Where has the last year gone! Wessex’s Northern office is five this week and we are celebrating another busy year with a team of nearly 50 staff. The Sheffield office team has almost trebled in size since opening, as has our turnover – we are ahead of our target of £1.35 million this year.
Highlights this year include three paid interns through the University of Sheffield, Santander and Sheffield City Council; recruiting 14 archaeologists form the local area; joining the planning and construction groups of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership and Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and working with the University of Sheffield to attract our next intake of new recruits.
We’ve also started a programme of training courses for our clients and we continue to work on a wide range of interesting archaeological and heritage projects. Key schemes this year include continuing work at FARRRS and Rossington; exciting discoveries on the Severn Trent Water pipeline across the River Trent; working on the 19th century Elsecar Beam Engine renovations; and returning to Wakefield Cathedral.
The future looks just as exciting and we look forward to our 10th Anniversary!
By Andrew Norton