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VGC Academy is highly commended in REC awards
VGC was Highly Commended for VGC Academy in the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) People Development Business of the Year awards
Read article about “ VGC Academy is highly commended in REC awards ”Award-winning year for VGC
2021 has been a highly successful year to date, and we’ve continued to win key industry awards for our work and initiatives.
Read article about “ Award-winning year for VGC ”Promotions in our VGC Personnel team
The VGC Personnel team has good reason to celebrate, with the recent promotions of Matt Teasdale, Anthony Fender and Daniel Templeton.
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Our west and central teams working on HS2 for client SCS have achieved Costain Defining Blue status for excellence in the first half of 2021
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We have been recertified to the Ethical Labour Sourcing Standard (ELS) which verifies our systems in relation to the Modern Slavery Act....
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We're delighted that VGC Academy has been Highly Commended in the CN Specialists Training Excellence awards 2021....
Read article about “ Highly commended for CN Specialists Training Excellence award ”Shortlisted for Better Society awards
We've been shortlisted for two Better Society awards - National Commitment to Skills and Training, and National Commitment to the Community
Read article about “ Shortlisted for Better Society awards ”Highly commended for BCIA award for Go Beyond The Gates
We're shortlisted for the British Construction Industry award (BCIA) for Community Engagement Initiative of the Year for Go Beyond The Gates
Read article about “ Highly commended for BCIA award for Go Beyond The Gates ”Our 2021 staff survey results
We had even more responses to our staff survey than last year, and our total net promoter score came out as an impressive 63.5 ....
Read article about “ Our 2021 staff survey results ”Align JV induction
Labour manager Conor McKeon writes about the impressive project induction process for Align JV at the HS2 south portal at Maple Cross....
Read article about “ Align JV induction ”VGC staff gain 150 future-proof NVQ qualifications
Despite the challenges of COVID, we have continued to fund all our training programmes including life-long NVQ qualifications.
Read article about “ VGC staff gain 150 future-proof NVQ qualifications ”Chantal’s ongoing career progression
Chantal Austin has been promoted to quality and compliance manager. She first joined VGC as a resourcer after work experience in 2014....
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