Chairman
Heather Stallard MBE
Tel: 01823 681484 Email: heather@culmpyne.com Heather has lived in Hemyock for almost 50 years. Heather was a founding member of the Blackdown Hills Business Asssociation and the Mid Devon Business Association. Heather is also Chairman of Hemyock Parish Council. Heather is also involved in a number of community groups and helped set up the Blackdown Support Group, a team of volunteers providing care in the Blackdown Hills community for the elderly, sick and disabled. Heather is also a member of the Management Steering Group of the Blackdown Hills AONB. In 2006, Heather was awarded the MBE in recognition of her valuable contribution to the community. Heather has given tremendous support to the Dunkeswell Eco Business Park during 2007/08. We are lucky to have her as our Chairman!
Director
John Carr
Tel: 01823 681484
John Carr acts as Vice Chairman of the BHBA and has been a very active member of the BHBA for many years. John recently retired as director of FRM Building Supplies based at Dunkeswell. We are very grateful to John for his support over the years. It was John Carr who first spoke with View From Publishing about a newspaper for the Blackdown Hills! We are very grateful for John's continued support of the BHBA.
Company Secretary
Adrian Stallard
Tel: 01823 286274 Email: adrian.stallard@lentells.co.uk Adrian has been an active member of the BHBA for many years. Although much of the day to day book keeping services are now provided by Absolutes, Adrian is responsible for the End of Year Financial Accounts and the administration of grants. Adrian is director of Lentells Ltd, Chartered Accounts in Taunton. Adrian has given tremendous support to the Dunkeswell Eco Business Park Project during 2007/08.
BHBA day to day operations
Val & Graham Baker & Caroline Newcombe
Tel: 01823 681484 Email: info@bhba.org.uk Val and Graham are joint directors of Absolutes Ltd based in Hemyock. As well as providing support to the BHBA, their business also delivers project management services to IT related industries in the south east. They also employ Caroline Newcombe as a book keeper for BHBA work. Since August 2005, Absolutes has held the Service Level Agreement to run the day to day operations of the BHBA, reporting to the BHBA board of directors on a quarterly basis. (Between October 2002 and August 2005, Val had been providing administrative support on a voluntary/public funded basis.) Caroline Newcombe joined the team in 2005 and has been providing book keeping services ever since! Caroline also provides administrative support to the Dunkeswell Eco Business Park.
Director
Wendy Caple
Tel: 01823 680692
Wendy has been an active board member of the BHBA for a number of years. Wendy runs her own successfull soft furnishing and upholstery business Stychewise South West.
Director
Claude Caple
Tel: 01823 680692
Claude has been an active member of the BHBA for many years. Claude is a Director of South West Airfields Heritage Ltd, collector of photographs and archive memorabilia of World War II for the Blackdown Hills Area.
Director
David Lowe
Tel: 01823 601048 Email: davidlowemail@yahoo.co.uk David has been an active member of the BHBA for a number of years. David's runs a business providing professional planning service preparing building plans for both planning applications and basic building regulations. A complete service from design to dealing with the local authority. David has offered invaluable support to the Dunkeswell Eco Business Park Project during 2007/08.
Director
Steve Whitley
Tel: 01404 861245 Email: socks@corrymoor.com Steve has been an active member of the BHBA for a number of years. He is joint director (with his wife Jenny Whitley) of Corrymoor Mohair Socks based at Stockland.
Director
Andrew Lovering
Tel: 01884 266816 Email: lovering@msn.com Andrew was Executive Director for the BHBA from 2002 until August 2005 and was appointed director in August 2005. In 2006, Andrew set up his own business - Greenthinking.
David Ball has been a director of the BHBA board since September 2005. David runs a successful furniture restoring business in Hemyock. Damaged and broken furniture restored to a high standard using traditional methods including veneering, polishing, caning and small re-upholstery. David has given the Dunkeswell Eco Business Park tremendous support during 2007/08.
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