EMS News

EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE & SECURITY (EADS) DEFENCE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS

Up until December 2001, Cogent Defence Systems operated as a subsidiary of Nortel Networks UK Ltd. The business was then transferred to EADS Telecom. In 2003, EADS acquired all the equity in Cogent Defence and Security Networks (CDSN) and restructured its defence interests. Now known as EADS Defence and Security Systems Ltd, the Company is the Systems House for EADS in the UK employing over 900 people. Headquartered in Newport, South Wales, with a growing reputation as the partner of choice in the defence and homeland security markets.

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Environmental Monitoring Solutions Ltd working in Partnership with Sodexho Healthcare Services Ltd

Sodexho is part of Sodexho Alliance the leading global provider of food and management
services, with more than 332,000 employees at 28,300 sites in 80 countries.

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexho employs 48,000 employees, and provides food and facilities
management services to clients at over 2,300 locations in the business and industry, education,
healthcare, leisure and defence sectors. Sodexho is listed as the world's second top
outsourcing provider in the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals 2006 Global
Outsourcing 100 published by Fortune magazine.

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TRAIN TO GAIN FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COURSES

Specialist water and environmental consultants Environmental Monitoring Solutions (EMS) Ltd are now approved providers with Action for Employment (A4e) and have formed part of A4e consortiums to provide Train 2 Gain Level 2 NVQ’s in Environmental Conservation and Community Recycling in the North East, East Midlands, West Midlands and London.

The courses are fully funded (100%) for employers who meet the following eligibility criteria:
• Candidates must be over 19 years old
• Have no previous NVQs @ level 2 or above or qualifications equivalent to 5 GCSEs @ grade C or above.
• Contract of employment

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NEW CIEH ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING COURSES

Environmental Monitoring Solutions Ltd (EMS) have recently become accredited to offer CIEH (Chartered institute of Environmental Health) courses. Companies are required by law to train their staff on environmental, health and safety practices and EMS has experienced a major increase in demand from businesses that require specialist training in these areas.

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UVDB Certification

EMS has been registered as a supplier on the Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) for a range of environmental monitoring and consultancy services.

EMS are an approved provider with Action for Employment (A4e) in South Yorkshire to offer 40% funding towards NVQ courses to small to medium size companies who pass the approved eligibility criteria. Please contact EMS on 01246 418913 to discuss this in more detail.

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Ponsel

EMS has been granted the exclusive UK distributor rights by French manufacturer Ponsel for their range of water quality measuring devices.

Since 1948 Ponsel has specialised in the manufacture of portable and fixed site instruments for monitoring a range of water quality parameters – Turbidity, Suspended Solids, Conductivity, pH/ORP, Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature and sludge blanket.
Ponsel probes can also be used with ISCO samplers to enable programmes and log data.

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