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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Another Place,pink,at,Crosby Coastal Park,Merseyside coast,coast,coastline,north of Liverpool,Liverpool,seaside,beach,ice cream,van,seller,99,soft serve,treat,treats,ice lollies,lolly ice,snacks,family,British,English,Waterloo,Blundellsands,tourism,visitor,attraction,Antony Gormley,Iron Men,independent,trader,small,business,seasonal,trading
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E93490 - A brightly coloured Soul Man ice cream van is parked at Crosby Beach, north of Liverpool, bringing music, seaside treats and mobile refreshments to the Merseyside coast. The pink, blue and white van advertises freshly made ice cream, lollies, cones and Flannels, with visible social media icons and playful beachside branding. The sandy beach, sea wall, open water and pale coastal light place the scene firmly on Crosby seafront, a popular day-trip destination in the borough of Sefton. Crosby Beach is best known internationally for Antony Gormley's Another Place, the installation of 100 cast-iron figures spread along three kilometres of foreshore, but the everyday visitor experience also includes walking, photography, families, dog walkers, cyclists, promenade users and seasonal food traders. This image is useful for editorial coverage of British seaside culture, ice cream vans, mobile catering, small independent businesses, coastal tourism, family days out, Liverpool day trips, beach refreshments and the continuing appeal of simple seaside treats. The Soul Ice Cream Van has a local social media presence connected with Crosby Beach, while Liverpool visitor coverage describes it as a well-known beach ice cream van associated with classic 99s and lollies. The photograph also works for stories about the economics of seasonal trading, outdoor leisure, post-industrial coastlines, Merseyside tourism, independent food vendors and the way colourful vans become part of the character of a promenade. The dramatic sky, pale sand and parked van create a slightly nostalgic British coastal mood, with the vehicle's modern social media signs contrasting with the old-fashioned pleasure of buying ice cream by the sea. It is a strong documentary stock image for travel guides, local news, lifestyle features, food retail, tourism marketing, family holiday articles, small business profiles and coverage of Crosby Beach as both an art destination and an ordinary working seaside space.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,snowy,village,Chester Road,van,works,vehicle,Cadent gas van,Cadent Gas,gas engineers,gas workers,gas supply restoration,utility workers,winter,snow,Grappenhall,Chester Road Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,United Kingdom,energy crisis,cost of living crisis,energy security,critical infrastructure,utilities sector,public services,emergency response,winter resilience,extreme weather,climate and weather,household heating,keeping warm,infrastructure maintenance,frontline workers,essential workers,public safety,WA4 2EG,WA4
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DGE73H - A Cadent Gas van and utility engineers are shown working to restore domestic gas supply on Chester Road in the village of Grappenhall near Warrington, Cheshire, during winter conditions with snow visible on the ground. The branded service vehicle displays the message Keeping you warm, reinforcing the role of gas infrastructure and frontline workers in maintaining essential household heating during cold weather. Engineers in high-visibility protective clothing are seen attending equipment beside the van, indicating active maintenance or emergency response work.
The winter setting, with frost and snow present in a residential area, highlights the vulnerability of households to gas supply interruptions during periods of low temperatures. Clear blue skies contrast with the cold conditions on the ground, while nearby homes emphasise the domestic impact of energy outages and the importance of rapid restoration. The image reflects the work of utility providers in ensuring public safety and continuity of essential services during challenging seasonal conditions.
Beyond its immediate subject, the photograph lends itself to wider editorial use in stories about energy security, the cost-of-living crisis, fuel poverty, winter resilience and the maintenance of critical national infrastructure. It also illustrates broader themes of frontline work, public service delivery and the role of utility companies in supporting communities during extreme weather. The absence of identifiable individuals and the clear branding make the image suitable for news coverage, policy discussions, housing and energy features, and general editorial use relating to winter, infrastructure and essential services in the United Kingdom.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,electric van,company vehicle,commercial van,advertising wrap,net zero,decarbonisation,Join us on the Path to Zero,Path to Zero,Im electric!,On the road to better energy,clean energy,Scotland,Scottish street,United Kingdom,UK,EV,van,net zero transition,energy transition,electrification,EV adoption,fleet electrification,sustainable business,corporate sustainability,ESG,decarbonising transport,climate change,environmental policy,UK energy market,consumer energy,clean transport,green economy,current affairs,documentary,editorial,climate action,emissions reduction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DYWT2H - A green, fully liveried OVO Energy electric van is parked kerbside on a Scottish street, photographed in clean side profile against a pale stone built urban facade with modern windows. The wrap is dominated by the oversized OVO logo and clear net zero messaging, including Join us on the Path to Zero, On the road to better energy, and I'm electric!, making the vehicle both a working fleet asset and a moving billboard for decarbonisation. The image sits neatly at the junction of everyday streetscape and big policy themes: electrification of transport, corporate sustainability claims, and the practical reality of reducing tailpipe emissions in towns and cities.
