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Ford of Britain chairman and managing director
Mark Ovenden shares his news and views
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If I were to choose a favourite number right now it would be 101,037, because
that is the number of vehicles Ford sold in Britain in September and October – the
best two-month sales since March and April 2008.
It is testimony not only to our product range but also to the excellence of the
whole Ford team, our colleagues at Ford Credit and, of course, of our dealer
partners.
Fiesta and Focus have been the number one and two best sellers all year, with
Fiesta on its own outselling the car ranges of all but ﬁve rival car makers.
It is great to see our products featuring in TV ads, and if you haven’t yet seen the
new ads for new Focus and all-new Mondeo, please look out for them.
I was delighted, with Stephen Odell, to welcome prime minister David Cameron
and business secretary Vince Cable to Dagenham for the announcement of an
additional £190 million investment in the plant to produce an advanced new 2.0-litre
diesel engine, which will create 318 new jobs.
Two weeks later we had another Ford Dagenham visit from Priti Patel MP, the
exchequer secretary to the Treasury who, like David Cameron and Vince Cable,
wanted to hear about the technology and the people who will make that investment
– which includes £8.9 million from the Government – work.
She also wanted to learn about Ford’s work encouraging women into STEM
(science, technology, engineering or maths) studies and engineering careers, and I
would like to thank engineers Julie McIlroy, Tamsin O’Hagan, Sarah Cartwright,
Grace Dalton, Katy-Jane Wells, Kerry Smith, Carly Hinton, Alexandra Walker, Dawn
Sharp, Hannah Pearlman and Kirsty Williams who were there to meet her.
They are all exceptional ambassadors for the Government’s Your Life initiative to
encourage young people to study STEM subjects, which Ford is co-sponsoring.
In early November, Graham Hoare, Ford director of global engineering operations,
attended the opening of the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) at Warwick University, where Vince Cable announced £1 billion funding from Government and industry to support low carbon vehicle technology development in the UK.
Part of the announcement was for a London Advanced Propulsion Centre located
on the Olympic Park. Ford is closely involved in these discussions and is playing an
active role as part of one of the industrial consortiums that are supported by the
APC.
Finally, as this is my last column before Christmas, I would like to thank everyone
for their support during the year, and I wish each of you a restful and peaceful
holiday.
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Ford of Britain chairman and managing director, Mark Ovenden, cuts the celebratory cake, watched by sales director Andy Barratt
(front right) and members of the marketing and sales teams
Ford breaks 100,000 sales
mark in September/October
UK market leader Ford has recorded
101,037 64-plate registrations during
September and October – the highest
number of Ford sales over a two-month
period since March/April 2008.
According to the ofﬁcial ﬁgures for
October from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT):
n Ford was market leader for cars, commercial vehicles and total vehicle sales
n Fiesta and Focus were number one and
two in October and year to date
n Transit nameplate sales would place the
brand third in UK total vehicle sales
n Ford’s total vehicle sales lead over its
nearest rival now exceeds 100,000.
Ford of Britain chairman and managing
director, Mark Ovenden, said: “In a buoyant
UK market, Ford beat the total vehicle sales
growth in October, to maintain our strong
sales momentum.
“Fiesta and Focus continue to lead the
UK market while the success of our extended Ford CV family can be measured by the
fact that total Transit nameplate sales
exceed those of any car – apart from Fiesta
“Fiesta on its own outsells
the car ranges of all but ﬁve
of Ford’s rival car makers”
and Focus. These sales results are founded
on a continuous stream of new models and
innovative technology delivered through our
dealer partners, who make up the strongest
network in the UK.”
The ofﬁcial ﬁgures released by the SMMT
show that total UK car sales in October
were up 14.2 per cent at 179,714, compared with October 2013. Ford’s October
car sales were 24,221, up from 21,325 in
October 2013. For the year to date (end
October) total UK car sales were 2,137,910,
up 9.5 per cent compared with the same
period in 2013, while Ford car sales for this
period were 286,975, up from 270,342.
Ford Fiesta’s total registrations of
116,087 for the year to date make it the UK
best seller by a signiﬁcant margin. This
sales total would place it seventh in the list
of top-selling car manufacturers, meaning
that Fiesta on its own outsells the car
ranges of all but ﬁve of Ford’s rival car
makers.
Ford’s broad customer appeal across its
car range is demonstrated by Fiesta,
B-MAX, Focus, C-MAX, Kuga and Galaxy all
being placed in the top three in their respective market segments.
UK commercial vehicle (CV) sales in
October were up 25.4 per cent at 35,495,
compared with October 2013.
Ford CV sales in October were up 30.4
per cent at 7,527, compared with October
2013. For the year to date total UK CV
sales were up 13.6 per cent at 309,705,
compared with the same period in 2013.
Total sales of Ford CVs for the year to date
were up 18.8 per cent at 72,905, compared
with 2013.
The full availability of Ford’s extended CV
family helped deliver Ford light commercial
sales and share increases in October (1,946
and 23.9 per cent versus 479 and 6.6 per
cent in October 2013) and for the year to
date (14,589 and 17.9 per cent versus 8,594
and 10.8 per cent for the same period in
2013).
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Mustang
launched
at Warley
Ford of Britain chairman and managing director Mark
Ovenden pulled the covers off a Ford Mustang in the
Warley foyer, to the delight of staff waiting to get a
close look at the iconic car.
The Mustang, which will be on sale in the UK next
autumn and can be ordered in the meantime through
Ford dealers, will deliver world-class levels of performance and reﬁnement, as well as classic design
elements. These include the sleek proﬁle, three-dimensional, tri-bar taillamps and signature trapezoidal grille
with Mustang pony emblem.
The new Mustang also features all-new front and
rear suspension systems and standard Performance
Pack chassis tuning for Europe. Ford’s acclaimed 5.0
litre V8 engine produces 418PS and 524Nm of torque,
and the 2.3-litre EcoBoost engine delivers 314PS and
434Nm.
Before unveiling the Mustang, Mark showed off the
new Ford Focus ST, which is on sale now with both
petrol and diesel powertrains.
Ford of Britain chairman and managing director
Mark Ovenden poses with the Mustang, above
right, after unveiling it in the Warley foyer, right
Ford College staff hit the road to help train UK dealers
Staff from the Ford College at Daventry took to the road during
the autumn to help prepare UK dealers for some important
changes in the way training is delivered to workshop
personnel.
In a series of roadshow meetings around the country, the
Ford College team explained the new technical training
curriculum which will apply to all dealer technicians from the
start of 2015.
The new curriculum and associated training courses have
been developed following consultation with the dealer
network, and will help provide a more ﬂexible spread of skills
within each dealer.
“We’ve listened carefully to feedback from the dealer body,
and have developed a training map for technicians which
supports their business needs more closely,” explained Ford
College development and quality manager Nigel Stimpson.
“We wanted to ensure that technicians are able to explore specialist routes during the training, so that dealer workshops have access to a broader mix of skills to meet
customer needs. The roadshows were a great way of explaining the changes, and giving dealers the chance to ask any questions before the new system went into
operation,” added Nigel.
From January 2015, the new curriculum caters for two different categories of workshop staff: Ford Trained Technicians, and the higher level Ford Qualiﬁed Technicians. Under the new curriculum, 100 per cent of dealer technicians are trained by Ford College, and each dealer must have 40 per cent of technicians at Ford Trained
level, and 60 per cent at Ford Qualiﬁed level, with a minimum number of specialists in body, chassis, and powertrain and electrical.
