Nicola Peake has left May Gurneys environmental services division where she was managing director, letsrecycle.com can reveal.
It is understood that she left the company at the end of December 2011 after almost four years in her role. She was originally appointed as managing director of May Gurney Waste Services. May Gurney was unavailable for comment when contacted by letsrecycle.com.
Her departure came just two months into May Gurneys Bristol contract and just weeks after she joined the board of the Resource Association, which was launched in November (see letsrecycle.com story).
Ms Peake has previously worked at municipal services provider Accord where she helped start-up the Facilities Management division.
Greg Michael
Since her departure at the end of December May Gurney has appointed a new group business development director, Greg Michael who has a local authority background. He will be responsible for achieving growth through the development of new clients, service and markets.
Prior to his appointment Mr Michael was transformation director at Nottingham city council. Commenting on his appointment, May Gurneys chief executive Phillip Fellowes Prynne said: May Gurney has very ambitious plans for 2016. Im confident that Gregs expertise in developing new business, new services and new markets will be a very significant contribution to ensuring our success. However, no statement is thought to have been issued with regard to Ms Peakes departure.
Chequered
Ms Peakes time at May Gurney saw the company have its ups and downs in the municipal waste and recycling sector following the non-award of a contract extension and the loss of its contract with Ealing borough council in 2010 (see letsrecycle.com story) after the council decided it was beneficial to tender elsewhere for the contract.
But, on a more positive note, in July 2011 the company won the Bristol waste and recycling service contract, ahead of rivals SITA UK and Veolia (see letsrecycle.com story). The seven-year contract, which started in November 2011, is worth about 14 million-a-year.
Penalty
However, earlier this month May Gurney was handed a 61,000 financial penalty by North Somerset council for failing to collect waste and recycling collections on time.
The council is with-holding the sum from the money it usually pays May Gurney for the collection services. The council said it had received over 7,000 calls relating to waste and recycling in the first two weeks of 2012, a substantially higher number than usual.
In some areas the council had seen a 45% increase in the amount of recycling put out for collection but it said May Gurney had only planned for a 20% increase, meaning not all collections were made on time.
A spokesman for the council told letsrecycle.com that all collections were now up to date and the service was running as usual.
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