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Richardson & Starling Kirkcaldy branch were delighted to be able to present three cheques for £1000 each to local Fife charities The Cottage Family Centre, Kirkcaldy,  The Arden House Project, Leven and FASS ADAPT a charity helping the families of substance abuse sufferers. Terry Sweeney is seen here presenting the cheques on behalf of the company and its staff. We wish all in the charities a Merry Christmas and a much better 2021

The Group would like to wish Katy Bartleman and Laura Rae all the very best when they go off on maternity leave this month. Katy (Group Accountant) and Laura (Veitchi Flooring Office Manager) are due in late December and January respectively so what better way to end a tough year and to start a new one. In addition Steven McKenna our Group Health & Safety Manager has announced that his wife is pregnant (incorrect PPE used!) to complete…

The Veitchi Group were delighted to be able to contribute to the PEEK (Possibilities for Each and Every Kid) Charity’s Winter Warmer appeal and Chloe Brown is seen pictured with Michelle McDonald the Charity’s Head of Finance handing over donations collected from staff at Cambuslang Way. The charity is based at the Legacy Hub in the East End of Glasgow and looks to improve the lives of children and young people where the need is most. A big…

Fond Farewell After five years of service the Group are disappointed to announce the departure of Gedas Barodica the Group’s Digital media manager who is moving on to pastures new.  Gedas transformed Richardson & Starling’s digital media presence as well as assisting other Group companies with website and other digital activities.  Who could forget the 2017 Centenary #Veitchigives campaign which was Gedas’s brainchild and of course the Splashy Painting which raised so much money for charity.

Following Breast Cancer Awareness day on Friday 23rd October, the office staff at Veitchi’s Head Office decided to have a Breast Cancer Awareness week to raise funds for Breast Cancer Now. The staff at Cambuslang Way dressed in pink all week to help raise awareness and show our support for a cause that is very close to all our hearts.

Veitchi were delighted to present a cheque for £1000 to Grow 73 a charity set up to develop outdoor space in the community into useable and accessible space for all to enjoy. Their current project is at Overtoun Park, Rutherglen where they are looking to transform 3 unused bowling greens into a community garden where all generations can work and learn together to grow fruit, vegetables and plants. Eugenie Aroutcheff, chief executive said “The garden will be a…

Maggie’s mission is to provide free practical, social and emotional support to people with cancer, their families and friends.  Maggie’s have many centres across the UK where you can drop in and chat things through.  The centre in Glasgow is located at Gartnavel Hospital in the West End and provides support at an exceptional level for anyone who wishes it: maggies.org/our-centres/maggies-glasgow The Veitchi Group have supported Maggie’s many times over the years with donations from our GAYE scheme…

We are delighted to announce that our own Chloe Brown was awarded the Head of School Award at Robert Gordon University for her academic performance in her first year of her BA Honours degree in accountancy. The award is given to students who achieve an A in all exams taken over the course of an academic year. Chloe achieved an A in all 4 of her first-year modules which were: Business Environment, Developing Personal Excellence, Fundamentals of Finance…

Veitchi Flooring were delighted to pick up 3 awards at the prestigious Contract Flooring Association’s 2020 national awards, winning in the categories of “Flooring in Education” and “Flooring in Residential Development” and coming runner up in the “Installation of the Year” category. John Brown Managing Director said that this was an outstanding achievement in our first time of entering the awards. He stated that this was great testimony to the whole flooring teams professionalism and technical ability and…

It was with great sadness that the Group learned of the passing of Paul Gillan a floorlayer with the company for the last 49 years. Paul had been ill with prostate cancer since 2014 and unfortunately lost his battle with the disease two weeks ago at the age of 65. Paul was a gentleman and an outstanding floorlayer and highly liked and respected by all who worked with him. We send his family our sincere condolences at this…

The essence of Veitchi value is to recognise and applaud the exceptional achievements of our employees. For this reason we instigated an award scheme that both recognises and rewards employees for their exceptional efforts. The awards are in five categories: Apprentice of the Year Young Person, Student or Graduate of the Year Health & Safety Award Charity / community engagement champion of the year Judges special recognition award The winners in 5 very hard-fought categories were: APPRENTICE OF…

After lockdown the Veitchi value charity committee has been able to distribute monies collected since the company’s return to operations. We earmarked two of our favourite charities The Jeely Piece Club, in Castlemilk and the Rutherglen and Cambuslang Foodbank (Camglen covid) for this support from monies generated through our Give as you Earn scheme and branch collections. Chloe Brown is seen here presenting a cheque for £500 to Frances Grant manager of Camglen Covid. The much-needed funds going…

Congratulations to Robert Styles from Aberdeen Flooring division who has retired after 23 years sterling service to the group. A picture of Robert is attached with Daniel Jones presenting his retirement gifts.  From all in the Veitchi family, many thanks for all 23 years of service, dedication and hard work.  We all wish you a very long, happy and healthy retirement – you’ve earned it.

Over the course of 2019 / 20 our Graduate training program has been very busy developing, mentoring and encouraging our employees to achieve and add more to the business. Of those in the scheme the following have attained their qualifications this year: Claire Cassidy HNC Accounting Claire passed her 2 year HNC course obtaining an A pass whilst juggling the joys of motherhood and a 30 hour working week. Claire has worked in the head office accounts team…

In 2019 the Veitchi Group through its own charity committee and the support of its staff and our amazing and extremely generous supplier group managed to raise £22,000 for our nominated charities with these cheques being distributed in 2020. It has also been important during the Corona lockdown not to forget our regular benefactors and we donated £500 to the Rutherglen Foodbank in April and have started again on return from lockdown collecting for this charity. Here are…

Veitchi Interiors’ long serving Hygienic Wall Cladding Manager, Douglas Stewart retired 31st  May 2020.  Douglas (71) has given the company over 30...

At Veitchi we pride ourselves on the quality of our staff and this manifests itself in long service and exceptional staff retention.  This year’s roll of honour to date is:

Veitchi Interiors were requested to undertake essential works on the following projects

Veitchi Flooring was delighted to contribute to the construction of the Louisa Jordan Hospital at the SECC Glasgow.  Responding instantly to a request from our Main Contractor partner Robertson Construction the team laid 13,000 square meters of Polyflor slip resistant vinyl in just 4 days.  Working 24 hours per day in shift patterns we were able to complete our part of this fantastic project quicker than expected enabling other trades to get involved sooner and allowing the two-week overall build to be met.

Our customers, colleagues and the communities we serve remain our number one priority. The situation regarding COVID-19 is changing on a daily basis and our Board and Management Team have been working extensively to adapt and respond to the latest information so that we can continue to address the safety, health and well-being of all […]