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30 | 14th - 20th February 2014 | utILIty WeeK Community COMPANY LINK DON'T MISS To advertise here call Nicky Shaw on 01342 332070 or email nicky.shaw@fav-house.com Lowri Beck Services Ltd Mayors Quay, Swan Meadow Road, Wigan, WN3 5BB Tel: 01942 771700 Lowri beck is a leading independent service provider of Metering Systems, Data Capture, Data Management and Field Management services, offering innovative solutions to utilities and busi- ness throughout Great britain. We support the electricity, gas and water markets with Manual and automated Meter reading, Data Collection and aggregation, Meter asset Provision, Installation and Maintenance services as well as providing a full suite of dual fuel Smart Metering ser- vices. Our dual-site Contact Centre provides a wide range of professional outsourcing contact centre services, including overflow call handling and appointment management. Our mobile field management system, Com- panion, supports a range of operations with mobile handheld solutions ensuring improved data communications between office and field activi- ties. Lowri beck was established in 1996 and is experienced in offering tailored services and committed to delivering excellent service at realistic prices. For further information contact lbenquiries@lowribeck.co.uk Tata Consultancy Services 4th Floor, 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HY Tel: 020 7245 1800 www.tcs.com a part of the tata Group, one of India's largest industrial conglomerates, tata Consultancy Services is an It services, business solutions and out- sourcing organisation with operations in 42 countries and over 160,000 of the world's best-trained It consultants. tCS offers a consulting-led inte- grated portfolio of It and It-enabled services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model. With more than 2,200 consultants serv- ing over 80 clients globally our energy, resources and utilities industry solution unit partners with organisations to define and deploy business effectiveness improvement programs that help them stay ahead. From optimising asset utilisation and improving customer service to building intelligent infrastructure and complying with regulations, we help utilities organisations become agile, resilient, and proactive. Wheatley Associates Ltd Broad Road, Bacton, Suffolk, IP14 4HN Tel: 01449 781001 www.wheatley-associates.co.uk Wheatley associates is the expert in the provi- sion of It software solutions for uK utility providers and metering com- panies focused on asset management, data management and mobile workforce scheduling. We offer MOP, MaP, hosted and SaaS solutions. • Amethyst: An asset tracking and management solution that covers the full economic life of both traditional and smart metering assets • Smart roll-out optimiser, focusing on the critical areas of smart meter installation planning, customer engagement and workforce utilisation • Assign, for browser-based, real-time mobile workforce scheduling • JUMBO: MAM operations for electricity and gas while holding informa- tion for all the metering systems managed by the host company. • RAID: A software platform and revenue assurance methodology to en- able you to identify and fix revenue leakage in meter-to-cash processes. The Water Bill: implementation, challenges and opportunities 20 March 2014 Venue: Central London Organiser: the Westminster energy, environment & transport Forum with: Sonia Phippard, director of water and flood risk management, Defra; Andrew Beaver, director of strategy, Ofwat, and richard Flint, chief executive, yorkshire Water. Consumer Debt Conference 26 March 2014 Venue: holiday Inn Venue: birmingham Organiser: Faversham house the 6th National Consumer Debt Conference will bring together more than 100 senior credit and customer professionals from a wide range of utility and telecoms operators to examine the latest advances in collection processes and share best practice. Sustainability Live 1-3 April 2014 Venue: NeC birmingham Organiser: Faversham house the ultimate event for the sustainability in business sector returns in 2014 with an exciting new format, comprising three co-located and interlinked shows: Nemex, Iwex and Energy recovery. together they offer an opportunities for professionals from across the energy, water and energy recovery & reuse sectors. Subscriber of the week Barry Millar, operations director, Waterscan "I used to be in a pipe band – kilts, bagpipes and the whole nine yards" What was your first job? Selling fruit and veg on a mar- ket stall – sounds a bit Del Boy, but it's true! My first proper job aer uni was writing tender documents. What are the best and worst parts of your job? Best: the people I work with. Waterscan is the best working environment with the best peo- ple I have ever come across, it makes work a pleasure when everyone is just as committed as you. Worst: I don't do well on routine repetitive tasks, so the monthly admin such as mileage, expenses, reading engineers' timesheets, etc, fills me with dread. What's your dream job and why? I'm in it because I love learn- ing, working with people and building and engineering equip- ment, and I get to do all of those in my role. What's your most treasured possession? It is probably a little fir tree in my garden, not because I am in any way green-fingered, but because it was grown from a cut- ting of a tree that is now about 40 tall at the house I grew up in in Ireland. Where was your last holiday? Center Parcs Cumbria. In the Hollywood film of your life, who would play you? I suppose Gerard Butler would be a pretty good likeness… or maybe that's just in my head. Reveal something about your- self not many people know. I used to be in a pipe band – kilts, bagpipes and the whole nine yards. What album is currently in your car CD player? London Grammar's If You Wait. What's your favourite film and TV programme? Film: The Guard. TV: Luther. What quote or saying do you most overuse? "To be fair…" If you ruled the world, what would you do first? Commandeer Necker Island as my presidential residence.