Southampton based company celebrates 50th networking meeting
Thursday, 8th August 2019
More than 60 people attended the latest Breakfast Club meeting to be organised by longstanding Southampton company Williams Shipping Group.
Williams’ Breakfast Club brings together representatives from businesses and local organisations to network over a cooked breakfast and a presentation from a speaker with local or marine connection. These events have been held several times each year since 1997, with previous speakers including the Royal Navy’s Lt Cdr Robert Hawkins MBE, ABP’s Alastair Welch, and Rex Taylor from the National Oceanographic Centre.
Williams Shipping is a family company involved in a range of logistics and marine activities in Southampton and across the UK. Founded in 1894, 2019 marks the company’s 125thanniversary. In addition, this was the company’s 50thbreakfast meeting.
To commemorate the occasion, Colin Williams gave a presentation on the history of Williams Shipping, with a range of photographs drawn from the family’s own archives as well as local and public records. Colin is a 4thgeneration Williams, one of the great-grandchildren of founder George Williams, and remains an active director in the company.
For the first time, the Breakfast Meeting was held at the Grand Café, which proved to be a suitably grand venue for the occasion. Attendees came from organisations including Southampton City Council, Red Funnel, ABP, and the Maritime & Coastguard Agency.
