The Vision Family Group would like to announce the appointment of Mr Ian Lichfield as Financial Manager following the parting company of Mr Richard Woolley. Ian and his new team have been in full financial control since 10 May and has brought in strong fiscal measures and budgets to ensure a more managed approach. The team are supported on a consultancy basis by Kevin Fagan Chartered Accountant - Principal of The FD Centre South West.

Ian Lichfield, formerly a Finance Manager of Fitmay Fashions Ltd., is an outstanding executive with proven financial management experience. Ian has already demonstrated strong problem solving and analytical thinking skills. His drive and work ethic has instantly produced massive savings for the Vision Family of companies.

Ian is 28, born in Chichester in August 1981. He was a Under 21 Great Britain squad member for Fencing and Captain of England's under 18 team. In his spare time he coaches for Salle Lawrence Fencing Club in Plymouth and is currently training a young fencer who has qualified for the European and World Championships.

The Vision Family's Environmental Ethics

Vision UK is keen to tackle environmental issues and has had an Environmental Policy in place since January 2008.
By enforcing a "no fires" rule at the sites we work on, we are helping to prevent pollution and preserve local air quality.

We also aim to minimise the wastes arising from our construction activities, to re-use or recycle wastes that do arise wherever possible (e.g. as aggregate for construction work), and manage any wastes that are produced in a responsible manner.
We provide all of our properties with Energy Saving Light bulbs which are low wattage.
Within all of our Care Homes and ‘Move-On’ projects we supply Recycling facilities, and manage the use of them.

Vision UK’s Head office purchases Recycled paper, that paper is used both sided and, when disposed of it is shredded and put in to a Paper Bank at our local supermarket.

We have a strict policy with regards to our PC’s and Machinery. The policy states, “All PC’s and computer equipment is to be turned off, at the end of every day. Break times and long periods away from the machinery must be put on to Power Saving Mode”. We have activated energy saving software on all of our PC’s to make sure we are using the least amount of energy when PC’s are not in use. Since having this policy in place, we have saved a huge amount of money, and feel we are doing our bit to help the environment.