Business breakfast club branches out to help environment

More than 20 young oak trees are to take root at Colchester Business Park thanks to the efforts of a special breakfast club which is organised by law firm Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP.

On Tuesday, 21 heavy standard oak trees will be planted on the verges on Wyncolls Road as part of National Tree Week. Each tree has been sponsored by a business based on or associated with the park.

Senior Partner at Fisher Jones Greenwood Tony Fisher, who’s P.A. Nikki Allen came up with the idea said: “Our breakfast club has only been going for a year so we have been overwhelmed by the response from businesses.  These magnificent trees will not only enhance the old boundary line of oak trees which run through the estate but will help to offset the carbon footprint and provide a living legacy for generations to come.”

A special tree-planting ceremony will follow on from a breakfast club meeting at which Consultant Arboriculturist Paul Allen from Chelmsford based firm D F Clark Bionomique Ltd will be speaking about the effect of climate change on trees, particularly in the East of England and dispelling some of the myths surrounding tree planting and carbon-offsetting.

[Photographed Tony Fisher, Managing Partner at Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP with Nikki Allen, P.A. and Paul Allen from D F Clark Bionomique Ltd.]