We hope that everyone had a restful and restorative Christmas break and is prepared for the challenges 2011 has to offer. This year promises to be another busy and rewarding year for Sauce Consultancy which will see the company past its five year point and continuing to build on the strengths of the previous year. The company has shown strong growth year on year, in line with that seen by the environmental services sector. Sauce’s strength is in the depth of knowledge it is able to bring to clients, in particular smaller firms that have expanded into multi-million pound operations relatively quickly, and new market entrants attracted by strong legislative and financial drivers. At this major milestone for a small company, we sincerely hope to be able to continue serving our fabulous clients for the next five years… and beyond!

Sauce is delighted to announce the appointment of Paula Boyce (née Brooks) as our Projects Director. Paula will be joining the team in February and will be responsible for ensuring the highest possible quality outputs across all our key accounts.

Paula has considerable experience having worked in the waste and resource management sector for over 20 years. In that time Paula has held a range of senior positions working for waste disposal, waste collection and unitary local authorities. She has also provided interim management and technical consultancy services to the municipal waste sector.

“I’ve known Paula for over fifteen years,” says John Twitchen, Sauce MD. (more…)

Sauce would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. 2010 has been a busy and rewarding year for Sauce and we look forward to the challenges and successes that 2011 will bring.

We’ve chosen not to send Christmas cards this year.  Instead we have made a further donation to the William Wates Memorial Trust (www.wwmt.org) and we pass on our season’s greetings to you via our newsletter. The William Wates Memorial Trust is the charity for which Sauce MD, John Twitchen, raised several thousands of pounds earlier in the year when participating in the Tour de Force 2010 – a huge thank you to everyone that kindly donated.

Wishing you all the best for the festive period,

All @ Sauce Consultancy

Sauce Consultancy is proud to be the first organisation to become a Practitioner Partner of The Consultation Institute.

The Institute requires firms to commit to demanding standards of public, stakeholder and employee consultation by initiating research, publications and specialist events in order to disseminate best practice and improve subsequent decision-making, providing potential buyers of specialist public engagement services with quality assurance. (more…)

SITA UK recently launched a report called “Looking Up” which considers international experience in delivering recycling in multi-occupancy dwellings – or flats.

What’s clear is that the experience overseas in places like Ontario, New York and Holland is not dissimilar to what Sauce and our partners, LRS Consultancy, have found  in the UK. The challenges are great and the mantra of “one size doesn’t fit all” is crystal clear.

Why should we be interested in delivering higher recycling from flats? Because half of London’s housing stock and 20% or more of housing in most major towns and cities in the UK consists of multi-occupancy dwellings. (more…)

A briefing paper published by the Consultation Institute and Sauce Consultancy highlights the need for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to engage heavily with local communities and the private sector.

In an analysis of all 24 successful bids for LEP status, the authors have looked at differing ideas on governance, local engagement and their relationship with the Big Society. It concludes that the new Partnerships will need to consult and involve extensively if they are to be credible with planners, developers, business leaders and, of course, the general public. (more…)

Sauce Consultancy is proud to be the first company to become a Practitioner Partner of The Consultation Institute.

The Consultation Institute requires firms to commit to demanding standards of public, stakeholder and employee consultation by initiating research, publications and specialist events in order to disseminate best practice and improve subsequent decision-making, providing potential buyers of specialist public engagement services with quality assurance. (more…)

More residents in Southend now have the opportunity to recycle their food waste. After a successful trial this year, more flats across the borough will be able to recycle their food waste using the blue food waste bin collection service. Rutendo kicked off the food waste campaign with local Recycling Champions last month at a local library. Since the scheme was first launched in September 2008, Southend residents have recycled 6,923 tonnes of food waste.

Read more here: http://www.yellowadvertiser.co.uk/news.cfm?id=41797&searchword=recycling

Projects Manager

We are looking for an experienced Projects Manager to join our London-based team.

Key tasks for this role include:

• Managing the operational delivery of multiple projects
• Developing strategies, producing materials and managing events
• Working across stakeholder engagement, public consultation, PR and communication disciplines
• Developing and maintaining positive client relations
• Generating new business.

The successful candidate will have good levels of critical reasoning and analysis that enables sound business judgment through effective decision making; have first class written and verbal communications skills; be able to work intelligently, juggling simultaneously multiple demands with a positive attitude; be highly organised with strong time management skills; have confidence to lead by example and maintain the extremely high standards expected by the company. (more…)