Company Archive
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SMI seeks to defend its Reginald Fessenden Challenge win
SMI took to the Solent this week to defend its 2020 win of the Reginald Fessenden Challenge, a day of yacht races competed by teams from across the defence industry. While our team didn’t equal the triumph of last year, it did place a highly creditable fourth, just behind Raytheon UK, Expleo & Stirling Dynamics,…
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SMI Andover to Perth Challenge: Bangkok
We set out in May to walk, run, cycle or swim 9,000 miles – the equivalent of the distance between our UK and Australian offices – to raise money for Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK. We’ve now achieved 6,002 miles, which means we’ve made it to Bangkok. It’s astonishing to think that one of our team…
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SMI Celebrates International Women In Engineering Day
SMI is an equal opportunities employer. We are signatories to the Women in Defence Charter, our board has an even gender balance, and women contribute vital work across the company to support our success. Today is the Institution of Civil Engineers’ ‘International Women In Engineering Day’ so we thought we’d highlight the work of a…
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SMI Congratulates Apprentices As They Progress Their Careers Within the Company
SMI is committed to helping talented young members of our community reach their potential within a successful career. To that end, we welcome people into our apprenticeship scheme each and every year. James Woods and Lachlan Wincott joined our scheme in 2017 and we’re very proud to announce they recently received certificates confirming completion of an…
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Nicholas Abbott Promoted to Finance Director
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Nicholas Abbott FCCA to Finance Director at SMI Ltd. With a proven track record of success within fast-growing, entrepreneurial environments Nicholas has supported the design and implementation of high growth strategies before, handy as SMI continues its journey to grow tenfold in ten years. Having joined in…
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Denise Hunt Nominated for ‘Outstanding Contribution’ in Women in Defence Awards
We’re delighted to pass on the news that Denise Hunt, SMI’s Director of Programmes, has been nominated for her ‘Outstanding Contribution’ in this year’s Women in Defence Awards. Denise joined SMI 20 years ago in a finance role. Thanks to her exceptional contribution to our business success, she has risen to a position of leadership…
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SMI Marks Mental Health Awareness Week with New Support for Colleagues
Today is the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. SMI recently launched two initiatives to ensure we’re doing all we can to support colleagues in this challenging area. SMI now has two Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA). We also launched our Andover to Perth Challenge, which gives our team a great reason to get outdoors and connect with Nature,…
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