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VGC’s rising star Charlie

11 April 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

Charlie Passingham used to struggle to get out of bed. Now he’s a VGC traffic marshall with a bright future ahead of him. Charlie has Asperger’s and was suffering from suffocating panic attacks until MENCAP helped him with coping strategies.…
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Successful NVQs for five apprentices

27 March 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

Congratulations to five of our apprentices on their successful NVQ qualifications. Daniel Smith, David Williams Sarpong, Daniel Pang, Arsalan Aleem and Josiah Narkwa recently completed their Level 2 NVQ Diplomas in Railway Engineering. The apprentices signed up with labour manager…
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Welcome to Lemos, our latest apprentice

16 March 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

Lemos Pereria has started his apprenticeship on the A14. Lemos (on the right in the photo, next to key influencer Rishi Khera) has joined our trail-blazer apprenticeship programme. He started on 16 March as a general operative, and VGC will…
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Pay arrangements for Easter 2018

13 March 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

VGC’s offices will be closed from the evening of Thursday 29 March until 08:30 on Tuesday 3 April. Pay arrangments for Easter: For hours worked during the week between Saturday 17 March and Sunday 25 March: Wages will be processed…
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Crowdfunding helped Joe into work with VGC

12 March 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

Joe is working in his first job since 2003, for VGC Group on the Northern Line extension. For over a decade, Joe was homeless. He slept in hostels and on friends’ sofas – and sometimes on the streets. Until last year…
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Women in VGC network launch

8 March 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

Our Women in VGC network launched on International Women’s Day. The meeting, at Cardinal House, saw an excellent turnout of VGC women, with a number of male supporters. Everyone has a voice In his welcome, MD Laurence Mckidd stated that…
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VGC’s training achieves NSAR gold

19 February 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

NSAR, the National Skills Academy for Rail, has assessed VGC’s rail training as ‘Gold’. In the course of three visits at the end of 2017, our training team was assessed on their performance in four key areas: quality of provision,…
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Why VGC is supporting the ‘Inspire Me’ campaign

14 February 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

Why has VGC become a supporter of ‘Inspire Me’? We know our industry is facing a skills shortage, exacerbated by Brexit and an ageing workforce. Arcadis research suggests that British construction must recruit over 400,000 people every year between now and…
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VGC achieves Ethical Labour Standard

7 February 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

VGC is the first labour supply company in the UK to achieve the new Ethical Labour Sourcing Standard (BES 6002:2017). VGC is also the first company in the rail sector, and one of just three companies to date, to attain the…
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A14 supply chain award

29 January 2018 | Categories: VGC Group

VGC is part of the team which was recognised at the A14 Supply Chain awards on 12 January. The integrated labour team was presented with the Innovation award. Supply chain partners VGC Group, Reliable Contractors, Danny Sullivan Group and Hercules…
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