Moving Forward

As you will be aware we held elections at the end of 2007 for our General Secretary and National Executive Committee:

We can confirm that our team going forward is as follows :

General Secretary Linda Rolph 07850 742340

National Executive Committee

Area 1 – Branches South West & Wales Caroline Stevens 05511 430051
Area 2 – Branches North Helen Kennedy 05511 430340
Area 3 – Branches London Jim Leonard 05511 430251
Area 4 – Branches South East Annette McColgan 05511 430177
Area 5 – Branches Midlands Martin Fisher 05511 430510
Area 6 – Head Office Chris Hockett 0207 612 5153
Area 7 – Contact Sites Cathy Kelly 07824 841944
Area 8 – GEOBAN Linda Bartle 01642 703849
Area 9 – AFI Robert Elliott 0113 236 6807
Area 10 – Non Abbey Maureen Ryan 0800 092 3300

Goodbye to ANGU, Welcome to Advance

In the last issue of our magazine we explained the background reasons for the need to change the name of our union. Agreement to the change from Abbey National Group Union to Advance was reached at our Extraordinary General Meeting on 9th November 2007.

On 1 January 2008, ANGU changes its name to Advance. Our name and stationery will reflect a new, modern and fresh approach for the union. What will not change will be our dedication to our members, our determination to ensure that working lives improve and that job security and conditions of employment are safeguarded. We are determined that all of our members are treated with dignity and respect. Next year we will be visiting more branches and other locations to recruit new members and meet existing ones. We will, through these visits and our surveys find out what our members want and how they feel. As we say, Advance is your voice at work.