The roadshow meetings also highlighted the role of eLearning modules as a vital part of the training courses, and stressed the importance of allowing delegates
some preparation time before attending to help them maximise the beneﬁts of the training.
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Holly wins Ford Prize for Women
Cambridge undergraduate Holly Giles has won the inaugural
Ford Prize for Women in STEM Study competition, which recognises the achievements of women studying STEM-based subjects.
It recognises that women are traditionally under-represented in
STEM (science, technology, engineering or maths) studies and
related professions and acknowledges the achievements of
women in STEM, encouraging other women to become involved.
The £1,000 cash prize – and four runners-up prizes of £250 –
was for a female student in her ﬁrst year of a STEM degree, who
can demonstrate how she is inspiring the next generation of
scientists, engineers and technologists.
Holly, who is in the ﬁrst year of a natural sciences degree at
Cambridge, “clearly demonstrated her skills as a great ambassador promoting the study of STEM subjects, and conveyed her
commitment for encouraging others,” said Dunton-based
university programmes specialist Angela Morley.
Holly, who last year was awarded a Nufﬁeld scholarship, has
been given the opportunity to maintain a link with Ford throughout
her studies via a personal Ford mentor.
Ford’s commitment includes being one of eight main corporate
sponsors of the Your Life campaign to ensure young adults in the
UK have the maths and science skills needed to succeed in the
current competitive global economy.
Your Life is a Government initiative with the aim of boosting
young people’s participation in STEM subjects, and is is targeted
at 14-16 year olds, a key educational decision-making time.
Your Life also aims to inspire young people, especially girls, to
study maths and physics as a gateway into wide-ranging careers
while also triggering employers to recruit and retain this talent.
As part of the campaign, Ford is on track to increase the
number of registered female STEMNET ambassadors by 30% by
the end of this year and to double the number of female registered
participants and mentors on the IMechE and IET monitored
professional development schemes by May 2015.
Ford of Europe chief operating ofﬁcer Barb Samardzich, one of
the senior ﬁgures on the campaign’s corporate advisory board,
said: “Your Life is a campaign that Ford recognises has the
potential to revolutionise the way that young people in the UK see
the opportunities offered by science and maths. We have a
responsibility to ensure that young people know that sciences can
lead to all sorts of exciting careers and Ford is playing its part.”
Holly Giles, winner of the Ford Prize for Women in STEM Study
Transit again tops ﬂeet reliability survey
The Ford Transit has been crowned Britain’s most reliable
van for the third successive year and the seventh time in
eight years, and Ford is the most reliable manufacturer, also
for the third year running and for the seventh year out of
eight in surveys carried out by Fleet News.
The Transit and Ford topped the tables in the 2014 FN50
light commercial vehicle reliability survey, which assessed
the reliability of both manufacturers and models, based on
feedback from Britain’s leading leasing companies. Importantly, the survey is based on solid fact, rather than opinion.
Only multi-marque leasing companies are included in the
annual survey, which looks at the number of breakdowns per
100 units of each vehicle model on their ﬂeets.
The FN50 reliability results back up ﬁndings from Ford’s
own performance tracking process, which monitors quality
and customer satisfaction with new vehicles after three to
four months in service.
n The Ford S-MAX has been named Britain’s Best MPV in
the National Car Awards, whose editor-in-chief, Sue Baker,
said: “Space and pace endear the S-MAX to owners, and
their views have propelled it into the number one position.”
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Ford and AA
extend ﬂeet
supply deal
Around 85,000 AA Driving School learners a year will
be at the wheel of Britain’s most popular cars, the Ford
Fiesta and Ford Focus.
Ford’s exclusive supply agreement with AA Driving
School, originally struck in 1998, has been extended
for a further three years, up to the middle of 2017, with
the school’s franchised instructors taking delivery of
around 2,000 new Ford models annually.
With fuel economy a key priority for the instructors,
the models powered by the 1.0-litre EcoBoost engines
are expected to be the top choice. “We will be offering
them the Focus EcoBoost and we expect that it, and
the Fiesta EcoBoost, will get the biggest take-up
because they offer such fantastic fuel economy,” said
the AA’s head of ﬂeet, Sarah Dopson.
“We are very pleased to be continuing this longstanding agreement for a further three years. We are
constantly benchmarking and Ford always comes out
with the best model range, the cars most suitable for
purpose, and with the most competitive pricing.”
Ford’s direct sales business manager, James Powell,
added: “This is not only great news for Ford in terms of
the large number of new models being delivered to the
AA Driving School over the coming three years. It
means also that thousands of newcomers will learn the
art of driving at the wheel of a Ford, and that in turn
means a Ford will be their natural choice when they
pass their test and buy their ﬁrst car.”
AA instructors also provide the tuition for Ford’s free
driver training programme – Driving Skills for Life – designed to fast-track the skills and experience of new
drivers after they have passed their practical test.
11 Transit Couriers join Scottish emergency service ﬂeet
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), an amalgamation of Scotland’s eight regional ﬁre and rescue services, has added 11 Ford Transit Couriers to its nationwide ﬂeet.
Their work will chieﬂy involve ﬁre prevention – carrying equipment and personnel to assess ﬁre risks in buildings and as part of ﬁre safety demonstrations. The
Transit Courier is ideal for the role, said SFRS ﬂeet manager Scott Roberts: “It’s a small van but the load space within is excellent and more than adequate for the job,
but our chief concerns are whole-life costs and ease of maintenance. When you have a region to cover as large as Scotland, an extensive dealer network is vital and, of
course, Ford has a dealer in nearly every large town.”
The service has also selected the Transit Custom for deployment in the Highlands, where double cab-in-van models perform
an essential function as a back-up to ﬁre-ﬁghting appliances,
carrying breathing equipment and other tools.
Water rescue missions are part of the SFRS’ work and the 4x4
Ford Ranger is its choice for towing the service’s rescue craft.
The Ford Focus is meanwhile carving a niche for itself as an
effective fast-response vehicle.
Ford direct sales manager, Terry Adams, said: “For the Scottish
Fire and Rescue Service, the extensive Ford range of cars and
commercial vehicles ticks all the boxes, with a model ideal for
every function within the service. Ford provides an unrivalled
customisation service for ‘blue-light’ applications, and of course
its service network across the UK is second to none.”
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Ford racers win MPG challenge
Formula Ford drivers Harrison Scott and Louise Richardson drove a
Fiesta ST to victory in the ALD Automotive/Fleet World MPG Marathon,
achieving the biggest improvement in fuel consumption over their car’s
ofﬁcial ﬁgures.
Formula Ford cars are powered by the same 1.6-litre EcoBoost
engine as the acclaimed Fiesta ST, which recorded 75.77mpg over
307.4 miles to win the Best Improvement award by improving on the
car’s declared combined economy ﬁgure of 47.9mpg, by 58 per cent.
“It was a very different challenge to the driving I am used to,” said
18-year-old Harrison, who is one of six ﬁnalists for the prestigious
McLaren BRDC Autosport Award. “The Fiesta ST is a seriously quick
car but, if you ease off, and carefully optimise all of its fuel-efﬁcient
capabilities, it’s surprising how little fuel it consumes.”
The 182PS ST is Ford’s fastest-ever production Fiesta, able to sprint
from 0-62mph in under seven seconds and with a top speed of 139mph.
