OUR WORK
ProjectsThe remit of our projects and teams is broad, but what connects them is our over-riding primary goal – to create innovative and sustainable solutions to society’s complex challenges.
Quotes from our collaborators
Major General Lamont Kirkland
, Team Army
Face to face events with our sponsors are critical to the success and sustainability of Team Army. Kerry and Usha have provided invaluable event management for us for many years and their professionalism and creativity is key to ensuring client retention. I have complete confidence in their ability to work within budget and to a deadline whilst delivering a broad range of magnificent events.
Richard Muir
, Lockheed Martin UK
Working through Team Army has provided all the necessary safeguards and assurance to satisfy our internal regulations on corporate sponsorship and entertaining.
Duncan King
, Atos
Team Ethos is an integral part of our strategy to help us build senior customer relationships and hold the right level of engagement and business conversations. The opportunities to meet and share insight enables better informed business decisions by all parties.
Mike Gilbert
, Leonardo
It is rare in business to be able to engage with end users, customers and partners so effectively. Working with Team Army has helped us to develop timely solutions while also nurturing lasting relationships and friendships.
Denise Atkinson
, Lewisham Construction Hub
The Lewisham Construction Hub is a service delivered by London Borough of Lewisham in partnership with BE Group and Lewisham Southwark College. Ethos (BuildLondon) have been subcontracted by Lewisham Southwark College to deliver key elements of the Job brokerage which includes the provision of the bespoke CRM system. Additionally, Ethos have been supporting the council, in terms of opportunities for local labour around new skills sets using modern methods of construction.
Abdi Yusuf
, Islington Council
Islington worked with Ethos on the Innovate UK funded £1.3m London Construction skills collaboration programme (SkillsPlanner) which successfully concluded at the end of March 2018. Islington were a grant recipient and a key partner to Ethos in developing a number of their “use-cases” including a bespoke piece of work commissioned
Mark Booth
, London Borough of Camden
Camden have been a key part of the SkillsPlanner project from the start including commissioning a successful piece of bespoke work towards the end of the project.
Ciara Pryce
, VGC Group
By partnering with BuildLondon we gain access to a wider pool of excellent and eager candidates. We can offer them to opportunity to gain employment, experience and lifelong qualifications – it is a win-win for all!
Tom Harding
, Westminster City Council
Westminster has been a delivery partner to Ethos from the start of SkillsPlanner and more recently we have been driving the behaviour of our construction supply chain towards a more collaborative direction through sharing of key data with the Council and developing more evidence of positive social impact in the Borough.
Tony Hyland
, Department for Work and Pensions
BuildLondon provides us with a fantastic opportunity to deliver a highly productive Construction Sector Brokerage Service, which not only provides a one-stop shop for our Employers on an ongoing basis, but also supports our delivery on the high profile regeneration projects such as Thames Tideway and HS2.
Team Army/Team Ethos
Funding Forces sport
Established in 2010, and led by retired Major General Lamont Kirkland CBE, Team Army and its sister brand Team Ethos, has been hugely successful in bringing together leading industry brands with the British Army, Navy and Combined Services, and now raises over £1M per annum of essential funding for Forces sport, challenge and adventure.
BUILDLONDON
Connecting local people to local jobs
BuildLondon connects job seekers with vacancies in London’s major infrastructure and construction projects, and provides the construction industry with the skilled workers it needs. As the only London-wide, specialist construction industry brokerage, BuildLondon offers a central point of contact for industry, colleges, local authorities and supports communities, diversity in construction and people wanting to train, upskill or reskill.
SMART GUILDFORD
Connecting a city
In Guildford we have built a full-scale demonstrator of the world’s largest multi-asset parking and retail monitoring system, Fixed and mobile sensors in car parks and key shopping streets deliver live information to businesses and local government, 24 hours a day. This data allows shoppers to find parking, retailers to gain valuable insights and authorities to better understand how to develop and maintain a thriving town centre.
BuildForce
Military Skills – Construction Careers
BuildForce, an industry led co-venture initially part-funded by citb, enables highly skilled ex-Forces personnel to access careers in UK construction through a network of employers, mentors and supporters. Led by a a steering group of major construction industry employers, Ethos have managed and delivered this highly successful initiative since 2016.
GEOmii Parking
Taking the pain out of parking
GEOmii Parking improves citizens’ quality of life by allowing drivers to find spaces easily thanks to artificial intelligence working in conjunction with sensor systems to predict available parking. Using real time and predicted data, the GEOmii Parking mobile app helps drivers navigate to the best parking place, which in turn helps city authorities’ to cut down urban congestion and air pollution levels.
SkillsPlanner
Solving the skills gap
SkillsPlanner is an innovative approach to solving industry skills shortages. A linked open data platform that can aggregate and analyse data from a variety of different sources, SkillsPlanner was piloted in the London construction ecosystem, where skills gaps are significant, and allowed employers and skills providers to share the data that makes meeting future employment needs possible. SkillsPlanner launched in 2015 with £1.3m two-year Innovate UK R&D project, partly-funded by Innovate UK.
Smart Retail
Powering the high street revival
Ethos Smart retail harnesses sensor technology and proven data analytics to identify how shoppers move around retail areas. Our system provides retailers, developers and landlords with live analysis of the footfall density outside their retail outlet, shopper dwell time and peel off rate into their store. This data is profoundly valuable for BIDs and LAs planning evidence-based high street improvement schemes.
Lewisham Construction Hub
Building local growth
Funded by Lewisham Council and the Mayor of London, the Lewisham Construction hub is a partnership between the Council, Lewisham Southwark College, our job brokerage BuildLondon and the BE Group, and brings together expertise to help residents find jobs, training, apprenticeships and work experience in the construction industry. The hub also provides support and advice to local businesses, employers and developers in order that they can fully benefit from the expected £2 million of investment in the area.
New Leaf Events
Making a lasting impression
New Leaf is a small events company that specialises in creating and delivering corporate, fundraising and celebratory occasions with maximum impact and return on investment. Created by Usha Chadha and Kerry Godley-McAvoy who together have over 25 years of event planning experience, across multiple industries, from health, legal and tourism to fashion, defence, public sector, charity and sport, and strong partnerships with a wide range of venues, agencies and suppliers.
Joining the Dots
Delivering more with less
Increasing social inequalities, an increase in the demand for public services, coupled with cuts in funding called for an innovative new approach in the city of Reading. Building on the excellent partnership work already being done by key local corporates, public service providers, charities and community groups – Ethos took up the challenge to drive the formation of a collaborative and facilitating ‘hub’, called Joining the Dots. With a collective vision to improve living, working and wellbeing in Reading, this project is already starting to make a difference in some of the most deprived areas of the borough.
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