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Welcome Andrew O’Callaghan, contracts director
We are delighted to welcome Andrew O'Callaghan to VGC Projects as contracts director, to work closely with managing director Jacques Kriel.
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We are pleased to have been approved for new Kickstart government funding to support young people into long term work in the industry.
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Richard writes about delivering make safety personal (MSP) training to 200+ people since January 2020 on Balfour Beatty sites across the UK.
Read article about “ Why make safety personal training is important to me ”Mayor opens new Solihull office
We were delighted to welcome Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street for the official opening of our new office in Solihull.
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What's the difference between a mask and a face covering? Dust masks, provided as part of construction work PPE, vs fabric face coverings to stop COVID19
Read article about “ Masks and face coverings ”International Women’s Day 2021
For International Women's Day, we celebrated some of the excellent women who work for VGC as technical, engineering, office and site staff.
Read article about “ International Women’s Day 2021 ”Students vote virtual work experience week a success
The 40 students who took part in our virtual work experience week during February half-term described it as 'really inspiring'.
Read article about “ Students vote virtual work experience week a success ”RIP Emeka-Samuel Ebuzoeme
We were very sad to hear about the death of Emeka-Samuel Ebuzoeme, who passed away from COVID-19 in late January 2021.
Read article about “ RIP Emeka-Samuel Ebuzoeme ”Manual handling training on HS2
Ben describes face-to-face manual handling training - visiting people at their place of work, to make sure they are lifting safely.
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Zena has had the COVID vaccine: "It was really easy and didn't hurt at all; the system was most efficient and everyone was very pleasant."
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We established the VGC Academy in 2019 to bring all our learning and development activities under one umbrella.
Read article about “ About the VGC Academy ”National Apprenticeship Week
Workforce development manager Martyn Price MBE writes about National Apprenticeship Week and the opportunities to grow people's careers.
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