It is the ﬁrst Fiesta ST to use Ford’s EcoBoost engine technology, which
this summer won International Engine of the Year for the third year in
succession. The EcoBoost’s low weight contributes towards improved
handling and economy, and features technologies including turbocharging, high-pressure direct fuel-injection and twin-independent variable
cam timing.
Close behind was a Focus ST which achieved 65.78mpg, an improvement of more than 44 per cent on its ofﬁcial combined economy ﬁgure.
The Ford Fiesta ECOnetic was the outright winner of the MPG Marathon in 2012 and 2013, and defending champions Nick Chapman and
Rosemary Homer returned at the wheel of another 1.6-litre Fiesta
ECOnetic diesel, which returned 97.08mpg this year, missing out on the
best overall mpg prize by a fraction.
Formula Ford racers Harrison Scott and Louise Richardson
with their MPG Marathon-winning Fiesta ST
Upgrades for Kuga range
The Ford Kuga is now available with signiﬁcant upgrades that include the most
powerful diesel powertrain to date.
Improvements to the Kuga’s diesel and petrol engine range also deliver lower CO2
emissions. Kuga is offered with more advanced technologies as standard that help
reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions, including Auto-Start-Stop and Active
Grille Shutter. It is also the ﬁrst Ford to be offered in bold new colour Tiger Eye
Metallic.
Peak power of Ford’s 2.0-litre TDCi diesel engine, which powered 95 per cent of the
Kugas sold in the UK during the ﬁrst nine months of 2014, has now increased by 17PS
to 180PS, with peak torque now 400Nm, up from 340Nm.
Ford is introducing its new 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine to Kuga, reducing CO2
emissions to 143g/km from 154g/km – an improvement of more than seven per cent
over the outgoing 1.6-litre EcoBoost engine. Also available is a 150PS 2.0-litre TDCi
option that delivers 122g/km CO2 – an improvement of 12 per cent.
Kuga’s Ford SYNC with AppLink will now enable drivers to voice-activate apps,
which already include leading music-streaming service Spotify, Audioteka, Glympse
and Radioplayer.
Focus ST on sale
The new Focus ST 12-model range has gone on sale ahead
of ﬁrst deliveries from February 2015.
A new sports exterior design, enhanced and improved
interior, two engines, three series and two bodystyles –
estate and ﬁve-door hatch – make up the hot new Focus ST
range.
Both the 250PS EcoBoost petrol and 185PS TDCi diesel
2.0-litre engines are offered in the ST-1, ST-2 and ST-3. The
diesel's emission ﬁgure is only 110g CO2/km, while the CO2
output of the petrol engine is reduced by 10g to 159g.
In addition to the full ST body styling kit, sport tuned
suspension and 18-inch unique ST alloy wheel standard
features on the Focus ST-1, ST-2 has LED daytime running
lights as standard and upgrades on the top ST-3 include
‘Rock Metallic’ alloys with red brake callipers, illuminated
scuff plates, privacy glass, SYNC 2 with 8-inch touchscreen
and cruise control with speed limiter.
Both petrol and diesel models offer Auto-Start-Stop for the
ﬁrst time, improving the EcoBoost engine version’s fuel
efﬁciency by six per cent and making it the most fuel-efﬁcient
petrol Focus ST ever.
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Tickled
pink!
Ford people in Dunton and
Warley baked cakes and
bought ﬂowers to raise
money for a cancer charity
The Pink Day sale of pink roses and pink cakes
raised £1,700 at Dunton and £1,669 at Warley for the
Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity.
“My thanks to everyone involved. We absolutely
could not have achieved this without everyone’s
involvement including everyone who bought cakes
– fantastic effort,” said Ford Credit Europe IT
director Jayne Miles, one of the organisers. “I have
no idea how many cakes we had, but they completely covered seven long tables – and we sold all
700 roses at Warley.”
Her words were echoed by Dunton-based powertrain manager Wendy Graham, who said: “Thank
you to all those to supported the event by donating
their time, baking and making purchases on the
day.”
Wendy Graham, Alex Walker and Hope Cansdale at Dunton. Below: some of
the ﬂowers and cakes. Right: Debbie Robinson and Simon Webb at Dunton
Anthony steps out for cancer centre
Bridgend engine plant line worker Anthony Morgan has begun a series of
charity fund-raising walks in memory of his late father, who was one of the
ﬁrst employees at the plant in the late 1970s.
Anthony, son of Ron Morgan who retired in 2006, has completed the ﬁrst
of his walks in aid of Velindre Hospital, Cardiff.
Anthony walked along the Wales coastal path the 27 miles from Barry to
Bridgend and raised about £1,000 for the cancer treatment centre, and now
plans to do more sections in future to keep adding to the fund.
“I have always liked walking and appreciate getting out into the fresh air
so I thought this would be a good way of raising money for the hospital
which looked after my father so well,” said Anthony.
“It took me nine hours to do the coastal path around South Wales and I
started out when it was dark so I could meet my family in the daylight at the
end.
“I was on my own and thinking about my father as I walked so it was
emotional for me but seeing my family at the end made it all worthwhile.”
He took his tablet computer with him and recorded sections of the
journey and the dramatic scenery along the way as a record of his
achievement.
Anthony has led other walking groups around Mid-Glamorgan but this
was his ﬁrst charity walk in memory of his father and it will not be his last.
“I have been thinking of possibly doing more of the Welsh coastal path in
sections over coming months but it will need some planning and I will give it
thought over the winter,” he added. He is also considering walking from the
Brecon Beacons to Maesteg.
Pictured right: Anthony Morgan is undertaking
a series of fund-raising walks
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Above: Derek Joslin at Warley
Below: Janet Buckingham, Pat
Claydon, Julie Cordes, Wendi Mills,
Paula Jones, Jane McGuirk, Jill
Russell, Jason Housden and Jan
Potter in the Warley restaurant
Right: back row: Carol Watson,
Rebecca Green, Ruth Stone at
Warley. Front: Suzanne Thomas, Jayne Miles Gemma Davey
Together again – the class of ’64
Fifty years of friendship was celebrated in
October by the class of ’64, who started
work together at Ford half a century ago.
Marcus Dain, whose career took him from
apprentice to manager of critical concerns,
was one of the three dozen likely lads from
all over England who won coveted places
on Ford’s student-apprenticeship scheme in
that year.
Fifty years on, many of these same
student-apprentices, now all retired after up
to 40 years of Company service, still meet
regularly for lunch.
“Ford’s student-apprenticeship scheme
of the 1960s was the envy of industry. For
four years, students alternated six-month
periods at college studying for their national
certiﬁcate with training at the Ford trade
school, where they learned how to operate
all the principal manufacturing machine
tools, as well as spending time working in
different areas of the Company, gaining
practical experience,” said Marcus.
Along the way, Ford made sure that they
were exposed to the leading-edge developments of the day and they remember the
thrill of being shown around the prototype
Ford GT40 which was about to sweep the
board at Le Mans in 1966. The success of
From left: Brian Wells, Rob Herrick, John Ford, Nick Burnell, Chas Morlham, Marcus
Dain, Nick Miller (behind Marcus Dain), Dave Hutchinson, Dom Burnell (twin brother of
Nick Burnell), Al Pereira, Barnabas Greenyer, Ken O’Brien, Ian Buller, John Owers, Dick
Eling
the scheme was evident from the wide
range of positions of responsibility in every
operational activity which these young men
went on to occupy.
