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people
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up your life
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Partnership (ScottishPower
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xchange? The
a dabble in the Stock
Investment Club Edinburgh) is
SPICE
looking for new members.
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limited to 20.
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laces in the club are strictly
You’ll have to quick, however –
number of engineers from
lub was set up in 2000 after a
The investment
Edinburgh got together to try
A SUCCESSFUL recruitment campaign last
their hand in the stock market.
year saw 10 new Analysts join Energy
Management. SP News spoke with four
treasurer and secretary
of them to find out how they are enjoying
meets every month to discuss
The club has a chairman,
the performance of the existing
, and
club stock and consider their
Analysis
the experience so far:
future investment plans.
l
Lorna Hainey from the Value Chain
more of the skills I gained through my
can suggest a share for
degree in maths and Spanish. So far I
ogistics industry but felt it was time to use
Team told us: “I worked in the
consideration and present
As a partnership, any member
enjoy what I’m involved with – it’
environment to work in.”
Steve Hurst is part of the Commercial &
s a good
Regulation Wholesale Forecast
BA
industry background prior to joining SP
hons in Economics, Steve also had
Team. With a
devising a gas model that will support the
“I have been given the task of looking at
.
forecasting of gas prices,” said Steve. “I can
apply what I learned through my experience
within the industry while learning new skills.”
Forecasting and Reporting
IT
Euan Chisholm works for the Demand
the Defence industry
Team. He has an
He said:‘I am enjoying the challenges and
background and previous experience in
as well as learning new skills I can use my
.
previous experience in my new role.”
and IT
He said: “My work on the team involves me
Michael Field, with a degree in Computing
in a variety of tasks. My main challenge is
, is on the Operational Trading team.
to build up my business knowledge to
reasons for putting it forward.
understand how we translate opportunities
The club then debates all the
into maximising value for the business.”
proposals, examining each
TEAM PLAYERS: Lorna Hainey and, left to right – Steve Hurst, Euan Chisholm and Michael Field
business against a set of pre-
determined yardsticks.
have his or her say
opinion, then a democratic vote
Everyone gets a chance to
is taken on which shares to buy
, express an
A splash landing
retain an interest in the stock
However, if you just want to
. for WaterAiders
market, this provides a low-risk
THE
means of doing so.
scored for charity in the
recent W
Buchholz Bombers John Lessells,
monthly asset statement showing
tournament in Manchester
aterAid five-a-side
Graham Stevens, Eddie
Mulholland and David
Allan Brese,
profit/loss and an account of how
The group also provides a
each member is doing, which is
Gilliland shared the honours
Colm OʼBrien and Ewan
.
emailed on a monthly basis.
as top scorers for the side
but, despite their hot-shot
fee with a £25 per month sub
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scription thereafter
There is a nominal £125 joining
missed out on qualifying for
sanitation and hygiene
worldʼ
Paton.
WaterAid enables the
s poorest people to
the knockout stages by just
forts, the team narrowly education.
gain access to safe water,
scott.wilkie@scottishpower
.
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two points.
underpin health, education
and livelihoods and form the
These basic human rights
for more information.
If you are interested, contact
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the side, pictured right, were
Joining Colm and Ewan in
first, essential step in over
coming poverty.
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