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David Welch (horticulturist)
David Welch (13 December 1933 – 18 September 2000) was a British horticulturist. He is credited with Aberdeen's success in the Britain in Bloom award during his 22-year tenure as Aberdeen District Council's director of parks between 1967 and 1989. Early life and education David Welch was born on 13 December 1933 in Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire and he was raised by his mother from infancy along with his brother following his father's death. He had an eye condition which limited his close-range vision, influencing his choice of career as a gardener. He studied Parks and Recreation at the University of Reading. Career In 1951, at the age of 16, Welch worked as an apprentice for Nottingham City Council, ultimately working in the parks department for nine years in total. In 1955, he started two years of training at Wisley Garden and from 1959, he worked at Blackpool. From May 1963, he worked at Bebington Corporation as the parks superindendent. Aberdeen District Council W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burton Joyce
Burton Joyce () is a large Village#United Kingdom, village and civil parish in the Borough of Gedling, Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England, east of Nottingham, between Stoke Bardolph to the south and Bulcote to the north-east. The A612 links it to Carlton, Nottinghamshire, Carlton and Netherfield, Nottinghamshire, Netherfield to the south-west and Lowdham to the north-east. Initially the site of an Iron age fort, it was occupied by Normans, Norman nobility, who founded St Helen's Church, Burton Joyce, St Helen's Church. From being a farming community, Burton Joyce grew in the early Industrial Revolution, earning repute up to the 1920s for its textile products. Many of its 3,500 inhabitants (census 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021; up from 3,443 in United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011) commute to work in Nottingham. It forms with Stoke Bardoph and Bulcote the Trent Valley Electoral ward, ward of Gedling, with two councillors. History Early history There is archaeological ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Competitive Tendering
An invitation to tender (ITT, also known as a call for bids or a request for tenders) is a formal, structured procedure for generating competing offers from different potential suppliers or contractors looking to obtain an award of business activity in works, supply, or service contracts, often from companies who have been previously assessed for suitability by means of a supplier questionnaire (SQ) or pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ). Unlike a request for proposal (RFP), which is used when a company sources for business proposals, ITTs are used when a government or company does not require the submission of an original business proposal and is looking solely to award a contract based on the best tender submitted. As a result, whereas ITTs are often decided based on the best price offered, decisions on RFPs may also involve other considerations such as technology and innovation. Both are forms of reverse auction. At the same time, variants may be requested in an ITT, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Press And Journal
''The Press and Journal'' is a daily regional newspaper serving northern and Highland Scotland including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness. Established in 1747, it is Scotland's oldest daily newspaper, and one of the longest-running newspapers in the world. History The newspaper was first published as a weekly title, ''Aberdeen's Journal'', on 29 December 1747. In 1748 it changed its name to the ''Aberdeen Journal''. It was published on a weekly basis for 128 years until August 1876, when it became a daily newspaper. The newspaper was owned by the Chalmers family throughout the nineteenth century, and edited by members of the family until 1849, when William Forsyth became editor. Its political position was Conservative. In November 1922, the paper was renamed ''The Aberdeen Press and Journal'' when its parent firm joined forces with the ''Free Press''. Historical copies of the ''Aberdeen Journal'', dating back to 1798, are available to search and view in digitised form at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
