Wednesday 18th January 2017, 7.30pm - NSK Offices, Northern Road NG24 2JF - “What is flavour” – Dr David Baines Ph.D, CChem, FRSC, FIFST, FRSPH

David Baines has been operating his consultancy, Baines Food Consultancy Ltd, since 1997 specialising in food flavourings with specific expertise in flavours derived during cooking processes.

He has worked worldwide to generate greater flavour impact in processed food products. He runs a course entitled ‘Creating Thermal Process Flavours’ and also provides bespoke flavour courses for food industry clients and flavour companies.

He is author of several papers and book chapters, named on five patents, co-edited the book ‘Natural Food Additives, Ingredients and Flavourings’ and is a co-editor of the internet flavour bulletin, ‘Flavour Horizons’.  He is the originator and inspiration behind the highly successful flavour raw materials exhibitions held annually in Amsterdam and biennially in Singapore.

He is a past President of the British Society Flavourists, a member of the Technical Committee of the UK Flavour Association and Chairman of the Western Branch of the Institute of Food Science & Technology. 

Friday 9th December 2016, 7.30pm - NSK Offices, Northern Road NG24 2JF - “Brexit, Parliament and Industry - a discussion” – Robert Jenrick MP

Following significant recent events in the UK and now, possibly abroad, Robert Jenrick, MP for Newark, has kindly agreed to attend our December meeting which will be an opportunity to hear the latest updates, question Mr Jenrick on Parliamentary options and opinions and discuss any concerns you may have.

Wednesday 9th November 2016, 7.30pm - NSK Offices, Northern Road NG24 2JF - “Intellectual Property : Getting Commercial Value from Bright Ideas” – Victoria Yeomans

What is IP?  How do you stop others from pinching your bright ideas?  How do you extract commercial value from your bright ideas?  Just some of the questions Victoria will address in her talk.  Be prepared to get involved as we find out what makes an invention patentable.

Graduating with a degree in Maths with Engineering Victoria was briefly one of that rare species: a female engineer.  She moved into Intellectual Property more than 10 years ago and qualified as both a Chartered and a European Patent Attorney.  She works for Rolls-Royce in Derby protecting inventions in the aerospace sector.

Wednesday 5th October 2016 – 7.30pm - Visit to Kirton Brickworks, Station Road, Kirton, Newark NG22 9LG – Forterra

Forterra is one of the leading manufacturers of building products for the UK’s construction industry. They provide the materials for life’s essential structures, helping their customers build with ease and confidence.

The brickworks at Kirton was opened by the Butterley Company in 1955, and has subsequently been in continuous operation, transferring to Hanson Building Products in 1989, now owned by Forterra.  The quarry site currently spans 2sq.km, with the extraction and transport of over 170,000 tonnes of clay per year.

This visit has a maximum of 12 visitors, on a first come first served basis.  Sturdy footwear will be essential, and hard hat / hi-viz vest if you have them.

Thursday 8th September 2016, 7.30pm - “Newark Waste and Water Improvement Project” – Severn Trent Water – NSK, Northern Road

The team behind the major investment in Newark’s sewerage systems will present the background to, and progress of, the project, which will protect 1,000 customers from sewer flooding, with storage capacity equivalent to 14 Olympic swimming pools being provided for during severe rainfall.

A new trunk water main will provide potable water to Newark with the capacity to support the 45% increase in population predicted over the next 25 years.

A tunnelled sewer will be driven 15m below the streets of Newark, big enough for a transit van, outfalling to Crankley Point STW, north of the town. New sewers and water mains will also be constructed across the town to provide the long term solution Newark requires.