As an energy supplier brand, OVO has marketed itself around greener energy and customer engagement, and a branded EV van like this signals fleet electrification as well as electricity's expanding role beyond the home. It also hints at the wider infrastructure behind the slogan: public charging networks, depot charging, smart scheduling, and the shift from petrol and diesel maintenance routines to battery health checks, tyres, and software updates. The bright green livery leans into familiar visual language of clean energy, while the plain, high contrast typography is designed to be readable at speed, in rain, or in low winter light, which suits Scotland's changeable conditions.
Editorially, the photograph works for stories about the UK energy market, green tariffs, ESG claims, net zero targets, and the slow, visible migration of commercial fleets to electric. It can also illustrate debates about consumer trust in sustainability messaging, the cost of the transition, and whether path to zero campaigns translate into measurable emissions reductions. The street context adds documentary value, placing climate themed branding into ordinary public space rather than a staged press photo. The van's quiet operation and zero exhaust emissions link to local air quality and noise reduction on streets
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2LN,WA4,blue,livery,British Gas,service,van,keeping,bath time,flowing,plan,insurance,hot,water,in,suburban,street,domestic,called out,fault,here to solve,British,business,parked,warm,and,working,boiler,fix,complaint,poor,profit,profits,HomeCare
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T3EFRX -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,on,call,in,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,your,gas,network,WA4 1NN,white,van,man,Cadent Gas,is a,regional,company,consortium,system,grid,branding,branded,brand,national gas,emergency service,free phone,line,safety advice,industry,community,initiatives,mains
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RX180W - Cadent Gas is a British regional gas distribution company that owns, operates and maintains the largest natural gas distribution network in the United Kingdom, transporting gas to 11 million homes and businesses across North West England, West Midlands, East Midlands, East of England and North London.
Cadent Gas Limited represents four of the eight gas distribution networks in the United Kingdom. Following production and importation, all gas in the UK passes through National Grid's national transmission system, before entering the distribution networks. The distribution network providers, one of which is Cadent Limited, are responsible for the safe and efficient transportation of the gas to the end consumer, on behalf of the chosen supplier.
The company does not produce or own the gas that passes through their pipeline networks but 50% of UK gas customers are served by their pipeline system.
The company also manages the national gas emergency service free phone line on behalf of the gas industry in the UK, taking calls and giving safety advice on behalf of the industry. In 2017/18 1.952 million gas emergency calls were answered.
The company invests in raising awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning through community and school initiatives as well as improving services to protect and support customers in vulnerable situations.
In 2017, the company launched a two-year fundraising partnership with Alzheimer's Society and committed to creating 1,000 Dementia Friends and also raising £100,000 company-wide for the charity. Cadent Gas Limited also sponsor EmployAbility - Let's Work Together' scheme which changes young disabled peoples' lives for the better. It is founded on relationships with local schools, Dorothy Goodman in Leicestershire and Oakwood, Woodlands and Exhall Grange in Warwickshire. It is an employee-led supported internship scheme for young people aged 17 to 19.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,1970s,excellent,van,vehicle,camping,campervan,vans,England,UK,DL12 8BH,DL12,1973 vintage,vintage,classic,VW Camper Van,original,wedding,hire,for,Westfalia Camper,parked,roofrack,roof rack,Westfalia,camper conversions,Type2,Type 2,company,Westfalia-Werke,in,Rheda-Wiedenbrück,German,motor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWW5NX - The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially (depending on body type) as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus, or, informally, as the Bus (US), Camper (UK) or Bulli (Germany), is a forward control light commercial vehicle introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model. Following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.
As one of the forerunners of the modern cargo and passenger vans, the Type 2 gave rise to forward control competitors in the United States in the 1960s, including the Ford Econoline, the Dodge A100, and the Chevrolet Corvair 95 Corvan, the latter adapting the rear-engine configuration of the Corvair car in the same manner in which the VW Type 2 adapted the Type 1 layout.
The Volkswagen Westfalia Camper was a conversion of the Volkswagen Type 2, and then, the Volkswagen Type 2 (T3), sold from the early 1950s to 2003. Volkswagen subcontracted the modifications to the company Westfalia-Werke in Rheda-Wiedenbrück.
Early Volkswagen split-windshield Kombis were built between 1950 and 1967. Production of Volkswagen camper variants continued to 2003, and was based on the Kombi, then the Vanagon, then the LT Mk 1, then the Transporter. Other coachbuilders, including Dormobile, EZ Camper, ASI/Riviera, Holdsworth, Danbury Motorcaravans, and VW Sun-Dial, also built campers based on the Transporter.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,DLO,repair,repairs,van,east,London,Rhondda Grove,Mile End,England,UK,E3 5AP,E3,housing,association,white,vans,operatives,trade,trades,plumber,Tower Hamlets,East London,landlord,RSL,RP,Registered Social Landlord,supporting,service,repairing,reactive,maintenance,homes,tenants,property
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RTN1ER - Read more at https://www.gatewayhousing.org.uk/about-us
Gateway Housing Association's mission is to support communities to thrive, and our top priority is our customer experience as we work to improve and enhance our performance
Our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
We listen to our customers by listening to their feedback and through our Resident Scrutiny Panel. These help us shape and improve our services for our customers and communities.
What we do and what services we provide
Through the Customer Service Centre, we provide access to our high-quality repair service, Gateway Homeworks. We also support customers with advice on:
making rental payments
reporting and booking repairs
accessing estate services such as booking inspections or obtaining keys and fobs
reporting anti-social behaviour (ASB).
We also provide answers to several general enquiries about our services.
We provide the following services:
Repairs
Rent payments
General enquiries
Estate Services
Bulk Refuse
Keys and Fobs
Booking Inspections
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,DLO,repair,repairs,van,east,London,Rhondda Grove,Mile End,England,UK,E3 5AP,E3,housing,association,white,vans,operatives,trade,trades,plumber,Tower Hamlets,East London,landlord,RSL,RP,Registered Social Landlord,supporting,service,repairing,reactive,maintenance,homes,tenants,property
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RTN1EX - Read more at https://www.gatewayhousing.org.uk/about-us
Gateway Housing Association's mission is to support communities to thrive, and our top priority is our customer experience as we work to improve and enhance our performance
Our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
We listen to our customers by listening to their feedback and through our Resident Scrutiny Panel. These help us shape and improve our services for our customers and communities.
What we do and what services we provide
Through the Customer Service Centre, we provide access to our high-quality repair service, Gateway Homeworks. We also support customers with advice on:
making rental payments
reporting and booking repairs
accessing estate services such as booking inspections or obtaining keys and fobs
reporting anti-social behaviour (ASB).
We also provide answers to several general enquiries about our services.
We provide the following services:
Repairs
Rent payments
General enquiries
Estate Services
Bulk Refuse
Keys and Fobs
Booking Inspections
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North West,England,UK,NW,FM,gas,plumbing,heating,trades,operative,operatives,performance,KPI,KPIs,profit,loss,satisfaction,complaint,complaints,doing,Social,Housing,responsive,servicing,priority,routine,urgent,emergency,repair,Liberty,silver,van,on,call,landlords,Booth Securities Limited
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFEPTB - A number of independent Property Maintenance Gas Servicing and Domestic Installation businesses were acquired by Spice plc during the late 2000's. The Companies acquired by Spice plc were established businesses with long standing and established relationships within the Social Housing Sector and included Apollo Heating, GMT, Gas Call, Pargas and Homerton Heating. Mono Services, an established Responsive and Voids Repairs Company were also acquired.
Spice amalgamated all the above named companies under one national brand name and in April 2009 the Liberty Group was formed.
In February 2010, Spice plc made the decision to concentrate on their core utilised base and as a consequence, the Liberty Group was sold in May 2010 to Booth Securities Limited. December 2012 saw a name change from Booth Securities Limited to Liberty Group Investments Limited.
The owners of Liberty Group Investments Limited have significant experience and knowledge of the Gas Repairs and Maintenance industry and working with Social Landlords, developed over a period of 40 years in the sector.
Liberty now operates via three divisions which are: Liberty Gas Liberty Energy Liberty Maintenance.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64T2G - This image shows the branding on a vehicle operated by Lancashire Boys & Girls Clubs, a long-established youth charity working across Lancashire. The logo features stylised figures in motion alongside the organisation's name, visually representing participation, inclusion, and youth development.
Lancashire Boys & Girls Clubs supports children and young people through a network of local clubs, volunteers, and partner organisations, offering activities focused on personal development, wellbeing, education, leadership, and sport. Vehicles such as this are used to support outreach work, enabling safe and reliable transport to events, training sessions, and organised activities.
The image highlights the operational side of the voluntary and community sector, where practical infrastructure such as transport plays a key role in widening access and removing barriers for young people. Clear charity branding also reinforces visibility, trust, and accountability within local communities.
Photographed in daylight, the image is well suited for editorial use illustrating UK youth services, charities, social mobility initiatives, and the role of voluntary organisations in supporting young people at a local and regional level.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Highgate,idverde,gardening,to,council,Fiat,van,truck,contract,services,external,spaces,at,work,bespoke,plan,contracts,public,sector,white,BD17 VVW,diesel,vehicles,waste,N1C,Unit 26,Cedar Way Industrial Estate,Camley Street,London,N1C 4PD,green,space,team,parks,gardens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R7A3NB -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,Hampstead,Highgate,urban,telecommunications engineering,Openreach subcontractor,BT subcontractor,fibre cabling,utility vehicle,North London,street scene,white,van,cables,cable,works,repair,telecoms infrastructure,broadband installation,cable drum trailer,fibre rollout,network maintenance,communications engineering,white van,roadside works,UK telecoms industry,subcontractor services,street works,infrastructure support,urban environment,utility services,everyday work scene,documentary photography,NW3,full-fibre broadband
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA23BX - A Kelly Communications engineering van towing a large cable drum trailer during telecommunications works in north London. The vehicle and equipment indicate active cabling or network installation work, with the cable drum commonly used for laying fibre-optic or copper telecommunications lines along public roads.
Kelly Communications operates as a subcontractor within the UK telecoms sector, carrying out installation and maintenance work for major network operators such as BT and Openreach. Scenes like this reflect the largely unseen everyday activity required to maintain and expand fixed-line and broadband networks across urban areas.
Photographed in natural daylight, the image documents routine infrastructure work taking place within a residential street environment. It illustrates themes of digital connectivity, outsourced engineering services, and the practical realities behind nationwide broadband and communications provision in the United Kingdom.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,infrastructure,wires,cables,cabling,cherry-picker,access,platform,&,and,home,lines,works,in,a,street,urban,added,by,for,OpenReach,Cheshire,UK,Grappenhall,Warrington,England,WA4 2PI,van,vehicle,pole,telephone,telegraph,tower wagon,mobile,crane
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R0MKDX -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,DLO,van,in,vehicle,34,UK,housing,socialhousing,council,Cameron Avenue,Western Point,Runcorn,Halton,Cheshire,England,WA7 4BN,budget,responsive,maintenance,service,Waterfront Point,property,tenant,tenants,asset,assets,white,operative,operatives,trade,trades,disrepair,complaint,complaints,claim
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYTG0J -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,parcels,delivery,red,strike,strikes,industrial,action,disruption,postman,postmen,postperson,mail,UK,GB,British,advertising,promote,promoting,new,on,collection,CWU,union,into,threat,privatisation,hugely,profitable,business,insolvency,hackers,hacking,attack,significant operational change,job security,van,vehicle,Click & Drop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHEK2M - The Royal Mail service, Click and Drop, is making thousands of eCommerce sellers' despatch processes quicker, simpler and their lives much easier with the ability to print postage for orders in just a few clicks. With the launch of the newest portal, you can now easily integrate your Click and Drop account with more marketplaces than ever before.
Royal Mail workers poised for strikes after Easter as talks falter
CWU union lines up action as MP brands bosses' threat to put service into administration as scandalous'
Postal workers at Royal Mail are poised to stage a fresh wave of strikes after Easter as talks stalled, amid a scandalous threat by bosses to put the company into administration.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents about 115,000 postal workers, is close to agreeing multiple strike dates to take place later in April, the Guardian understands, in the long-running dispute between the company and union. A formal announcement of the strike dates is expected this week.
Relations between Royal Mail executives and its workforce have been strained during the months-long dispute over pay and working practices. The situation escalated last night when the Guardian revealed the company's board has threatened to put the loss-making postal service the regulated UK entity that delivers to every address in the country into a form of government-handled administration if a deal could not be agreed
Read more at https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/28/royal-mail-strikes-after-easter-talks-cwu-union
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Germany,Rhineland-Palatinate,Rhineland,Palatinate,112,call,ambulance,emergency,response,van,vehicle,society,vehicles,Bereitschaften,Rotes Kreuz,ambulances,cross,red,vans,emergencies,ranks,&,and,insignia,DRK,called,an,the,brave,staff,strike,striking,recruit,recruiting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PPXYER - The German Red Cross (German: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz DRK) is the national Red Cross Society in Germany.
With 4 million members, it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world. The German Red Cross offers a wide range of services within and outside Germany. GRC provides 52 hospitals, elderly care (over 500 nursing homes and a mobile nursing care network of covering the entire country), care for children and youth (i.e. 1.300 kindergartens, a full range of social services for children). GRC also provides 75% of the blood supply and 60% of the emergency medical services in Germany, as well as first aid training. GRC headquarters provides international humanitarian aid (disaster management and development assistance) to over 50 countries across the world.
Voluntary societies of the German Red Cross
The majority of active voluntary Red Cross members are part of the five voluntary societies of the German Red Cross.
Bereitschaften (emergency response units, about 160,000 members)
Bergwacht (mountain rescue service)
Wasserwacht (lifeguard service, about 130,000 members)
Sozialarbeit (welfare work)
Jugendrotkreuz
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lock,Warrington,WA4,Cheshire,van,car park,parking,Peel Ports van,parked,at,the,vehicle,maintenance,company,vans,office,offices,facility,maintain,maintaining,staff,transport,vehicles,considerate,consideration,performance,repairs,secure,security,fencing,fenced,off,livery,branded,branding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K8C9NH - The Peel Group is a British infrastructure and property investment business, based in Manchester. In 2022, its Peel Land and Property estate extends to 13 million square feet (1.2 km2) of buildings, and over 33,000 acres (13,000 ha) of land and water. Peel retains minority stakes in its former ports business and MediaCityUK.
