has a wide range of load banks and provides a nationwide service.

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During 2011 Power Electrics Training department had over 450 delegates on training courses which included clients such as Western Power Distribution and the Foreign Commonwealth Office. To increase sales further in this department the catalogue has been created to give people all the information they require about the range of training courses that we offer.Most recently over 100 Western Power Distribution engineers took one day courses tailored to WPD’s own connection policy for low voltage synchronised diesel generators.

Power Electrics Training Brochure

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New on the Table

During 2011 Power Electrics Training department had over 450 delegates on training courses which included clients such as Western Power Distribution and the Foreign Commonwealth Office. To increase sales further in this department the catalogue has been created to give people all the information they require about the range of training courses that we offer.Most recently over 100 Western Power Distribution engineers took one day courses tailored to WPD’s own connection policy for low voltage synchronised diesel generators.

Power Electrics Training Brochure

www.powerelectrics.comT. +44 (0)370 850 0858 | F. +44 (0)370 850 0851 | E. Parts@powerelectrics.com

WPD 16kVA and 110kVA Trailerised UnitsAncillaries

For pricing and availability, please contact the Parts Department on 0370 850 0858

or parts@powerelectrics.com

New parts brochure designed for WPD to list

Ancillary products for the 16kVA and

110kVA Trailerised Units

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MOVEMBERcHARITY cHALLENGEOn Movember 1st, the Power Electrics team started with a clean-shaven face and then for the

rest of the month, these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, groomed, trimmed, and waxed their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, the Power Electrics Movember Mo Bros raised a massive £2,021 by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo-growing efforts.

With some famous faces around the UK and world taking part in the chairty event, including the likes of Gary Lineker, Stephen Fry, Jenson Button and a host of football players, more than 250,000 people registered for Movember this year raising a total of over

£15 Million.

THE HIsTORY Of MOVEMBER

Seven Nightly News aired a story in 1999 featuring a group of young men in Adelaide who claimed to have come up with the idea of growing moustaches for charity in what “snowballed into a Mo-phenomenon, with people across Australia joining up. In the news report, members of the Adelaide-based “Movember Committee” explained how they came up with the idea for Movember one night in the pub. The group

was said to have 80 men from Adelaide and interstate involved in the event, and aimed to raise money for the RSPCA through selling T-shirts in what they termed “Growing whiskers for whiskers”.

Since 2004, the Movember Foundation charity has used Movember to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues in Australia and New Zealand. In 2007 the foundation launched events in Canada , Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 2010, over 112,00 UK Mo Bros and Mo Sistas got on board and raised £11.7 million.

29 hardy Power Electrics Employees took the pledge to not shave their moustache to raise money for charity during the month of November

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Along with our own Power Electrics Team supporting Movember there was many famous faces who dedicated the month to grow and groom their own Mo. Below are some of the best and worst of the year.

Seven Nightly News aired a story in 1999 featuring a group of young men in Adelaide who claimed to have come up with the idea of growing moustaches for charity in what “snowballed into a Mo-phenomenon, with people across Australia joining up. In the news report, members of the Adelaide-based “Movember Committee” explained how they came up with the idea for Movember one night in the pub. The group

was said to have 80 men from Adelaide and interstate involved in the event, and aimed to raise money for the RSPCA through selling T-shirts in what they termed “Growing whiskers for whiskers”.

Since 2004, the Movember Foundation charity has used Movember to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues in Australia and New Zealand. In 2007 the foundation launched events in Canada , Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 2010, over 112,00 UK Mo Bros and Mo Sistas got on board and raised £11.7 million.

Shaun Derry - QPR

Niko Kranjcar and Danny RoseTottenham

Jenson Button - F1

Stephen Fry

Gary Lineker

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New Staff at Power Electrics

Gary JonesRegional Sales Manager - Midlands

Paul MagrathLGV Fitter

Dave LeeseField Service Engineer

Dennis CoeRegional Sales Manager - London

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Department Updates

WPD - Midlands

The company is pleased to announce the award on the WPD Rental contract for the West Midlands Region. This new area will include Birmingham, Tipton, Ludlow, Worcester, Hereford and Glouces-tershire.

The contract start date is 1st February 2012 and runs for 18 months with options to extend for a further two years.

New Sales Contract for BT

The Power Electrics sales department have recently won one of the largest contracts the company have gained to date.

