Last updated 17:31, Thursday, 27 March 2008

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here to help: The Nursery at St Bridget’s Lane, Egremont, received £1,000 worth of sensory equipment for children with speech difficulties.

AMEC is one of the leading providers of technical consultancy, engineering services and programme and asset management to the nuclear industry.

Its experience spans several decades in the UK, Canada, United States, South Africa, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

The business has more than 50 years’ experience in the civil and defence nuclear industry. Through its 2,000 dedicated nuclear employees, AMEC possesses unique understanding and capability across the lifecycle of complex nuclear assets.

But while it is a global company it never forgets its roots and firmly believes in giving back to the community that supports it.

AMEC has been a major operator in Cumbria for more than 40 years, with operations stretching back to the Penrith by-pass before assuming a major role in the development of the Sellafield site as we know it today. The company has more than 25 years’ unbroken service on the site and undertaken work worth more than £750 million.

Think of a major plant on the Sellafield site and AMEC has been involved in its design, construction and operation, in addition to its role in the decommissioning programme.

In a quarter of a century of unbroken service at Sellafield it can boast that AMEC has fed more than £570 million into the local economy.

AMEC has contributed £300,000 back into the local community to more than 70 local organisations. These include individuals, schools, rugby and football clubs, youth clubs, cricket teams, playgroups, boxing clubs, residential care homes, swimming clubs, hospitals, nursery’s, mother and toddler group, scout groups and air cadets.