Congratulations to labour manager Ciaran Murray, who has retired after 15 years at VGC. Ciaran has been key in supplying labour and trades to major infrastructure contracts in the north-west. His numerous projects have included the Mersey Gateway, Urenco, North…
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The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon integrated labour team has been shortlisted for the Highways England ‘Improving employee engagement and behavioural change’ award. ‘The Integrated Labour Team (ILT) – a game-changing approach to meeting the needs of the A14 Cambridge to…
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The A14 Integrated Delivery Team has won a prestigious collaboration award. At the Institute for Collaborative Working Supply Chain awards ceremony at the House of Lords on 13 December, the A14 Integrated Delivery Team won the supply chain collaboration award.…
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Richard Palin has joined VGC as Labour Solutions northern operations director. Managing director Laurence Mckidd said: “We’re delighted to welcome Richard to the team. He is a highly motivated leader with a strong track record in staff development, motivation and…
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Our biannual staff meeting was held on 11 December in Cardinal House. Thanks for a successful 2018 Executive chairman Sean Fitzpatrick thanked everyone for their work this year, particularly those who achieved in extreme weather. Sean welcomed twelve new members…
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Following staff nominations we have appointed State of Mind Sport as VGC’s corporate charity for 2019. State of Mind Sport delivers mental fitness and suicide prevention training, and the partnership will support our workforce wellbeing strategy. The partnership will help…
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Lewis Bennett has finished his apprenticeship. As a qualified groundworker, he is now set for a successful career. Lewis works for client Balfour Beatty on the Crossrail Woolwich Box C530 project. “Well done to Lewis – he is a role…
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Congratulations to Scott McKay and Mike Jennings on successfully completing their apprenticeships at Hinkley Point power station. They have gained Intermediate Level Apprenticeship in Construction Operations which includes a BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Construction Operations and Civil Engineering Services. Both…
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Skanska presented VGC with the ‘Act Ethically and Transparently’ award at their inaugural infrastructure supply chain awards ceremony. The six awards given on the night were: Care for Life – won by Aggregate Industries Act Ethically and Transparently – won by…
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Auditors praised VGC’s processes in the annual Achilles Building Confidence audit. We demonstrate compliance and improvement against the UK construction industry’s accreditation and registration standard through regular audits. Since 2011 the Building Confidence audits by Achilles have noted areas where…
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We were delighted to receive an award at Women into Construction’s 10th anniversary celebration event. The award was for supporting Women Into Construction over the past three years. The award citation reads: “Your excellent contribution has directly resulted in increased…
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VGC has been shortlisted for the IRP award for Corporate and Social Responsibility Practitioner of the Year. The awards are a celebration of the recruitment industry by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and Institute of Recruitment Professionals. They have been…
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