March Overview – Matthew Cross
Hello and welcome to the March newsletter.
It has already been an exciting to start to 2025 for Constructing Excellence Midlands that has included opportunities for a bit of a look back as well as a chance to look forward.
The Annual Review and AGM provided the forum for an overview of the great work delivered over the previous year and to celebrate the success with our members. It can be quite difficult to sum up all the activities that take place and the collaboration that is enabled through the network but the annual report and the presentations from the Chairman, Chief Executive and the various Clubs, Theme Groups and Forum chairs and representatives helped to give a real flavour of how things have moved forward. I have only been involved for the last six months so I found it incredibly informative, and I was able to take away more understanding and a wider appreciation of what has been achieved as well as the areas of focus going forward.
Before the Annual Review and AGM, we had the opportunity to look ahead at the strategy day which was a chance to look at what we do and how and why we do it. There is an obvious focus on providing value to members to ensure we can retain and grow membership going forward, and certain initiatives that were captured during the discussions already appear to be having a positive impact on our membership. We have strength in numbers, and growing numbers will only strengthen us further. I am encouraged by how a collaborative approach to significant challenges such as skills, sustainability and safety can be addressed more effectively as an industry than if trying to tackle them on our own in our different organisations. It was clear from our discussions on the future strategy of CE Midlands that collaboration continues to underpin everything that we do.
Opportunities to grow networks, make connections and build the foundations for collaboration going forward are coming thick and fast. We have a number of events coming up including the G4C Midlands Awards on 27th March where we are looking forward to celebrating the future stars of the industry, I hope to see you there!
Thanks for taking the time to read my introduction and I hope you enjoy this edition of the newsletter.