The contract worth over £2 million will mean that the company will supply the cus-tomer BT with numerous road tow units.

Geoff Haliday, Head of Sales, says “this is a the biggest contact we have won to date and I would like to thank everyone who was involved in winning the contract.”

Parts new brochure to WPD

Parts have recently compiled a new brochure which will lists all the additional extras that can be added to the new Fast Road Tow units.

Welsh Water over the Bridge

Power Electrics have recently won an order to supply Dwr Cymru Welsh Water with 5 mobile generator sets ranging in size from 250kVA to 730kVA. The super silenced diesel generators will run pumps at Welsh Water’s pumping stations and will be called to action in emergency situations.

We will also supply rental sets while Welsh Water awaits delivery along with a first year service plan.

Goodwood & Silverstone

At has been a busy summer for the Hire department with events including, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Good Revival, Silverstone, NFL, Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champions League and the Chelsea Flower Show to name a few.

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Power Electrics Join the Social RevolutionPower Electrics has recently joined several social media website and created company profiles,

including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.

Social media is a free method of marketing and allows the company to communicate with the customer base on a regular basis. The goal of social media within the organisation is to gain followers and increase the market which we can communicate with. Thousands of companies have used Social Media as a marketing tool for years but in the generator business it is a relatively new avenue.

LinkedIn is our primary Social Media tool used at Power Electrics as the target audience that usethe social networking site are other organisation that we would benefit to contact.

Why Does Power Electrics Need Social Media?

As well as promoting the business to the followers of our social mediaPower Electrics also use the tool to monitor market sectors and competition

Twitter SearchSearch for your brand or other important keywords; limited to the last 7 to 10 days.

Facebook SearchSearch all public content including everything posted in public fan pages, groups and events

LinkedIn SearchThe “Answers” section is the best place to start; see if people have asked questions about

your company, competitors and industry, and how people respond

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Power Electrics Join the Social Revolution

What do Power Electrics do on Twitter?

Listen - Through twitter we listen to what people are saying about Power Electrics and also track what others are saying about the competition. Through this market research we will be able to stay ahead of the game within the industry.

Talk - About four times a month we will send a message to our followers promoting a department within the organisation, everything from sales to fabrication and training. Our twitter feed remains professional to ensure we give our customers useful information which will drive them to our website.

Support - Twitter is a great place to find customers who need help. We use the opportunity to introduce the company and offer a solution to their problem.

Our Twitter profile can be found at www.twitter.com/powerelectrics

Please remember Power Electrics Own Social Media Policy Use of ALL social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, MSN and Twitter will only be permitted for Power Electrics business purposes. The personal use of this type of site and service (including Instant Messaging) is prohibited from Power Electrics equipment and networks, this also includes before and after working hours and lunchtimes.

Microblogging

Microblogging is ultra-brief blogging, normally only around 140 characters or so. The most famous microblogging platform is

Twitter, but its not the only one.

Foursqaure, another microblogging tool, encourages users to microblog about their locations and the places they’re visiting or activities they are doing in specific neighbourhoods.

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Down to the Business End of the Season

As we approach the half way mark of the season many of us are learning the age old tail that the season is a marathon, not a race! With the addition this season of a Champions League style tournament the tensions between managers and underperforming players is starting to display.

# Manager Total1 James Crew 1425

2 Leigh Preece 1374

3 Leigh Griffiths 1358

4 Neil Broad 1353

5 Drew Tanner 1329

6 Sheila Dickinson 1326

7 Jeremy Healey 1291

8 Jeremy Smith 1242

9 Paul Smart 1239

10 Ricky Hemmings 1233

11 Garry Machin 1230

12 Phil Dickinson 1226

13 Kevin Naish 1209

14 Andy Tanner 1204

15 Brian Holland 1204

16 Neil Ashton 1193

17 Les Howells 1182

18 Luke Harris 1157

19 Derek Clew 1146

20 Steve Williams 1132

21 Paul Rees 1125

22 Richard Taylor 1122

23 Joe Sperring 1118

24 Rob Huskisson 1097

25 Danny Werrett 1095

26 Richard Coward 1075

27 Michael Tait 1018

28 Richard Hatherall 1010

29 Julian Venn 971

30 David Mallon 962

31 Danny Slee 665

32 Derrick Williams 640

33 Mark Brain 593

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All Categories Search

All Items Auctions only

This page will feature on all future copies of the magazine and it is your opportuni-ty to place something that you wish to sell in the publication free for three months. Whether it be a car, chair, or a christmas card (items beginning with other items also allowed!), you can display your advert here.