Marcus added: “Ford was an extraordinary company to work for. “I recall Henry Ford once describing it as
“the family of Ford” and you had to work for
the company to understand why he described it thus. As manager of critical
concerns, I dealt extensively with other
motor manufacturers and it was always
apparent that Ford was unique in this
respect; none of our competitors understood the feeling of “belonging” which
pervaded employment with Ford.”
Ford News December 2014 / January 2015
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VIPs welcome £190m
Prime minister David Cameron and business secretary Vince
Cable welcome Ford’s ‘vote of conﬁdence’ in UK manufacturing
Prime minister David Cameron and business secretary
Vince Cable have welcomed Ford’s investment of an additional £190 million in its Dagenham site to produce an
advanced new engine and the Company’s commitment to
Dagenham and the UK.
Mr Cameron said when he and Mr Cable visited the plant
that it was “a vote of conﬁdence in our long-term economic
plan to back business, create more jobs and secure a
brighter future for Britain.” Mr Cable said it was “testament
to the strength of our automotive sector.”
Ford’s investment is to produce an all-new advanced
technology 2.0-litre diesel engine for cars and commercial
vehicles. This investment includes £8.9 million from the
Government’s regional growth fund. Ford is creating 318
new jobs connected with this investment.
The announcement conﬁrms the second phase of investment in the new engine programme following the original
investment of £287 million with support from the Government’s regional growth fund.
This brings the total invested in the project to in excess of
£475 million, and underlines Ford’s commitment to engine
manufacture at Dagenham.
State of the art
The ﬁrst phase of investment relates to the production of
state-of-the-art low carbon 2.0-litre diesel engines for Ford
commercial vehicles globally. The second phase is for low
carbon, 2.0-litre diesel engines for cars.
This all-new range of low carbon 2.0-litre diesel engines
for cars and CVs has been designed and developed at
Dagenham and Dunton. This latest diesel engine programme
at Dagenham is part of a £1.5 billion UK investment by Ford
in low-carbon and environmentally friendly engine and
vehicle technology over ﬁve years. The ﬁrst ‘phase one’ engines will come off the line towards
the end of next year. Production capacity will be up to
350,000 units per year – one every 30 seconds – and will be
installed in Ford commercial vehicles from 2016.
This new, low carbon,Dagenham-built 2.0 litre advanced
diesel engine will deliver dramatically lower NOx emissions,
satisfying the air quality requirements of the London mayor’s
proposed ultra low emission zone (ULEZ).
The second phase of engine production is scheduled to
start in 2017, with the ﬁrst installation in Ford cars planned
for 2018. The added capacity of up to 150,000 units for this
phase brings the total annual capacity for the all-new engine
range to up to half a million units.
Ford executive vice president, Europe, Middle East and
Africa, Stephen Odell, said: “The overall investment of over
£475 million, supported by the UK Government, underlines
Ford’s commitment to the UK.
“This all-new, state-of-the-art, low carbon diesel engine
has not only been designed and developed here it will be
manufactured by Ford in the UK too. And it will be great for
UK plc as these engines will be exported to markets around
the world.”
Ford produces petrol engines at Bridgend and diesel
engines at Dagenham. Total production from the two plants
exceeded 1.5 million engines in 2013.
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David Cameron talking to Ford apprentices, top, on the line, centre, and
with Chris Cowell, Ray Gibbs (both trades union), Mark Ovenden, Kenny
Amos, Terry Burns (both TU), David Cameron, Stephen Odell, Vince
Cable, Mick Presham (TU) and Martin Everitt
n David Cameron said: “I welcome
Ford’s commitment to Dagenham and
the UK, which is a vote of conﬁdence in
our economic plan to back business,
create more jobs and secure a brighter
future. We are backing our automotive
sector so that it continues to thrive and
this investment, supported by £8.9
million from the Regional Growth Fund,
will create more jobs that mean
ﬁnancial security.”
n Plant manager Martin
Everitt said it was “a very
important investment which is
the foundation for the future of
Dagenham engine plant.” He
said the Company had worked
with the trades unions, which
had been “vital”, and said: “We
have worked to make sure we
are best-in-class for labour
agreements.”
m Dagenham boost
David Cameron and Vince Cable on the assembly line with
engine launch manager Craig Black
n Vince Cable
(pictured with Ford of
Britain chairman and
managing director
Mark Ovenden)
commented: “These
engines will be fully
designed and built in
the UK, securing the
future of the plant at
Dagenham and
creating over 300 new
jobs. This latest
investment by Ford,
supported by £8.9
million from the Regional Growth Fund, is testament to the strength of
our automotive sector and demonstrates Ford’s on-going commitment to
the UK.
“Through the Government’s industrial strategy we are backing the
automotive sector as it goes from strength to strength. We are providing
the right environment to give businesses the conﬁdence to invest and
create high skilled jobs.”
Pritti Patel
visit
Exchequer secretary to the
Treasury and Witham MP,
Priti Patel, visited both the
engine plant and Dagenham Diesel Centre two
weeks after the visit by Mr
Cameron and Mr Cable.
She said, after a tour of
the new 2.0-litre diesel
engine line: “It was fantastic to visit the engine facility
and see how investment
from the Government’s
Regional Growth Fund is
helping create hundreds of new jobs in the area.”
Mrs Patel added: “The funding demonstrates the Government’s
commitment to supporting the automotive sector, as part of our longterm economic plan to back businesses and create more jobs for
hardworking people.”
She went on to Dagenham Diesel Centre and during her visit was able
to see ﬁrst-hand Ford’s commitment to encouraging young people into
engineering when she was introduced to eleven young women engineers and apprentices.
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Ford College to
offer webinars
In an innovative pilot programme, Ford College
is using webinars for the ﬁrst time to help
deliver better quality training for UK dealers,
and to minimise the time and cost for
delegates to attend.
During the pilot, delegates are being invited
to attend short webinar sessions both before
and after their main training course. These
sessions enable delegates to gain a better
understanding about the training, ask any
questions, and maximise the beneﬁt of the
classroom time.
This can be achieved without requiring the
delegates to leave the dealership, optimising
the use of time and reducing the expenses.
“Webinars can help us achieve better
outcomes from our training, while minimising
the time which delegates spend away from
the dealership,” said Ford College curriculum
manager Jackie White.
“This pilot provides a great opportunity to
trial the technology, and explore the beneﬁts
that it can bring.
“Looking further ahead, we also believe
that webinars could have a major impact on
how we deliver training, allowing us to offer
full courses via the internet, while still
providing engaging content and lots of
interaction with the tutor.”
The pilot began in September, and involves
two 45-minute sessions for delegates
attending the Introduction to Warranty and
Service Managers Assessment courses.
The webinars are hosted by the course
tutor, allowing delegates to gain a clear idea
about the objectives of the training, and to
think about their own personal training goals.
The post-course webinar then gives a
chance for delegates to reﬂect on how they
have been able to put the training into action.
To participate in the sessions, dealerships
are able to utilise a standard PC equipped with
a webcam and a headset, a suitable internet
connection, and a quiet location for the
delegate to join the meeting.
Dealers preparing
for Tech Live event
Tech Live will help
dealers introduce
high-tech features on
the new Mondeo and
Focus to customers
Ford dealers across the country are inviting customers to sample the latest Ford technologies for themselves during a ‘Tech Live’ event.
