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The Scottish Business Pledge is aimed at creating lasting economic success and building sustainable business growth with fairness, equality, opportunity and innovation.
CMS Window Systems’ Finance Director, Marie McGilly, is pleased her company has been named SDS Youth Employer of the Month
To meet the pledge criteria, companies must provide a high standard of employment conditions, improve workforce engagement and support youth development.
CMS was recently named Skills Development Scotland’s (SDS) Youth Employer of the Month.
More than 60 young people have completed Modern Apprenticeships with CMS over the past 2 years, in glass supporting structure fabrication, window installation, surveying and business administration.
The door and building envelope manufacturer has also offered work placement opportunities to seven young people from North Lanarkshire as part of the Certificate of Work Readiness qualification, providing its own training within its Innovation Hub.
CMS also holds status as a Living Wage Accredited employer; it has no employees on zero hours contracts, a commitment to a 50/50 gender balance and dual accreditation for Investors in People Gold and Investors in Young People (IIYP).
Total Builders Merchants value sales to builders and contractors in April 2019 were up 5.3% compared with the same period in 2018, according to the BMBI.
Posted in Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Civil Engineering, Hard Landscaping & Walkways, Landscaping, news, Posts, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Timber Buildings and Timber Products
New research from leading building consultants, Peutz B.V., has been explored in full in the updated Daylighting White Paper from Kingspan Insulation.
Posted in Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Insulation, Lighting, Posts, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Walls
The recent FIREX International exhibition proved a great success for the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF).
Posted in Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry Events, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Exhibitions and Conferences, Glass, Glazing, Health & Safety, Posts, Security and Fire Protection, Training
Rinnai, global leaders in continuous flow hot water heating products and systems, is introducing the Zen and Zen Plus home hot water & heating system.
Posted in Articles, Building Industry News, Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Innovations & New Products, Plumbing, Posts, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency