Welcome to the Ion Newsletter. While the content this Quarter features some recent events from the past three months, we are actually playing ‘catch up’. For instance we have had the Quick Reference Guide for a number of years - much to the delight and relief of many clients
and we started the Duty of Care many months ago.
Job Vacancies
Ion would like to announce that they have 3 vacancies available. The jobs are:
• Service Compliance Officer
• Service Technician
• Legionella Risk Assessor
If you are interested in the positions, click the links above for more info and then contact us.
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Development and Promotion
Ion has recently renewed their accreditation with Investors in People where the emphasis is on Development of the People within the Organisation. The promotions described below emphasise our continuing commitment to that Development.
Congratulations to Campbell Crawford and Paul Gammon on their recent promotions.
Campbell takes on the role “Operations Team Leader” assisting the Ops Manager in the day-to-day running of Operations, while Paul assumes the overall ownership and responsibilities for all current and future Water Risk Assessments.
Well done Campbell and Paul from all at Ion.
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"It’s a Walk in the Park" - All Donations Welcome
Its here again - On Sunday 10th May 2009 along with a host of family and friends, Ion will sponsor and participate in a 6k walk in Strathclyde Park in Aid of St Andrews Hospice, Lanarkshire.
The purpose of the walk, originally in memory of a much loved nurse at St. Andrews -
Michelle Tighe, has developed and widened over recent years and is now an opportunity for
all participants and all of Lanarkshire to recognise and honour the vital work performed by all nurses and carers.
Lanarkshire’s only Hospice provides week after week specialist palliative, pain relieving care to 120 patients suffering from life-limiting illnesses. The Hospice fund raising team have to raise £40,000 each week to maintain these vital services and “A Walk in the Park” helps to provide much needed revenue.
Ion would thank all St. Andrews Hospice organisers and staff for this opportunity to contribute.
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| Ion family and friends Sunday 10th May 2009 |
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Boulevard of Light
Ion maintain their support to the St. Andrews Hospice having sponsored one of the trees on
the ‘Boulevard of Light’ at West End and Centenary Parks.
The lighting up ceremony took place on Thursday 11th. December and the trees will be illuminated from December 2008 until end of March 2009 and a signage board will feature the names and logos of all who support this exciting initiative.
All sponsorship monies for the trees will go to St. Andrews Hospice to fund vital care services to Lanarkshire patients suffering from cancer and other life-limiting illnesses.
All our thoughts to all...
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Sportsmatch
 Following our sponsorship of Campsie Minerva Football Club, Ion
are pleased to learn the clubs’ application for SPORTSMATCH
funding has been successful.
SPORTSMATCH, is a Scottish Executive funded scheme, managed by sportscotland and set up to encourage the business communities to
sponsor sport at grass roots level.
SPORTSMATCH can act as an incentive by offering to match sponsorships – like Ion’s – on a
£ for £ basis and a SPORTSMATCH award can mean:
• New projects can get started
• Existing projects can be improved
Well done Campsie Minerva – go for it !
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Welcome to Hugh Duffy
Hugh has also recently joined the expanding Ion Sales and Key Accounts Team ably led by
Paul Harris and Ian Drain. Hugh worked for several years with NALCO as Environmental Hygiene Specialist with emphasis on Legionella Control and Air Quality Control and will bring his considerable experiences and expertise to his role as Field Sales Executive. His previous background includes several years within the construction and DIY industries where he has accumulated his building and technical skills
Hugh’s’ interests include many years experience as a Thai kick boxing Instructor which emanated and developed from his Karate black belt achievement at 17 years of age. As you can imagine, everybody in the Ion Team regard Hugh with the greatest respect from an even greater distance...
With both David and Hugh on board working with the two old ‘Warhorses’ Paul and Ian, Ion now have a very comprehensive and experienced Accounts Team. Please contact Hugh and the other Team members through the links above or through the web site contact page.
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Thank You All…………..
This year’s “Legionella Awareness Day” Seminar was well attended and well received. An increase in quality, entertaining delivery, as well attendance lead to an overwhelmingly successful and positive day for Ion Water.