Participating dealers will have a line-up of the latest technology-packed Ford vehicles
including the new Focus and, at many dealerships, the all-new Mondeo.
‘Tech Live’ begins on Friday 16 January and runs through the weekend. As well as demonstrating the technologies on static vehicles, some dealerships will be offering on-road demo
drives and some will have videos showing the technology in action.
“We want as many customers as possible to come along and experience Ford’s superb
technology for themselves,” said Ford of Britain sales operations manager Bob Garwood.
SYNC 2, launching on the new Focus, enables drivers to control key in-car systems using
voice commands and a new high-resolution eight-inch colour touch screen.
As well as having the incredible safety feature of being able to contact the emergency
services in the event of an accident the SYNC 2 features in the new Focus make it easier to
control the car’s entertainment system, climate control, satellite navigation and linked mobile
devices using voice commands. SYNC 2 will also be introduced as standard on the all-new
Mondeo.
Focus is also the launch pad for new technology Enhanced Transitional Stability that can
predict when a car might skid – and by stepping in early could prevent the driver from losing
control in the ﬁrst place.
Focus and Mondeo both feature an advanced version of Active Park Assist featuring
Perpendicular Parking which enables drivers to detect suitable spaces and reverse in
hands-free.
Park-Out Assist helps drivers to exit parking spaces and Side Parking Aid warns of obstacles to the side, front and rear. Among other new Focus technologies are Blind Spot Information System with Cross Trafﬁc Alert.
The all-new Ford Mondeo marks the global debut of a new pedestrian detection technology, Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection, that could help reduce the severity of
accidents or help drivers avoid them altogether.
The Ford Kuga illustrates customer demand for new technologies: around a third of vehicles
are sold with Rear View Camera and more than half with Active Park Assist.
Kuga’s other standard or available technologies include Tyre Pressure Monitoring System,
Hands-Free Tailgate, Blind Spot Information System, Active City Stop, Lane Keeping Aid,
Lane Keeping Alert, Auto High Beam, Driver Alert and Trafﬁc Sign Recognition.
Daventry college construction milestone
Installing the rooﬁng panels
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Ford News December 2014 / January 2015
Construction of the new Ford College training centre at Daventry has reached its next
major milestone as the roof panels are put into place on the former warehouse building.
The latest pictures of the state-of-the-art training facility taken at the end of October
show the exterior structure taking shape, while fabrication work on the internal mezzanine ﬂoor framework continues at an off-site location.
At the same time, additional works on the building’s drainage system and the concrete
foundation slab prepare the structure ready for the next stage of construction.
Once operational in 2015, the new Ford College facility will create a completely new
training centre of excellence for technicians, sales staff and management from Ford’s UK
dealer network.
The facility will take over the training functions which are currently split between the
existing locations at the Henry Ford College in Loughborough and the Technical Training
College in Daventry.
Bridgend
JDRF draw
Bridgend employees are
helping fund important work
into treating Type 1 diabetes.
The plant rallies to raise
funds for the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation (JDRF)
every year and this year a prize
draw realised more than £170
for the charity.
Plant manager Ian Pearson
is pictured, far left, with winners David Chalmers, Mark
Whitworth, Paul Watkins and
JDRF regional fund-raiser
Danielle Angell. EDAP exercise studio
celebrates 10 years
The exercise studio run by Dunton
EDAP celebrated 10 years of keeping
Ford employees ﬁt in October.
Powertrain director Brian Wolfe
funded a cake to celebrate the
landmark, attended by studio instructors and users of the ﬁtness centre.
Dunton EDAP administrator Anne
Christmas said that the studio timetable currently offers 12 lunchtime and
four after-work classes, ranging from
yoga, pilates, cardio pump, kettle
bells, ‘Fight Klub’ and many more.
She added that the studio is going
from strength to strength, with around
120 members regularly using its
facilities.
n Anyone interested in taking part in
the studio classes or any of the other
EDAP courses on offer at Dunton
should contact either Anne on extension 2982 (or via email at achristm@
ford.com) or Jane Haydon, extension
3360 (or email [email protected])
Cutting the celebration cake, above, are
instructors Tracey Roche, Jan McCrerie
and Sarah Brand. Below: gym users
gather to mark the 10th anniversary
Liverpool raises
Macmillan cash
The wife of one of Liverpool’s Transport Operations
(TOps) drivers has helped to raise £1,200 for
Macmillan Cancer Support.
Joan O’Callaghan, whose husband Kevin works
on TOps’ Outbound ﬂeet,
was diagnosed with
ovarian cancer in
November 2013 and had
a subsequent six-month
course of chemotherapy.
She particularly
wanted to do something
for the charity, as she
said Macmillan was a
huge help to her during
her treatment, and so
TOps Liverpool took part
in the Macmillan Coffee
Joan O'Callaghan
Morning on 26
September.
Joan said: “On the day I was given my diagnosis, I
was introduced to a Macmillan specialist nurse, who
immediately began to put my mind at rest. Since
then, I have had a lot of contact with the Macmillan
nurses and ﬁnd they are a great source of comfort
and information.
“I wanted to do the coffee morning at Ford to
show my support for them and the work they do.”
The cash was raised between the Inbound and
Outbound ﬂeets at Speke, who enjoyed some
amazing cakes, all baked by Joan, while a hamper
ﬁlled with homemade jams and chutneys was
rafﬂed, with the top prize going to TOps’ John
Gargan.
Joan added: “I am really proud and would like to
thank everyone at TOps in Liverpool, who helped us
to raise this fantastic amount.”
n To ﬁnd out more about the work Macmillan does,
go to www.macmillan.org.uk.
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Larain thanks DDC
for fund-raising effort
Engineer off
on Indian
bike journey
A Dunton engineer hoping to
ride his motorcycle from London
to India in 15 days has set off on
his epic journey across Europe
and Asia.
Sushanth Shetty is hoping to
set a world record by getting
from the English capital to the
Indian border, a distance of
5,592 miles, in a little over two
weeks, riding on a specially-prepared Suzuki Hayabusa
motorcycle.
He was originally scheduled
to set off on 4 October but
unfortunately a knee injury and
subsequent surgery delayed his
start to 25 October.
As Ford News went to press,
large gasoline engine programmes engineer Sushanth
was on his way across Europe
– using as much of the German
autobahn motorway network as
he could to save time later on
the journey!
He is riding solo and hopes to
cover around 373 miles per day
of riding, staying with local
people en route by utilising the
Couchsurﬁng internet
community.
You can ﬁnd out more about
Sushanth’s journey to India by
going to his website, www.
theeastindiaexpress.com.
Charity day
raises £309
The TrustFord Alperton site held
a Taste of India day at its north
London dealership which raised
a total of £309 for Cancer
Research UK.
Dealer staff wearing Punjabi
costumes and jewellery set up a
stall, played Indian music and
served up home-made food –
and it proved so popular they
ran out of food.
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Presenting the
cheque for £700 to
George Morgan’s
family are Ford
fund-raising leader
Larain Powell (left)
and Ford steward
Andy Catrell. Centre
are George and his
mum Jade, and
grandmother Teresa
Dagenham Diesel Centre (DDC) Lion red shift
employee Larain Powell wants to thank her
generous colleagues for raising £700 in support
of a seriously ill young boy.
