Janet Shelley receives MBE for services to construction industry

Janet Shelley, founder and managing director of Women Builders Ltd, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Her Majesty The Queen, for services to the construction industry. Janet, who created Women Builders in 2003 following her own desire to qualify in plastering skills, realised the increasing potential to encourage more women into the construction industry and the difficulties women face in securing training and job placement in what is recognised as a male-dominated industry. The company largely employs a female workforce that provides a construction and maintenance service in the Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and north Oxfordshire areas.