Olympic Torch Route Crewe

Here is the route as published on the official web site, looks like an early morning ;o)

Andy to Carry Olympic Torch

We are very happy to announce that Up and Under Group MD Andy Fewtrell has been selected to carry the Olympic Flame through part of his home town of Crewe on 31st May.

Andy has been selected in recognition of his years of providing employment and educational opportunities through the Up and Under Group and his work in helping youngsters achieve their potential through the charity he founded, and now helps run, the Up and Under Foundation.

They are giving this to Andy!

Andy was heard to say "I am chuffed to bits!" Translated that means he is very happy ;o)

We have no further details on times or routes, but we will post them here when we have.

25th Birthday in Pictures

Cake on our Birthday, Jean delivers again!

We had to have the Scalextric

Jean may have retired, but she hasn't hung up her dancing shoes

Now what?

Food galore

Great to see Phil Watkins

and Tim Jakeman

Simon is up to something ;o)

3 generations of the Fewtrell Clan

Thanks Sue for the balloons (and organising another successful party)

Andy made up (and speechless!)

Birthday group

Hang on, what is that in the back of the crowd?

It's a chicken!

Jean still dancing!

What the......?

There is nothing normal about this company

What chord next?  ;o)

Can youu havethis much fun doing anything else?

Adoring headbanging fans

Yeah!!!!

Identity revealed Matt Cooke - Star!

25 Today!!!!

Happy Birthday Up and Under

Established 9th March 1987

Thanks to everyone who has played their part in 25 successful and highly enjoyable years.

We'll be doing lots to celebrate in this anniversary year but here are a few pictures from 1987.

We will be running a competition on Facebook
www.facebook.com/upandundergroup

Up and Under Challenge 25

So next week we celebrate our 25th Birthday.  We will be doing lots during the year and we will keep you informed of the various activities.

The first event we are revealing is an opportunity for you all to join us, get active, have some fun and challenge yourself.  "Challenge 25" is your sporting roadmap to our action packed 25th birthday year.  There will be prizes galore, opportunities to get your picture on the web site and lots more.

Se the details below:

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Making a video

When we came into work last Thursdaay we were unsure as to what would be expected of us.  We were going to be making a 3-5 minute video for the Cheshire High Sheriff's Awards ceremony.  We have done a fair bit of TV news slots, but this did not prepare us for the 6 hours of filming required to get the dialogue and scenes finished for this professional quality piece.  It was a real 'lights, camera, action' event..... and they do shout 'Action!'

Andy gets a grilling

Proper Hollywood, where's the catering trailer?

The video will centre around Innovation at Up and Under from the early involvement in the introduction of rope access to the uk scene - yes we were in right at the start - to the adaptation of existing products and technologies to solving clients problems.

Rope access, especially its use on bridges, was part of the early years of the Up and Under Story.  At the outset rope access was focussed on high rise buildings and offshore structures.  It was the combination of engineering competence and access skills, then as well as today, that made Up and Under rope (and confined spaces) teams obvious choices for technical bridge inspection, testing and investigation projects.

After basic rope access we concentrated on the use of materials borrowed from other industries and successfully utilised in the asset management sphere.

Strengthened and adapted lighting trusses from the film and stage industries have been developed and used by Up and Under over the years to successfully complete a range of projects covering bridges, buildings and even cliff faces; taking trusses from rock and roll to stabilised rock!

The final part of the film concentrated on our capability to provided a variety of maintenance activities on structures over flat or slow moving water using sectional pontoons originally developed for military activities.  These are available to provide stable platforms for inspection towers or repair/construction activities; all without causing interferance to the structure above.

These innovations have saved our clients literally hundreds of thousands of pounds over the years.  Every day we provide solutions to your problems with value, safety and efficiancy at the heart of every decision.

That was the subject of the video.  It will be shown at the Awards Dinner at Chester University on the 29th March and hopefully we will bring home an award, if we are a runner up it will still be testament to our performance over 25 yers and will not lessen our commitment to solve your problems. If you've not worked with Up and Under before, call us, we'll surprise you. 

Shrove Tuesday at Up and Under

Andy had to put up with a bit of ribbing at lunch time today when he was company tosser. 

What?!? I here you ask, he was in charge of making pancakes!  Tradition was upheld with a Shrove Tuesday lunch consisting of pancakes garnished with either sugar and lemon or swiss chocolate.  Grant managed to mix the two with a combination that Heston would have had something to say about, chocolate AND Lemon.

Flipping heck!

Donations from the Up and Under team raised £20 for the Up and Under Foundation which is about the same amount of weight that we put on between us!