As this is the first issue we currently have nothing displaying. Although please send the following information if you wish to sell something:

Name of itemShort descriptionPicturePrice

Please send your information to leighg@powerelectrics.com or come and visit us in the main offices in the rental section near the kitchen.

LAD Charity Calendar Featuring our own Joe Sperring!All proceeds of sales go to charity - Please talk to Joe if you would like a copy

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The Rise of www.powerelectrics.com

Connected to Power Electrics website is a tool called Google Analytics. This allows us to track how many people our visiting our website every day, and can tell you

anything about visitor, including the time they spent on the site, number of pages visited, what pages they visited and even where they are visiting our site from in the country or world.

The graph below shows how many visitors our website get each month.

To try and increase this number even further we are consitantly working to increase our Google Page Rank - this is the page number that Power Electrics will appear on. For example, if someone types in ‘Diesel Generator Hire’ into Google, six months ago we appeared on page 11, currently we are appearing on 2 and we will work on getting this onto page 1 of Google. The same applies to over 20 search keywords which relate to all departments, to try and get the number of website views up and ensure more people know about Power Electrics.

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big spike in April - this is due to adding four advertising campaigns on Google focused on different department. By targeting the adverts to customers who search for a general term - eg Generator Servicing - we can ensure our advert is at the top of the page, mean-ing more people will click through to our website that our competitors.

To find out more about the marketing activities carried out at Power Electrics, please visit the Marketing tab on the intranet.

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A son For DAve AnD LouIse PoTTer

Congratulations to Dave and Louise on the birth of their

son James Ethan on Wednesday 11th January at 07.54am. Weigh-ing a healthy 9lb. 8.5 oz.

sTArrIng roLe For LAurA o’brIen

Laura O’Brien recently performed in the

panto Simple Simon at the Hanham community cen-tre for the Hanhem Players

Directed by Rod Lovell who was also a member of the cast Laura played the part of ‘Roise Rabbit’ along with being in the chorus.

Have you got a story you want to share with readers? For the next issue of the newsletter we would like

to put any stories you wish to share with other employ-ees at Power Electrics, whether it be a personal sporting result or a achievement in another field.

Email your stories to leighg@powerelectrics along with a picture or come and see Leigh in the Marketing/Rental area of the office in Bristol.

your sTorIes wAnTeD!

THE NEWSLETTER

PAm beATTIe To run The bATh hALF

As one of Pam’s challenges for this year she will be

running the Bath Half Marathon on March 11th 2012 to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society who care for people like her mother-in-law who suffer with dementia. For anyone who has had a family member suffering from this disease will know it has a devastating effect not only on the sufferer but family members too. Therefore Pam would like to help raise money for further research into this disease and to help with the continued support for all dementia sufferers. If you would like to sponsor Pam then please contact her to fill in the sponsor form. You can donate money to:http://virginmoneygiving.com/PamelaBeattie

HR Info Board Medical Certification

Medical certificates or Doctors Notes are now referred to as ‘Fit Notes’. Fit Notes will say whether you are Not Fit to Work, or indicate that you are fit to return to work, but not at the same level of fitness required to do your normal day to day duties. It could be suggested that a phased return to work, altered hours, amended duties or work-place adaptations could help your return to work.

Prescription Glasses for VDU use

The Company operates a scheme in partnership with Specsavers to enable employees who work with VDU’s within the work place to have a free eye test and costs towards suitable glasses if they are required for VDU use. The cost covers a standard pair of glasses, however, if you chose more expensive ones then any costs over and above would need to be paid for by the employee.

Social Networking Sites

Employees are reminded that the confidentiality clause contained in their contract of employment extends to the use of the internet and social networking sites. Where employees decide to use these sites, they must not display or knowingly allow to be displayed any informa-tion which could be considered to be confidential.Employees must ensure that any entries made on social networking sites such as Facebook, Youtube, Myspace or Blogs, both personal and business related, are appropriate and do not damage the reputa-tion of the company, its clients, customers or any employee of the company.

For more information on these updates please visit the Power Electrics Intranet.

Also a draft copy of the Staff Handbook is available on the Intranet