John has spent the last 30 years as a business owner, management consultant and a director of several small to medium sized businesses. He is the Managing Director of SCA Limited, an East Midlands based organisation with a variety of business interests that include a business improvement consultancy - specialising in helping organisations to bring about change and improve productivity and performance. He also owns and manages fully serviced offices. His consultancy work has included both the public and private sector, with over 15 years experience of the construction industry, local authorities and housing associations. John lives in Underwood and is married with two grown up sons. He was actively involved in local community projects as a member of Sutton-in-Ashfield Round Table and is currently a member of Mansfield 41 Club. He is also President of the East Midlands Speakers’ Club, part of Toastmasters International. A production engineer by training, John’s early career was in manufacturing and general management, including a long period in senior management with a Glaxo manufacturing subsidiary. He has travelled and worked in the USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Pakistan and Dubai. He has previously been involved with the CBI East Midlands Regional Council on various committees associated with competitiveness and employee development, and is currently a National Training Awards judge. He is a Chartered Management Consultant, Fellow and regional committee member of the Institute of Business Consultancy and a Member of the American Society for Training and Development.

I was born and educated at Stanton Hill and worked in the hosiery trade until I started my own retail outsize clothing business in Sutton in 1980, retiring in 2000. I am married with two daughters and one grandchild and have lived in Sutton-in-Ashfield all my life, where I have been a Primary School Governor for over twenty years. I have recently served as a councillor on Ashfield District Council for four

years and take a keen interest in local politics.

Mrs. Eunice Bradley has lived on the Holly Hill Estate for over 30 years. Eunice worked with the Holly Hill Estate Tenants Association since it first started in July 1989, firstly as Correspondence Secretary and then, until recently, as Secretary.  Eunice originally joined to improve communication between tenants and the Council, and is grateful for the opportunity to now represent tenants on the Board of Ashfield Homes.