We have launched our musical video Christmas card, after discovering that a third of our staff are accomplished (well, maybe pretty good) musicians.

With 26 people in a business, you don’t often find that you have a music producer, cellist, violinist, three guitarists, a saxophonist, bass player, horn player, ukulele player, choir leader, a host of singers and a bloke who can shake sleigh bells, in your midst.

So, it seemed right to try to record a simple Christmas song for this year. Ben Ablewhite, Energy Projects Manager and serial player of many instruments, arranged the age-old Christmas favourite ‘Jingle Bells’ and  over a couple of weeks lunch breaks, the musicians were wheeled into the meeting room to lay down their contribution to the song.

After a few hours recording and mixing and a weekend of video cutting by Jenny Beynon, who looks after Marketing and Communications for the company, the finished article emerged.  Not perfect, but not bad for a group of energy geeks.

“You could be forgiven for thinking that we don’t do any work here,” says Andrew Kneeshaw, Managing Director, “But everyone has given up their own time for this production.  It’s been a brilliant and inspiring team effort.”

You can see the video on https://youtu.be/qIVHCmQittA.  Appreciative viewers might like to contribute to the company’s charity for this year, Mind.