Larain – who is a tireless fundraiser at DDC,
having run campaigns for a number of good
causes during the past 20 years – wanted to do
something to help the family of local child
George Morgan, who suffered brain damage at
birth as a result of a lack of oxygen.
George requires round-the-clock support and
his family are hoping to raise £10,000 for physio-
therapy sessions for him, with the £700 from Ford
representing a signiﬁcant step towards the target.
George’s mother Jade said: “It’s amazing to
think people we don’t know are helping us to
raise money for George. We are so grateful to
Larain and everyone at Ford for the donation.”
Larain added: “I’ve always tried to raise money
for various charities and good causes over the
years, but it’s about the people we help – and it’s
thanks to Ford employees on the Dagenham
estate that we’ve managed to collect this wonderful amount for George.”
Volunteers help charities
A team of Dunton-based marketing services and communications and drivetrain systems engineering
employees (some pictured above) spent a day helping two local charities: the Lighthouse Furniture
Project in Hutton and Hamelin Trust in Rochford.
The Lighthouse Furniture Project provides furniture and household items to those in need: the Dunton
team helped out by painting a warehouse, entrance hall, kitchen, stairs and landing. The Hamelin Trust supports disabled people and their families in the local area. Its ﬁve-acre site has a
hydrotherapy pool, respite care home and a horticultural project for adults with learning disabilities. The
team of 44 from Dunton cleared an overgrown courtyard and woodland walk, removed ivy from walls,
removed fencing, trimmed trees, painted fencing, cleaned decking in a sensory garden and fought the
brambles. A cheque for £200 was presented to Nicky Evans of Hamelin Trust on behalf of the Dunton Charity
Committee.
n For further information visit www.lighthousefurniture.org or www.hamelintrust.org.uk
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Bridgend
walkers
The Ford Walking Club at
Bridgend undertook two hard
walks in the Fort William and
Glencoe area of Scotland.
Long standing member and
club chairman Roy Fowler
said: “It was hard going but an
enjoyable experience.”
He added that it was good to
see plant retirees Jeff Rees,
Huw Thomas, Owen Harries
and Glanville Webley on the
trip. Club members tackled
Ben Nevis and landmark Pap
Of Glencoe over their weekend break.
The group are pictured
before their climb of Ben
Nevis.
Dagenham retirees
look for new faces
A group that allows former Dagenham Engine Plant (DEP) employees to meet up
for regular day trips is looking for new members.
The Ford DEP Retirees Group is run by Les Miller, Alf Richards and Naresh
Sharma, who got together in Ilford one afternoon and had such a good time
reminiscing that they decided to make it a regular occurrence.
The group meets on the ﬁrst Thursday of every month, although it can be ﬂexible
if there’s a big event happening, and goes on days out around London.
Some of the trips have seen the DEP retirees go to the London Boat Show, the
Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, a Westminster-Hampton Court boat trip, the
Museum of London and travelling from Tower Hill to Southend on the Waverley
paddle steamer, passing DEP on the way.
Les said: “We really enjoyed our ﬁrst meeting and decided we wanted to invite
other DEP retirees along as well. The numbers have swelled, so we now meet at
The World’s Inn near Romford station for a good breakfast before starting the day.
“We’d love to have more people on the meets and on our Facebook page, Ford
DEP Retirees Group – it’s open to anyone who has worked at DEP.”
n If you want to join the group, email Les Miller at [email protected] or go to
www.facebook.com and search for ‘Ford DEP Retirees Group’.
UK CLAD winners announced
The importance of diversity was spelled out by Ford executive vice-president
and president, Europe, Middle East and Africa Stephen Odell at the presentation
ceremony for the Chairman’s Leadership Awards for Diversity (CLAD).
“There are many reasons why diversity is important. If you were to break it down
on a business basis, our customers are different and diverse. It is important that
we understand and reﬂect this diversity and learn from our customers,” he said.
Also speaking at the ceremony in Cologne, Ford of Europe vice president,
human resources, Donya Urwin, said: “Diversity is an incredibly important issue.” UK winners were: Valuing a Diverse Workforce – Marina Hallworth, marketing,
sales and service; Building a Respectful and Inclusive Environment – Peter Davies,
ﬁnance; Professional Engineering Network – product development; Valuing Work
Life Flexibility – Stephen Rand, purchasing; Developing External Partnerships
– Sarah Haslam, product development; Elutec – product development.
Front, from left: John Woodman, Darran O’Rourke, Sean
McGrath and Steven Hance. Back, from left: John Yexley
and Dave Hansen
Dunton team help
St Luke’s Hospice
After successfully obtaining a $5,000 Ford Global Giving
grant as part of the global week of caring, St Luke’s
Hospice in Basildon, Essex, challenged a team of Duntonbased cost estimators to improve the look of the front
signage area, which is the ﬁrst impression for people
entering the hospice grounds.
The team took on the challenge, and after creating a
sensory garden for the hospice back in late 2010 out of
wooden sleepers, it was suggested to use that same theme
for this project. In two days they installed the sleepers,
created a new ﬂower bed and reinstated the hospice sign.
Chris Cox, the hospice’s head of corporate services, said:
“We have been so lucky, not only getting the grant from
Ford, but also in having the access to the Ford volunteers to
help us with this project. The teams that come to the
hospice from Ford always work hard and we know we can
rely on them to do a quality job. There is still some money
remaining from the grant so we will be planning further
projects for the teams to be involved in, in the coming
months.”
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Dunton hosts
Bring A Child
To Work Day
Children aged between 11 and
13 got an insight into what goes
on within Dunton at the end of
October.
Bring A Child To Work Day
saw 100 children visit the Essex
technical centre to look round
areas such as rapid prototyping,
spray paint, clay modelling, Hyge
(the crash-testing area) and also
the departments concentrating
on noise, vibration and
harshness.
There were passenger rides
in RS models – and a Transit –
on the special surfaces track,
which the children thoroughly
enjoyed.
One of them, 11-year-old
Niamh Ambrose, wrote afterwards: “I was so excited to go to
my dad’s work.”
Her day started with spray
painting a plastic car, which the
children were allowed to take
home, and progressed through
test track rides.
They also visited the
environmental chambers where
the children could write their
names on an ice-covered car
“which was fun”, then a hunt for
a skull and crossbones buried in
a sand pit in the 3D printing
area. The special guests were
also allowed to watch a live
crash test.
“At the end of the fun and
educational day we went to
collect our cars that we spray
painted. We also got a goodie
bag.
“That was the end of our very
exciting day at Ford,” said
Niamh, who went along to
Dunton for the event with her
dad Mark.
Bring A Child To Work Day has
been running for more than 10
years at Dunton now and is
always well attended, with the
events, community and outreach
department leading the
organisation.
Nicola Gregory, from the
department, said: “Support from
all areas of Dunton and chaperones for the children ensure it is
truly a team event.
“Without everyone’s help it
wouldn’t be possible to put on
such a successful day.”
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Kerry hopes to offer
Christmas cheer
Kerry Smith with
some of the blankets collected
The ﬁrst female machining supervisor at
Dagenham engine plant is asking for donations
of spare blankets and food to help a good cause
this Christmas.
Kerry Smith spends every December volunteering for Crisis, a charity which helps homeless
and vulnerable people stave off loneliness during
the festive period by offering safe places to stay.
Crisis London will open its doors on 23
December this year, closing on the evening of 29
December, and Kerry will spend every day of
that period volunteering for the charity, as well
as helping out with organisation in the run-up.