Firstly, a thank you to our location organisers, Hampden Park Stadium for a very sizeable and favourable setting in which we were able to conduct our seminar. This was an ideal place for us to hold an event like this and we are very grateful to Hampden Park that we were allowed to have Ion Water and Environmental Management Ltd attend there.
Thanks also goes out to our main speaker Mr. David Harper. David’s unique style and presentation held our attention and ensured our attendees were fully engrossed. I’m sure all attendees were able to get a ‘one of a kind’ look into Legionella and match it up to their respective businesses and occupations. This was demonstrated through the insight they gave at the Q & A's session.
A large amount of gratitude must also go out as well to Pall and Quarterback for their presentations which we hope left a lasting image in your minds. I shall in the very near future, place further details and information of the Pall products and the Quarterback system into the Ion website. Remember, every time you get an email from us click on to the ‘ION LOGO’. There is a mine of information there….
A special thanks also to Mr. Ian Drain for his organisational skills and patience as well as our other volunteers, who helped make things go as smoothly as possible at Hampden, not in the least the ‘ION Ladies’ who ensured everyone was registered and all your needs were attended to.
Last but most definitely not least, a tremendous amount of recognition and thanks must go out to our attendees. The huge amount of support and encouragement we received from you made it well worth our time and effort. A lot of our current success must be credited to those who have stuck with us and we hope to have retained all of those who were behind us and in the process we hope to have attained even more backing from those who are new to Ion Water Ltd.
Thank you again to all those groups listed above who made our ‘Big Day’ a great one.
All enquiries welcome.
Mr. Paul Harris
Managing Director
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Legionella Awareness Day Photos
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LCA Accreditation
 ION is one of the latest group of companies to successfully attain registration with and association to a Code of Conduct designed to provide a standard of service that a Client should expect from all Service Providers. The North Lanarkshire-based firm recently received accreditation from The Legionella Control Association (LCA) which provides the very high standards of a Recommended Code of Conduct for Service Providers.
The ‘Recommended Code of Conduct for Service Providers’
and Ion's Registration Certificate can be found attached to this web site…
Employing more than 25 people, ION is principally involved in
the control of Legionella Bacteria in water systems complying
with and adhering to the Legionnaires’ Disease Approved Code
of Practice (ACOP) L8 requirements and Guidelines.
Specialising in both Industrial and Commercial sectors including Leisure, Retail, NHS and Educational institutions and with a circ £2 million turnover, Ions’ most recent clients have included major players such as; Turner Estate Solutions Ltd. (formerly Amec Turner), Dalkia, Mitie, Amey plc, several Public Bodies and Councils and Major UK Property Managers
For those not mentioned here Ion would thank all our clients for their continued support and would ask you to note the final message contained in this Code of Conduct.
“ In the event the Client believes that a service provider has not complied with the Code of Conduct, he may write with full details, to the Legionella Control Association Secretariat.”
• Recommended Code of Conduct for Service Providers
• Ion's Registration Certificate
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CHAS Accreditation
 Ion has achieved accreditation within the Contractors Health and safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS) having demonstrated compliance with and sound management of, current basic Health and Safety Legislation.
Ion are committed to Customer Satisfaction through the provision of our services in a safe and skilled manner and all in accordance with the Legionnaires Disease Approve Code of Practice (ACOP) L8 Requirements and Guidelines 2001 and all other Health and Safety Legislation.
Ion has a Duty of Care to ensure our Employees and Client are fully aware of their responsibilities to the HSE Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L8 Legionnaires’ Disease January 2001, HSWA 1974 and COSHH 2004.”
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Thank You for Applying
ION would like to thank all of the people that applied for the Sales Engineer vacancy at our Coatbridge office. We have now filled that position but please keep checking out our website as we will advertise any upcoming positions on this website first.
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Top Safety Accreditation for ION Water Limited
 ION is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record. The North Lanarkshire-based firm recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors.
Employing over 25 people, ION is principally involved in the control of Legionella Bacteria in water systems complying with and adhering to the Legionnaires’ Disease Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L8 requirements and Guidelines.