The Trafford Centre, which opened in 1998, is widely regarded as Peel's landmark development. It was sold in 2011 to Capital Shopping Centres for £1.6 billion, making it then the most expensive acquisition in British property history. £700 million of the consideration was in shares and Peel continued to buy shares in the purchaser that went into administration, eliminating share value, in 2020.
The Peel Group held a series of other substantial investments in listed businesses including Land Securities Group plc and Pinewood Shepperton plc, and in 2022 owns 14.1% of Harworth Group plc
The Peel Group was known from 1973 to 1981 as Peel Mills (Holdings) Ltd
from 1981 to 2004 as Peel Holdings plc, and then the wider organisation took its present form.
Inspired by the Peel Tower near his native Bury, Whittaker retained the name Peel Mills Ltd for his property and cotton business.
After a period on the Manchester Stock Exchange, Peel Holdings listed on the London Stock Exchange Official List in 1983. It transferred to the Alternative Investment Market in January 2000 before the Whittaker family and Olayan Group majority shareholders bought out Peel Holdings' 6.63% minority shareholders in 2004, taking the business private.
From 1971, Whittaker acquired shares in the Manchester Ship Canal Company that unlike most other British canals had not been nationalised post-World War II.
Peel sold its cotton business for £22 million to finance the purchase of more canal shares, and in 1987 acquired control. It bought out the remaining minority shareholders in 1993
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,south west,county,processor,van,street,recycling,waste,in,Gloucestershire,England,UK,horticulture,spaces,management,services,service,shared,GL50,company,waste management,consortium,vehicle,vehicles,street scene,white space,whitespace,household waste,Cheltenham Borough,Council,Cotswold District,Stroud District,Tewkesbury Borough,West Oxfordshire District councils
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KEBJ2B - Ubico collects household waste on behalf of Cheltenham Borough, Cotswold District, Stroud District, Tewkesbury Borough and West Oxfordshire District councils.
We also offer a commercial waste collection service on behalf of Cheltenham Borough, Tewkesbury Borough and West Oxfordshire District councils.
The services currently provided by Ubico for its local authority shareholders include
Residual waste collections, household and commercial
Recycling collections, household and commercial
Organic waste collections, household
Recycling centre management
Street cleaning
Public toilet cleaning
Grounds and cemetery maintenance
Fleet management and maintenance
Winter maintenance (gritting)
Pest control
Building Cleaning
Ubico develops and communicates innovative service redesign, customer service improvements. community initiatives' and strategic options. We add value by developing creative and pragmatic solutions that benefit commissioners and effectively manage change to deliver these solutions.
Ubico works in partnership with the local voluntary and community sector to deliver community led initiatives, support self-help schemes and to deliver community priorities.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,south west,county,processor,van,street,recycling,waste,in,Gloucestershire,England,UK,horticulture,spaces,management,services,service,shared,GL50,company,waste management,consortium,vehicle,vehicles,street scene,white space,whitespace,household waste,Cheltenham Borough,Council,Cotswold District,Stroud District,Tewkesbury Borough,West Oxfordshire District councils
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KEBJ2D - Ubico collects household waste on behalf of Cheltenham Borough, Cotswold District, Stroud District, Tewkesbury Borough and West Oxfordshire District councils.
We also offer a commercial waste collection service on behalf of Cheltenham Borough, Tewkesbury Borough and West Oxfordshire District councils.
The services currently provided by Ubico for its local authority shareholders include
Residual waste collections, household and commercial
Recycling collections, household and commercial
Organic waste collections, household
Recycling centre management
Street cleaning
Public toilet cleaning
Grounds and cemetery maintenance
Fleet management and maintenance
Winter maintenance (gritting)
Pest control
Building Cleaning
Ubico develops and communicates innovative service redesign, customer service improvements. community initiatives' and strategic options. We add value by developing creative and pragmatic solutions that benefit commissioners and effectively manage change to deliver these solutions.
Ubico works in partnership with the local voluntary and community sector to deliver community led initiatives, support self-help schemes and to deliver community priorities.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Citroen,east,van,vans,working,for,better,home,UKHousing,vehicle,repair,repairs,responsive,tenant,Leaseholder,flat,house,block,servicing,contractor,compliance,performance,options,advice,Wilton Way,service,services,homeless,homelessness,register,application,waiting list,strategy,lettings,policy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K6D43N -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WA4 6NJ,WA4,Cheshire,England,UK,strikes,Stockton Heath,WA4 6NW,Perguot,post,vehicle,van,delivering,postal,letters,parcels,International Distributions Services plc,vehicles,run,old,into,the,ground,penalties,penalty,ofcom,WA,area,postcodes,KS59,ER,QEII,Peugeot
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3J77B -
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Asset Management,van on call,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,Mitie,maintenance,Asset,van,on,call,Facilities Management,social,housing,FM,British,strategic,and,energy,services,company,vehicle,ladder,operative,worker,logo,branded,Britain,English,firm,outsourced,outsourcing,facilities maintenance,profit,loss,performance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP5TF6 - Mitie Group PLC (pronounced mighty) is a British strategic outsourcing and energy services company. It provides infrastructure consultancy, facilities management, property management, energy and healthcare services. It has a head office at The Shard in London and more than 200 smaller offices throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
Mitie was founded by David Telling and Ian Stewart as MESL in 1987.[3] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1988. It merged with Highgate & Job in 1989 and was renamed the Mitie Group.