Kerry said: “This year, my role will be as a
service organiser for Crisis at Christmas. It’s a
big responsibility but one I thoroughly enjoy as
it’s for such a worthwhile cause.
“Anyone who is homeless or vulnerable – along
with their pets, if necessary – can stay with Crisis
during Christmas, and while there we offer
life-changing services to help them improve their
situation, such as education and employment
training. We even offer them a little TLC; they can
have a haircut or an eye test, among other
services.
“It is such a humbling experience. The charity
relies heavily on donations, but if that isn’t
possible for people, anyone with a little time on
their hands over the Christmas period should
think about volunteering.”
n To ﬁnd out more about the charity, go to
www.crisis.org.uk. If you can help out with
donations or by volunteering, please contact
Kerry on [email protected].
In the pink at Daventry
Employees at Daventry have embarked on some
colourful fund-raising during the autumn, as they
have changed out of their regular workwear in aid
of two worthy charities.
The Daventry team joined the national Wear it
Pink campaign in October, raising £250 from
collections within the parts warehouse and front
ofﬁces.
The donations from the site contribute to the
over £2 million raised by the fundraising event
each year, which supports the campaign to fund
life-saving breast cancer research.
A few weeks earlier, Daventry employees
swapped their work clothes for denim, participating in the Jeans for Genes fundraising day which
raises money for Genetic Disorders UK, which
aims to change the world for children born with
genetic disorders.
Together, the denim-clad employees across
the site raised over £130 for the charity from
individual contributions and other donations.
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Fund-raisers Sally Merrill, Andy Sheppard and
Sylvia Docherty
Hallowe’en fund-raiser at Dunton
The product deﬁnition team at Dunton
held another successful Hallowe’en fundraising day, raising £876 for Macmillan
Cancer Care, which brought their total over
four years of fund-raising for the cancer
charity to £5,109.
“It started small with a few homemade
donations and freeﬂowing tea and coffee,”
said Jan Ord.
“Over the past few years things have
really gathered a pace and now we theme
each event, with every year becoming more
elaborate and competitive than the last. We
now make props, go to town on the decorating and even dress up as the theme’s
characters.
“Past events have included a summer
strawberry tea, Easter, two Hallowe’en
parties , a Christmas feast and Alice In
Wonderland at Easter. This year’s event was
Harry Potter at Hallowe’en.”
Alongside the home-made cakes, jams,
curry and pumpkin pasties were donated
rafﬂe prizes, competitions and an auctioned
‘monsters’ cake bought by Maureen Graham to share with her team.
“Thanks to everyone who donated,
baked, iced, sewed, cut out, decorated,
dressed up and generally helped,” said Jan.
Jan Ord, Sue Howlett, ‘Harry Potter’ Michael Bines, Julie Liell and Jacqui Cosgree
Elsewhere in Dunton, two Macmillan
coffee mornings, organised by Debbie Holt
and Sara Bird, together managed to raise
nearly £700.
Bridgend boost
to Saturday Club
Bridgend Engine Plant has helped deliver a major boost to a pioneering
skills course for young people in South Wales.
The Ford-Control 2K Saturday Club at Waterton Technology Centre has
been running for 18 years but in a new development this autumn it has been
given guaranteed support for three years.
With two courses a year in spring and autumn and about 24 each time, that
means over 140 young people aged 14-16 will get through the programme.
They will join hundreds who have already undertaken the courses and gone
on to careers in electrical, mechanical and control systems engineering.
The courses qualify for academic credits on their CVs as well.
The beneﬁts of the courses were shown to Welsh government ofﬁcials last
year and this year the government’s advanced materials and manufacturing
sector decided it would join the Bridgend plant in sponsoring the Saturday
club.
Each course runs for 12 weekends at Waterton from 9am to noon and
students give up their free time to attend and learn their new skills, rotating in
groups to cover all aspects over the three months.
The current course is full and there are only a few places left for the spring
2015 programme, such is demand for an opportunity to gain such experience. Staff from BEP assist in the sessions covering electrical and mechanical engineering which are elements of what is required for industry and inside
BEP.
Control 2K administrator Denise Bowen said: “This is a unique course
which offers a tremendous opportunity to young people to develop the
knowledge, interest and skills for future careers and everyone who completes
it always praises its content and tutors.
“We are very grateful that Ford has backed it for so long and encouraged
by the future support pledged by the Welsh government.”
“From our talented bunch of bakers, we
had about 25 contributions, including
sponge cakes, cupcakes, traybakes and
even a huge dragon cake,” said Sara Bird.
It’s Movember time
It’s once again the time of year for Ford’s Mo Bros and Sistas to
raise money for men’s health causes – by supporting the growth
of luxuriant facial hair.
Movember is a worldwide fund-raising campaign which sees
men around the world forgo shaving their top lip for the entire
month, while women can show their support by either sporting
fake moustaches or partaking in other fund-raising efforts.
Movember is designed to raise funds and awareness for
prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health issues,
through the growth of moustaches and supporting events.
Ford of Britain, as part of a global effort by the Company, has
once again taken part this year and at the time of going to press,
the 2013 grand total of £48,505 looked like it would be surpassed.
The Company has been taking part for seven years now, with
around £116,000 raised by Ford’s Mo Bros and Sistas.
Ford’s 2013 amount was the highest yet raised by the Company, with 465 people registered as members of the network.
Matt Loynes, the Dunton-based global coordinator of Movember, said: “Once again, the Ford Movember network has shown
huge interest in taking part in this vital campaign. We will have the
usual ﬁne array of moustaches on show in Dunton, Dagenham and
all sites across the UK, but there are other events – like a drop-in
clinic at Dunton, involving the occupational health team.
“We’re hopeful that the amount raised and the number of Mo
Bros and Sistas taking part in Movember 2014 will be the highest
ﬁgures we’ve yet seen.”
n You can ﬁnd out more about the Ford team by going to http://
mobro.co/onefordonemo, http://monetwork.co/ford, or https://
uk.movember.com. We’ll bring you a round-up and pictures of
Movember 2014 in the next edition of Ford News.
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Corporate
challenge
A team from Ford European
warranty operations and three
from Essex and east London
dealership Allen Ford took part in
a corporate team challenge run
on the Olympic mountain bike
circuit in Hadleigh, Essex, to
raise money for Havens
Hospices, which needs to raise
£6.2 million a year.
It is hoped that the event,
over 3k and 5k distances, which
was sponsored by Allen Ford,
will have raised at least £20,000
for the hospices when all the
sponsorship is in.
The warranty operations team
(Ian Murphy, Scott Bailey, Debbie
Maginn and Gio Anastasi) raised
£311.
Bridgend
turbine work
Work was beginning on the
erection of the 79-metre high
wind turbine at Bridgend engine
plant as Ford News went to
press.
The power generator at the
top, with three near-30 metre
long blades, will be commissioned before the end of the
year.
More than a year of planning
has gone into the design,
location, sourcing and engineering studies to ensure that the
new turbine at the engine plant
in Wales is as unobtrusive as
possible.
Dunton hosts
Track Test
Dunton will host the ﬁfth Track
Test Ten 10-mile run which
takes in both the high-speed
and multi-surface tracks, on
behalf of St Luke’s Hospice, on
22 February, 2015.
If you would like more details
on the event, contact Kerry
Chambers via email: Kerry@
stlukeshospice.co.uk (01268
524973) or email Dave Gwilliams at: [email protected]
(8738 2999).