Specialising in both Industrial and Commercial sectors including Leisure, Retail, NHS and Educational institutions and with a circ £2 million turnover, ION’s most recent clients have included major players such as; Turner Estate Solutions Ltd. (formerly Amec Turner), Dalkia, Mitie, Amey plc, several Public Bodies and Councils and Major UK Property Managers,
The company’s application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business.
Safecontractor is operated by international safety, health and environmental risk management specialists, the National Britannia Group one of UK’s largest independent safety, health and environmental risk management specialists, employing a total of 450 people within its UK operations. The system is applicable to most sectors, all of which are big users of contract services.
James Ostler, Managing Director of Information Service at National Britannia said, "Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies. More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that ION has done. The firms’ high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector".
Under the SAFEcontractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice. Those companies meeting the high standard are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users only via a website, www.safecontractor.com.
Employer-organisations who sign up to the scheme can access the database, which enables them to vet potential contractors before they even set foot on site. These employers agree that, as users of the scheme, they will engage only those who have received accreditation.
Over eighty major nation-wide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment or electrical and mechanical work.
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We have Moved...
Because of our continual development and expansion Ion have relocated to new premises. Still in the the Coatbridge area and still focussed on all our clients. Our new address details can be found on the right of this web page and we shall contact all clients directly with further details.
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10 Years on...
The last 10 years has been a very exciting time for all at Ion as we have seen the company grow, develop and move ahead of its competitors by establishing itself as a true innovative and forward looking company specialising in an effective range of water & environmental treatment and management always complying with HSW Act (1974), COSSHE Regulations and Approved code of Practice (L8).
A company who has placed great emphasis on providing cost effective solutions and services as well as a clear strategic and systematic approach to our clients’ legislative and maintenance requirements. A company who continue to demonstrate innovation and development with our comprehensively trained work force and by the introduction of our:-
Innovation and Development
• Quick Reference Guide
• Camera Inspection
• Purification System
ION celebrates its 10 year anniversary by looking forward to the next 10 years. By looking forward to continued development and innovation through making best use of up to date technology & by the introduction of our equipment, training and systems and customer care.
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Duty of Care...
Because of the Approved Codes of Practice January 2001 - ACOPs (L8) the Responsible Person for any premises has to ensure all ACOP (L8) requirements are complied with – sooner rather than later. The emphasis and significance is not only what Ion can do for you but what the requirements say should be done. As with all things budgets have to be measured to include for those requirements but not all budgets can allow for the works being done now and therefore sometimes the task is missed or forgotten.
To that end Ion have just completed a survey of all contracts by reviewing what we do for our customers and, (what is equally important), what our customers don’t do but what is required.
Ion found the water Risk Assessments in a considerable number if premises to be overdue. This has now been highlighted to the client – the Responsible Person – who has now taken the necessary steps to comply. Whether Ion carry our the work or not we have a Duty of Care to our customer.
Ion Duty of Care does not stop at Risk Assessments. We shall continue to advise and recommend what ACOP (L8) requirements are relevant and best suit our customers needs. In order to assist our customers awareness of some descriptions, Ion have included a
‘Definitions’ within this web site. Just click onto the link shown.
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Did you nod off?
If like me you have a difficulty in retaining an avid interest or concentration in long drawn
out narratives and explanations (it's an age thing) then you may have difficulty with 'The control of Legionella Bacteria in water systems - Approved Code of Practice and Guidance (L8)’.
Help is here… Log on to our - Approved Code of Practice January 2001 L8 -
Quick Reference Guide
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Partnerships
Ion make every endeavour to work as ‘partners’ with our customers. In that context we look to develop a long term ‘partnership in business’ relationship by working together to create a flexible and cost effective approach for the delivery of a varied range of services to meet the customer’s specific needs and requirements.
Some recent customers / partners include:
Morrison
McKever Group
Centrex
West Dunbartonshire Council
Some current customers / partners include:
Dalkia
Monteray (BT premises)
Dundee City Council
Mitie
Amec Turner
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