Its strategy of growth through acquisition has seen Mitie acquire several businesses over the past few years. In March 2006 it acquired Initial Security, a leading security business. In 2007 Mitie acquired Robert Prettie & Co. Ltd for £32.7m and incorporated the specialist plumbing, heating and mechanical services business into their Property Services division. In 2008 Mitie continued its strategy through the acquisition of Catering Partnership and DW Tilley. The purchase of DW Tilley allowed Mitie to extend their roofing services nationwide. 2009 saw the acquisition of Dalkia Facilities Management for £130m[9] to bolster its Technical Facilities Management capability, and an expansion into social housing with the purchase of Environmental Property Services (EPS) for £38.5m. In 2010, Mitie acquired the integrated facilities management business of Dalkia in Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AT6 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG21Y9 - AA Limited, trading as The AA (formerly The Automobile Association), is a British motoring association.
Founded in 1905, it provides vehicle insurance, driving lessons, breakdown cover, loans, motoring advice, road maps and other services. The association demutualised in 1999, to become a private limited company, and from 2014 a public limited company (PLC). In 2002 the AA Motoring Trust was created to continue its public interest and road safety activities.
In 2021, a consortium led by Tower Brook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus completed the acquisition of AA Limited (formerly known as AA PLC).
The Automobile Association was founded in 1905, to help motorists avoid police speed traps, in response to the Motor Car Act 1903 which introduced new penalties for breaking the speed limit, for reckless driving with fines, endorsements and the possibility of jail for speeding and other driving offences. The act also required drivers to hold a driving licence (which was obtained without a test on payment of five shillings at a post office) and to display a registration plate on their vehicle
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDFH12 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4HR -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JD0ME6 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDPGP -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X5K8H1 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X5K8H5 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE398 - Torus (officially Torus62 Ltd, a Community Benefit Society no 7973) is a housing association in North West England.
Torus is the parent organisation of Liverpool Mutual Homes, Helena Partnerships (in St Helens) and Golden Gates Housing Trust (in Warrington).
Helena Housing Ltd formed in 2001 to manage housing owned by St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Liverpool Mutual Homes is a tenant-led housing association in Merseyside The housing association manages more than 15,000 homes across the county, all of which were either previously owned by Liverpool City Council or are new developments. The main offices of the organisation are based on Old Haymarket, Liverpool.
Golden Gates was owned by Warrington Borough Council. It became a Trust in 2010 and joined Torus in 2015
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGE4 - Community Speed Management
Road Safe
A community-based pledge' that seeks to inform residents about inappropriate driving behaviour and invites them to sign up to a pledge not to exceed speed limits.
Speed Indicator Device (SID) deployment
An informal speed management device operated by volunteers and initiated by an identified community group.
Community Speed Watch
An informal speed management process involving the use of speed guns at the roadside. Volunteers are trained and supported by either the Police, PCSOs or Safety Wardens. Vehicle details of those exceeding the relevant speed limit are recorded with drivers receiving warning letters.
The following options will not normally be carried out unless steps two and three have been carried out by community groups. Options four and five are subject to agreement with Cheshire Police.
Mobile Enforcement
The deployment of mobile speed enforcement cameras
speeding drivers will face prosecution.
Driver Engagement Day
Co-ordinated by the Fire and Rescue Service with Cheshire Police and council staff. Stopped drivers are given an option to participate in education or receive a Fixed Penalty Notice.
Local Highway Scheme
Evidence gathered through this process or evidence of high collision or injury rates may result in development of a local highway scheme to address any issues identified.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGE7 - Community Speed Management
Road Safe
A community-based pledge' that seeks to inform residents about inappropriate driving behaviour and invites them to sign up to a pledge not to exceed speed limits.
Speed Indicator Device (SID) deployment
An informal speed management device operated by volunteers and initiated by an identified community group.
Community Speed Watch
An informal speed management process involving the use of speed guns at the roadside. Volunteers are trained and supported by either the Police, PCSOs or Safety Wardens. Vehicle details of those exceeding the relevant speed limit are recorded with drivers receiving warning letters.
The following options will not normally be carried out unless steps two and three have been carried out by community groups. Options four and five are subject to agreement with Cheshire Police.
Mobile Enforcement
The deployment of mobile speed enforcement cameras
speeding drivers will face prosecution.
Driver Engagement Day
Co-ordinated by the Fire and Rescue Service with Cheshire Police and council staff. Stopped drivers are given an option to participate in education or receive a Fixed Penalty Notice.
