Buried Services – VGC Group

  VGC have announced their annual health and safety week focusing on raising awareness of Buried Services.   This week, VGC are shining a spotlight on our HSQE team and their Buried Services campaign.   We want to raise awareness…

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Enormous HS2 parts factory built for UK’s longest railway bridge

A huge new temporary factory has been opened near the M25 in Greater London, specifically to construct parts of the UK’s longest railway bridge – all part of the HS2 infrastructure project. The mega factory has been specially constructed to…

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VGC announces the Lighthouse Club as corporate charity partner for 2022/3

News release   VGC announces the Lighthouse Club as corporate charity partner for 2022/3     Date:  5th March 2022     VGC are delighted to announce that our staff have nominated the Lighthouse Club as our 2022 Corporate Charity…

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A record-breaking year for social value at VGC Group

A record-breaking year for social value at VGC Group VGC is celebrating after achieving a record-breaking £18m of social value delivered in 2021 through our recruitment / employment activities and corporate social responsibility programmes.   The programme covered a vast…

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HS2 report identifies earthworks savings of £300m a year for UK infrastructure sector 

A new study has found that the UK’s infrastructure sector could save an enormous £300 million a year by changing how it manages earthworks projects.   The report comes from HS2, in conjunction with the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership (i3P)…

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£31m of new UK Government funding confirmed for floating offshore wind projects 

The UK Government has announced a total of £31 million in new grant funding for the offshore wind sector, earmarked for the development of innovative floating offshore wind technologies.   The funding comes from the Department for Business, Energy and…

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Tom Geraty starts his new role as Trainee Resourcing and Compliance Assistant

Congratulations to Thomas Geraty for starting in the role of Trainee Resourcing and Compliance Assistant.   After starting with VGC in 2021 in the resourcing team as part of the government kickstart programme, Thomas has proved himself to be an…

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Chris Hoyle, joins VGC Group as Finance Director!

We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Chris Hoyle, as Finance Director for the VGC Group, who joins the team today! This is an important appointment and is part of a planned process to enable Sam Balasandaram to transition to…

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2021 Go Beyond award winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Go Beyond awards announced by CEO Laurence Mckidd at last week's six-monthly meeting.

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Go beyond awards shortlist 2021

The shortlist for VGC's 2021 Go Beyond awards. CEO Laurence Mckidd thanked all who were nominated for living our values.

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Safe working during coronavirus – overview

Safe working information for all VGC staff working during coronavirus - to keep yourself, your colleagues and your family safe.

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December payroll

VGC’s offices will close from Thursday 23 Dec 2021 to Tuesday 4 Jan 2021. Here are the payroll arrangements for wages over the holidays.

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