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Winners, from left: Paul Townsley, Josh Wellman, Spencer Wood, Zach Corcoran and Dan Wilden
Dagenham 5-a-side
event raises £600
A ﬁve-a-side soccer tournament between nine teams
of Ford engineering craft and higher apprentices at
Dagenham raised £600 for Ataxia UK. It was organised by apprenticeship training co-ordinator Ellie Gunn, whose son suffers from Ataxia,
apprentice administrator Linda O’Brien, and apprentices John Bayliss, Davinder Dhaliwal, Spencer Wood
and Pat Kiely.
Ellie’s son was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia
seven years ago. “He is now 16 years old and a
full-time wheelchair user and dependant on others to
do everyday tasks we take for granted,” said Ellie. “A big thank you to all the apprentices who helped
raise money and awareness.”
Ataxia is a type of neurological condition that affects
balance, speech, and co-ordination. It is progressive,
meaning it gets worse with time, until people become
entirely dependent on others for all their needs. More
than 10,000 people in the UK have ataxia and there is
currently no cure.
n Ataxia UK is the charity for people affected by ataxia.
For more information visit www.ataxia.org.uk
History help
Ford Sunday League referee Dale Sharp has
turned detective to ﬁll in some gaps in Essex
County FA’s history, but needs some help.
“Essex County FA have all the winners of
their county youth cups, but in a lot of cases
the runners-up, scores and venues are
unknown,” said Dale, who is looking for
information on three historic games in the
Essex County FA Butcher Under-18s Cup:
n 1944/45 Ford Sports Juniors won the cup
against whom?
n 1953/54 Briggs Sports Minors vs St
John’s YC
n 1957/50 Briggs Sports Minors against?
“If anyone can help, I would be most
grateful,” said Dale, who can be contacted at
[email protected]
Christmas food bank collection
In the run up to Christmas there will be a collection of goods for the local food bank in Brentwood,
which is run by the Trussell Trust, the UK’s leading food bank charity, which operates more than 420
food banks nationally.
“Nationally, in the year to 31 March, 2014, over 900,000 people in crisis were provided with emergency
food supplies and, of these, over a third were children,” said Ford dealer systems manager Ann Cardus,
who is organising the collection. “Demand for food banks has risen sharply in the last couple of years. The primary reasons people need
help are delays in beneﬁt payments and low income.
“Brentwood may seem to be an afﬂuent area but there is poverty on our doorstep. It costs very little to
buy a couple of extra items when doing the grocery shop but that small gesture can have a big impact.”
“The Trussell Trust website www.trusselltrust.org has a handy shopping list to help you donate something suitable. And it would be nice to provide some Christmassy items too,” said Ann.
The information-packed website also has a food bank location map for anyone wanting to donate to a
food bank in their local area.
Food donations can be left in the room next to Facilities on the Warley concourse up to 16 December.
“There are people that need your help this Christmas. It costs little but means a lot,” said Ann, who
can be contacted on extension 3783 at Warley.
Ford News December 2014 / January 2015
2014... another awards-ﬁlled
year for Ford and its products
Ford has scooped a sizeable haul of awards so far in 2014, for vehicles, engines, reliability and
manufacturing excellence. This is the list up to early November as Ford News went to press
FIESTA
n What Car? Awards – Best Small Car
and Best Hot Hatch (Fiesta ST)
n CarBuyer Car of the Year Awards –
Best Small Car and Best Hot Hatch
(Fiesta ST)
n UK Car of the Year Awards – Best
Performance Car
n Telegraph Motoring Awards – Car of
the Year and Best Supermini
n Diesel Car – Small Car of the Year
(third successive year)
n Auto Express Awards – Best
Supermini
n What Car? Used Car Awards – Best
Used Small Car
FOCUS
n What Car? Used Car Awards – Best
Used Car of the Year and Best Used
Family Car (fourth time in eight years)
S-MAX
n Business Car Awards – Best MPV
(seventh successive year)
C-MAX
n Honest John Awards – Best MPV
(fourth successive year)
MONDEO
n Honest John Awards – Most Highly
Rated Car
n What Car? Used Car Awards – Best
Used Estate
TRANSIT CUSTOM
n Business Van of the Year Awards
– Best Crew Van
n VansA2Z Awards – Small Panel Van of
the Year (second year running) and
Diesel Eco Van of the Year
n Honest John Awards – Best Van
n Van Fleet World Honours – Best
Medium Van (second successive year)
and Security Award
n What Van? Awards – Van of the Year
and Best Medium Van
n Fleet Van Awards – Medium Panel
Van of the Year
TRANSIT CONNECT
n International Van of the Year 2014
n Arctic Van Test – class winner
n VansA2Z – Light Van of the Year
n Van Fleet World Honours – Best New
Van and Best Small Van
n Fleet Van Awards – Small Van of the
Year
Award-winners, clockwise from top: Fiesta,
Transit Custom, S-MAX,
Ranger and C-MAX
TRANSIT
RANGER
n Arctic Van Test – class winner
n VansA2Z Awards – Van of the Year
and Large Panel Van of the Year
n TheVanWebsite.co.uk – Van of the
Year
n Auto Express Awards – Van of the
Year (second year running)
n Fleet Van Awards – Light Commercial
Vehicle of the Year and Large Panel Van
of the Year
n FN50 Awards – Most Reliable Van
(third successive year)
n What Van? Awards – Best Pick-up
n Van Fleet World Honours – Best
Pick-up
FIESTA VAN
n VansA2Z Awards – Small Van of the
Year (second year running)
FORD
n Van Fleet World Honours – Van
Manufacturer of the Year (second successive year)
n Engine Technology International – International Engine of the Year award for
1.0-litre EcoBoost and Best Engine under
1.0-litre (both for the third year running)
n Fleet200 Awards - Best Volume
Manufacturer and Best LCV Supplier
n FN50 Awards – Most Reliable Manufacturer (third successive year)
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Personal
Selina C Williams passed away peacefully at Queens Hospital
on 1 August following a short illness. A great shock to her family and friends, in particular, her husband Ron (also a long
serving member of Ford Motor Co) and son Raymond. Lina
joined the Company in January 1948 and retired from Ford in
January 1981. She was an executive secretary for styling and
design then body engineering at Dunton. She was well liked by
all who got to know her and will be greatly missed. The family
wish to thank Ford Motor Company for the floral tribute.
The family of Douglas Lambard wish to announce that he sadly
passed away 16 October 2014 aged 89. Dad worked as a toolmaker at Dagenham for thirty years before taking retirement.
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LADDER, three piece with
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Cooke, 01279 723081.
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SOLID light wood display
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CHAMPION 18V cordless
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927374.
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07403 315159 or [email protected]
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XMAS stamp offer, 100 GB
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New Mondeo debuts air filter system
Climate change and pollution contribute to
increasing numbers of people suffering from
allergies, and sneezing while driving at 60mph
may result in “driving blind” for up to 20 metres.
Ford is introducing a new air filtration system
on the all-new Mondeo that blocks up to 99 per
cent of pollen, almost all nitrogen dioxide – a
key trigger of asthma – as well as gaseous
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“Fresh air may not be as apparent to drivers
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Developed by engineers from Ford’s
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required, it also automatically switches on the
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The all-new Mondeo will offer best-insegment filtration when it debuts the system,
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The system also will be available on further Ford
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