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Men’s health week

This week is menshealthweek.
The theme for this year is: Men don’t talk.
The day after King Charles announced that he had a problem with an enlarged prostate, there were 16,410 visits to the relevant National Health Service website page compared with 1,414 visits the previous day. Prostate Cancer UK saw an almost doubling in the numbers of users of its online risk checker.

The shocking statistics tell us why Men’s Health Week is so important:

* One man in five dies before the age of 65.
* 115 people die by suicide in the UK every week – with 75% of those deaths being male (ONS)
* More than 52,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the UK on average – that’s 144 men every day. (Prostate Cancer UK)
* 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime (Prostate Cancer UK)
* Only 36% of all NHS referrals for psychological therapies are for men. Men are less likely to seek help for their mental health. (Mental Health UK)

As Investors in People, Gold Award holders, we acknowledge that our people are our most important asset; offering support in many different forms, with ongoing training and a safe and happy working environment just a few of the reasons why.

News

Hot on the heels of the news of Xena Partridge‘s first-class honours degree in Quantity Surveying from Anglia Ruskin University, this week we are celebrating another important staff achievement. Our Apprentice Multi-Tradesman, Sam Beer, was awarded an overall Distinction in his ‘Property Maintenance Operative Assessment Standard’. He achieved a Distinction in the Practical Task and […]

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SUCCESS FOR SAM!

We love ending the week on a high note — and this is one we’re especially proud to share. 👩‍🎓 Gipping Quantity Surveyor, Xena Partridge, recently graduated from Anglia Ruskin University with a first-class honours degree in Quantity Surveying — an incredible achievement, and one we’re very proud to celebrate. Xena’s journey into construction began […]

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Congratulations, Xena!

👩‍🎓 Our team has been on site at the historic Craik-Marshall building in Cambridge since June, working on the replacement of windows, stone cills, balustrades and balconies. The works are progressing to programme, with the last window being installed today; the remaining stone repairs, internal remediation work, new lead flat roof and balustrading refurbishment should […]

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Craik-Marshall Project Update

Progress is underway on the construction of a new veterinary practice at Carlton Colville Local Centre, Lowestoft, with our site team led by Dale Gregory. Designed to create a modern, purpose-built healthcare facility, the project includes a steel-frame structure, striking zinc roofing, aluminium glazing systems, high-quality brickwork and render finishes, together with an external works […]

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Project update: Carlton Colville Veterinary Surgery, Lowestoft

Sometimes it’s the small things that make a difference… Our site team at Cann Hall Primary School, in Clacton, led by Project Manager Lee Walsom, were presented with some heart-warming end-of-term tokens of appreciation by a young student who remembered Lee’s name after he and Contracts Manager, Peter Flatt, did a presentation during an assembly […]

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Making a difference at Cann Hall!

We didn’t win our category, but we are still incredibly proud to have been a finalist in the EADT Suffolk Business of the Year Awards. It was an absolutely beautiful evening at Milsoms Kesgrave Hall, with great weather, great food, fantastic entertainment, and a lot of laughter at team Gipping’s table. On to the next […]

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Team Gipping at Milsoms, Kesgrave Hall

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