City Building and RSBi won an award at the inaugural Herald awards 2016 which were sponsored by the Bank of Scotland on Thursday 13th of October 2016, for promoting equality diversity and inclusion.
City Building wins Business Award for People Development
City Building has won a prestigious Business Award from the Glasgow Business Awards 2016 – sponsored by the Bank of Scotland and organised by the Chamber of Commerce – in the People Development category.
Top marks for RSBi’s new learning centre
Top marks for RSBi’s new learning centre
A unique learning centre designed by visually impaired workers has been launched by one of Scotland’s leading supporting businesses.
The facility, at Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi) in Glasgow, was officially opened today (Tuesday, October 4) by Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Employability and Training, following a £30,000 refurbishment.
RSBi, which is operated by City Building Glasgow on behalf of Glasgow City Council, designs and manufactures a wide range of high quality furniture for major construction contracts. More than half of its 260 staff have a disability, including visual and hearing impairments and learning disabilities.
City Building Generates £5m Boost
City Building, the arm’s length firm set up by Glasgow City Council, generated £5.29m in returns to the city council, to be reinvested in services across the city, its annual results published this week show.
The financial results for 2015/16 reveal the funds returned to the city council are up 5.8% on last year’s figures, despite a fall in turnover from £215m to £209m.
The news comes as City Building, which employs over 2,000 people, prepares to finalise a 50/50 joint venture with the Wheatley Group, the parent company of Glasgow Housing Association. Both organisations signed up to the joint venture earlier this year in a move which will guarantee jobs and create thousands of apprenticeships over the next 20 years.
City Building LLP at the very heart of Glasgow’s Hospice
Glasgow’s City Building LLP apprentices have shown their backing for The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice’s Brick by Brick Appeal to build a new hospice in Bellahouston Park – in bricks and mortar.
The big-hearted staff at the organisation, long-time supporters of the hospice, have raised £10,000 after holding a charity football match, golf tournament, sponsored walks and bake offs.
They pledged to raise the money after joining the hospice’s innovative 50/10 Club – a group of 50 businesses each raising £10,000 to pay for the atrium area in the new build.
“This is a fantastic donation which will have a lasting effect on our new hospice,” said Heather Manson, the hospice’s director of fundraising.
City Building Double Award Winning
City Building received two awards yesterday for quality following a recent assessment of our Leadership, People and Processes, Products and Services. We received an EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) Recognised for Excellence 4 star award and a Quality Scotland good practice award for “Creating a Sustainable Future”.
City Building received two awards yesterday for quality following a recent assessment of our Leadership, People and Processes, Products and Services. We received an EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) Recognised for Excellence 4 star award and a Quality Scotland good practice award for “Creating a Sustainable Future”.
City Building Celebrates its Talent at its 10th Annual Apprentice Awards
Leading Scottish construction company, City Building, has rewarded the tradespeople of tomorrow at its 10th annual Apprentice Awards, which took place on Wednesday 1 June.
81 apprentices from across all sectors of the business including, construction, administration, heating and painting and decorating were shortlisted for the awards at the City Chambers in Glasgow.
24 awards were handed out at the event which saw 2nd year apprentice painter and decorator Lisa Murphy named City Building Apprentice of the Year in addition to winning the 2nd Year Painter and Decorator award earlier in the evening.
City Building drives awareness of construction careers with ethnic minority groups through trade taster sessions
A leading Scottish construction firm has organised a series of trade taster sessions to encourage young people from ethnic minorities to consider a career in construction.
City Building worked in partnership on the initiative with Black and Ethnic Minority Infrastructure in Scotland (BEMIS), to engage with minority groups and encourage individuals to take part in the taster sessions. Other organisations involved included West of Scotland Regional Equality Service (WSREC), the largest of Scotland’s four Regional Equality Councils and the Youth Community Support Agency.
A second year apprentice lifts top Apprentice Award
Lisa Murphy (19), a second year apprentice painter and decorator with City Building (Glasgow) LLP, has won the Trades House of Glasgow Modern Apprentice Awards 2016 (GMAA), now in its 10th year.
Lisa, who lives in Shettleston, Glasgow, was presented with a cheque for £1,000, an inscribed quaich and the GMAA Cup, which remains on display at the Trades Hall of Glasgow in Glassford Street, home to the Trades House and its 14 incorporated crafts.
2000 jobs and apprenticeships secured in new £2.7billion partnership
A new £2.7billion partnership between Scotland’s largest council and the country’s biggest social landlord will secure jobs for the next 30 years, it was announced today (25 February).
The joint venture between Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Group, parent company of Glasgow Housing Association, means Wheatley Group would take a 50% shareholding in City Building Glasgow, becoming a partner and joint owner. It will secure 2000 jobs and more than 2000 apprenticeships as well as sustaining employment for disabled workers at City Building, the council’s successful arm’s-length construction company that has returned £50m to the council to date and undertaken 1000 craft apprenticeships.