Local Highway Scheme
Evidence gathered through this process or evidence of high collision or injury rates may result in development of a local highway scheme to address any issues identified.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Taunton,Somerset,South West England,UK,England,DLO,DSO,Direct Labour,van,car,West Somerset Taunton,white van,Deane Building Section van,repairs service,repairs,maintenance,team,vehicle,transport,Serving The Community,Protecting the Environment,Low emissions,TD,District Council,local government district,building,service,history,historic,old,unitary,council,councils,Belvadere Road
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A0TWP7 - Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council was based in Taunton.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Taunton, Wellington Urban District, Taunton Rural District, and Wellington Rural District.
Taunton Deane was granted borough status in 1975, perpetuating the mayoralty of Taunton.
The district was given the name of an alternative form of the Taunton Deane Hundred.
In September 2016, West Somerset and Taunton Deane councils agreed in principle to merge the districts into one (with one council) subject to consultation. The new district would not be a unitary authority, with Somerset County Council still performing its functions. In March 2018 both councils voted in favour of the merger and it came into effect on 1 April 2019, with the first elections to the new council in May 2019. The new authority will be known as Somerset West and Taunton
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A0TWPA - Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council was based in Taunton.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Taunton, Wellington Urban District, Taunton Rural District, and Wellington Rural District.
Taunton Deane was granted borough status in 1975, perpetuating the mayoralty of Taunton.
The district was given the name of an alternative form of the Taunton Deane Hundred.
In September 2016, West Somerset and Taunton Deane councils agreed in principle to merge the districts into one (with one council) subject to consultation. The new district would not be a unitary authority, with Somerset County Council still performing its functions. In March 2018 both councils voted in favour of the merger and it came into effect on 1 April 2019, with the first elections to the new council in May 2019. The new authority will be known as Somerset West and Taunton
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DFF0D3 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DFF0D6 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,parked,car park,Belvedere Road,council,DLO,direct works,building services,contractor,internal contractor,TA1,Deane Property Services,Deane Property,Services,service,vehicle,councils,repair,repairs,grey,livery,TA1 1NN,effective,effectiveness,small,van,operative,operatives,on-call,on call,Taunton Deane,Taunton Dean,Deane,borough council
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF146B -
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Keywords: Manchester,City centre,city,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,North West England,UK,England,brewery,van,Two Hoots,Golden Ale,CAMRA,parked,ladder,ladders,Stevenson Square,Northern Quarter,Joseph Holts,Independent,Brewer,real ale,realale,delivery van,NorthernQuarter,Mancunian,brewing,vehicle,Cheetham Hill,Independent Brewer,of,Champion Ales,Holt,M1,M1 1DN
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF65X - Joseph Holt is a family brewing business which was founded in 1849 and which has remained in the same family for six generations. Based in Manchester, the company owns 127 pubs in Manchester and the North West and supplies Joseph Holt's award-winning beers and lagers to over 500 accounts nationally. The company has a long-standing relationship with the Christie Hospital and the Holt Radium Institute in Manchester. This dates back to Sir Edward Holt, the great-grandfather of the current Chief Executive who founded the Holt Radium Institute in 1914. In 2016 Joseph Holt were incredibly proud to win the British Beer and Pub Association's Heart of the Community award for the second time, this was after a campaign to raise £402,000 for the Christie. As a testament to the company's commitment, the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group which has over 300 MPs awarded Joseph Holt with the National Pub Aid award for their support to the community. Over the years, the family brewer has achieved many accolades for their beers. Most notably, the brewery is one of only a handful of breweries to have recently won four gold awards consecutively at the prestigious International Brewing Awards for their Crystal and Diamond lagers and for Black, their keg beer. Many of the pubs now serve fresh food and all stock an exquisite range of wines and spirits from around the world.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,Manhattan,USA,city,city centre,US,food,Souvlaki Hut,giros,van,New York City,United States,street,vendor,seller,immigrants,with,customer,order,ordering,mobile,eats,street food,Greece,Restaurant,mediterranean,middle eastern,truck,food truck,on-board kitchen,street food industry
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6AP - A food truck is a large motorized vehicle (such as a van) or trailer, equipped to cook, prepare, serve, and/or sell food.[1][2] Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food
others have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratch, or they heat up food that was prepared in a bricks and mortar commercial kitchen. Sandwiches, hamburgers, french fries, and other regional fast food fare is common. In recent years, associated with the pop-up restaurant phenomenon, food trucks offering gourmet cuisine and a variety of specialties and ethnic menus have become particularly popular.[3] Food trucks may also sell cold beverages such as soda pop and water. Food trucks, along with portable food booths and food carts, are on the front line of the street food industry that serves an estimated 2.5 billion people every day
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Furniture,Interiors,sales,enquiries,warehouse,van,transport,charity,charities,St Rocco Hospice Shop,Knutsford Road,Cheshire,North West England,UK,shop,GB,cancer,end of life,logo,St Roccos Hospice,borough of Warrington,Warrington Borough,WBC,specialised care,services,inpatient beds,funding,patients,carers,fundraising activities,sponsorships,legacies,therapy care,Care Quality Commission,Charity Commission.
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P9R752 - St Rocco's Hospice provides specialist care and support across Warrington, helping those who are coping with a life-limiting illness.
We provide quality care and promote social, psychological and spiritual wellbeing
for patients with life limiting illness, and in doing so place patients,
carers and families at the heart of everything that we do.
Here to help: a place of care, a tower of strength
St Rocco's Hospice supports the borough of Warrington, a community of over 200,000 people. We provide highly specialised care along with a wide range of services to support those who have been diagnosed with illnesses which are terminal, or life-limiting.
Julie Gloria ClaireCare that's not available elsewhere
Many of our people are trained to a very high level, and provide services which are not readily available elsewhere in the area working with other healthcare professionals, such as your GP or hospital.
A registered charity, dependent on your support
All of the care we provide is free, for both patients and their carers. We don't even charge for car parking. Yet only around a third of our funding is provided by the NHS
the rest comes directly from the wonderful community which we support via fundraising activities such as sponsorships, legacies (money left in wills) and donations and through our many shops and the hospice lottery. Without your help, we couldn't provide the care we do.
More than just a building
St. Rocco's has inpatient beds, provides day therapy care, living well services, a neighbourhood support service and Hospice At Home service.You can find more information about all our services in the 'Our Care' section.
St Rocco's Hospice is regulated by the Care Quality Commission and the Charity Commission.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM2537 - UC24 is a Social Enterprise, delivering a range of Urgent and Primary care services to just under 1 million people across Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens and Sefton.
Our Values
NHS principles are followed to deliver high quality safe, caring and effective services for all. UC24 balance social purpose with an enterprising approach to delivering health care.
Collaboration and quality are at the heart of what UC24 do and we work with partners and communities to ensure that we meet the needs of patients and commissioners and achieve positive system change.
We strive to be an excellent employer and support our people to deliver their best to the patients we serve.
As a Social Enterprise, UC24 has members rather than shareholders and operates on a not-for-profit basis. This enables any surpluses made to be reinvested into the development of new or existing services. UC24 seeks to improve the health of the communities we serve by growing as a social enterprise and providing a quality workplace where people are supported to succeed.
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Keywords: Liverpool,mersey,merseyside,pierhead,pier,head,england,UK,van,GB,great,britain,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix,hotpics,hotpicks,hot,pix,pics,picks,border,screen,frame,framed,platinumphoto,liver,building,liver building,royal,insurance,#tonysmithotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5222344476 - 'Ice Cream - 'New Young Pony Club' - Play this track here.
\u00bfWhats this iPod Shuffle set all about? Read about it here
New Young Pony Club are a five-piece rock band from London, UK. They consist of now London-based vocalist Tahita Bulmer and producer Andy Spence. They shared a love of punk rock and dance music. The founding pair began writing together, originally only for Bulmer to perform.
Spence later assumed a larger role when they decided to form a proper band, so the duo recruited the single-monikered Lou on keyboards, Igor Volk on bass, and Sarah Jones on percussion. The band formed in 2005, and released two limited edition 7' singles ('The Get Go' and this track 'Ice Cream') on indie label Tirk Recordings. Later that year they were discovered by more established Australian label Modular Recordings, and signing a worldwide deal.
The band's name came from lead singer Bulmer's desire to be a part of a club or team at school. Her original idea for the band name was the more concise 'Pony Club', which she describes as 'quirky and kinky and fun'. A pre-existing Irish band had already claimed the name, and the prefix 'New Young' was added to reflect that the band are 'a newer, younger and kinkier Pony Club'. So now we know.
For more, checkout NYPC's debut album, 'Fantastic Playroom'
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The Pier Head in Liverpool has gone through some transformations over the years. When back in the mid 1980's when I worked in the city centre it was part bus station and ferry terminal. The latter are mostly now for tourists, most locals taking the subway. Its now got a nice water feature and the concrete beefeater is now a swish Chinese eatery. A change for the better. On a sunny day, a nice place to enjoy an ice cream.....
NB: Like all the images on this stream, full size images are available, Check my profile for how to contact me.
Checkout more w=33062170@N08\' target=\'_blank\'>Liverpool from my photostream.
Keep in touch, add me as a contact www.flickr.com/relationship.gne?id=33062170@N08 so I can follow all your new uploads.
(c) TonySmith Hotpix / HotpixUK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4058808751 - 'Dead Pheasant on the A556 a fast road connecting Manchester Airport, M6 and Chester. Another victim of white van man.
A Northwich personality www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3998786439/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3999592676 - 'Sainsburys Chip repair Man
And if you are driving, avoid these www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3810481117/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
