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Wishing you all a Merry Christmas We are humbled and happy to be able to help others at this time of year particularly given the very difficult financial climate facing the nation. At Veitchi have a very strong community focus and have decided to distribute the monies we have raised through our social activities to local charities which operate in the communities in which we work. These are some of the charities we have helped and will be…

The Group would like to thank our staff who contributed to the “Be Someone’s Santa” appeal this year https://www.besomeonessanta.com/  Gifts were received from all over the Group and these have now been collected by the charity and are en route to Santa’s Grotto to be prepared for distribution to lots of children this Christmas time! The charity were overwhelmed and so grateful with all the gifts and extras we had collected. The Group also donated £500 towards the charity…

The Group were delighted to support St Andrews and St Brides High School by providing wood off cuts to the school’s design and technology department. Principal teacher Alistair Bartleman commented, “These supplies are of great value to the department as finding the money to buy in this type of stock and in this quantity is difficult within the school’s budget.” The Group were only too glad to help as not only did it provide help in the community…

The Group held its 1st Year Apprentice Day Induction as part of the apprentice journey for our young bloods. Nine 1st  years came to Head Office in Cambuslang and took part in the day which saw them meet their peers from around the Group and also get some exposure to trainees nearing the end of their apprenticeships as well as qualified tradesmen and directors and management from across the Group. The day commenced with a welcome from John Brown, Managing…

We are both delighted and sad to announce the retirement of the one and only Fiona (Fee) Sim after 27 years with the company. As you may know Fee took unwell a year ago and has decided to retire to spend more time with her grandchildren and also to take some time out to decide what she will do next. Fee was a legend in the Group, a fantastic ambassador for the company and such a welcoming first…

We are delighted to announce that Veitchi Flooring were winners in two categories at the Contract Flooring Association / Contract Flooring Journal 2022 national awards held on Friday 9th September in Warwickshire. The event was hosted by comedienne Jo Caulfield and from six nominations picked up the following awards: Winners: Flooring in Education – Colleges & Universities: Stirling Campus, Stirling Working with Polyflor Ltd, Forbo Flooring Systems, Interface and Altro Limited Winners: Flooring in Sports & Leisure: Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh Working with Altro Limited,…

The Group are delighted to announce the retiral of Brian Wood a floor layer with Aberdeen branch after 25 years excellent service with the company. Brian retired on 26th August and is intending to spend more time at his caravan in Banchory and has decided to take up golf to at the behest of his wife! Well done Brian and many thanks from all at Veitchi for your commitment and hard work over such a long period. We wish…

We are pleased to report that despite the very best efforts of the Scottish weather “V in the Park” as held at Cambuslang Way on Friday was a great success with 4 teams from Veitchi Interiors, Head Office, R&S and Flooring battling it out to see who were the top dogs in Cambuslang Way. The dubious victors were Veitchi Interiors, not surprising when you consider that the organising committee is headed up by Colin Kennedy, Caitlin McGowan was…

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Hallie McChesney daughter of Kris, who is a surveyor with Richardson & Starling Dumfries and his wife Sara. Hallie arrived on the 11th August and weighed a very healthy 9lbs and 2 oz. We send our best wishes to Kris and family at this very happy time and hope that he is getting some sleep!

Veitchi Flooring have been shortlisted in six categories for the up and coming CFA / CFJ annual awards to be held at Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire on the 9th September this year. Following on from our success of last year the nominations are as follows: Flooring in Hotels Premier Inn, Princes St, Edinburgh Veitchi Flooring with Altro, Amtico, Cavalier, Polyfor and Jaymart Flooring in Education – Colleges & Universities Stirling Campus, Stirling Veitchi Flooring with Polyflor, Forbo Flooring Systems, Interface and Altro Flooring…

The Group would like to thank Roy McNee, senior QS in Veitchi Flooring for his exceptional service over the last 5 years. Roy is retiring at the same time as his wife and will be pursuing his work related hobbies of counting and measuring things! Roy came to us at a time of need and has been a stalwart in the Glasgow flooring department offering great assistance to the surveying team and all others with his wisdom and…

At an awards ceremony held at the prestigious Royal Lancaster Hotel in London Veitchi Interiors won the award for the euroform sponsored best UK Steel Framed System for their work at the Holiday Inn Express in Edinburgh. Following on from our success of previous years the team produced an exceptional project catching the judges eye with its innovative problem solving and environmental efficiency. The judges commented “Using this type of system there is Zero Waste and site waste…

The annual Veitchi Value Step into Summer challenge has ended and well done to all the ‘’athletes’’ of Veitchi who participated in this year’s step challenge and helped make the competition such a success. We managed to accumulate 11,504,804 steps between us all during the month of June – WHAT AN EFFORT! The results were: WINNING TEAM – 1ST PLACE Caitlin McGowan & Brian Watt 1,171,735.00 2ND PLACE Lynn Gow & Chris Lewis 1,133,083.00 3RD PLACE Megan Philpot & Michalene Mazur…

Richardson & Starling recently attended the Property Care Association (PCA) National Awards ceremony in Coventry where they won awards in all 3 of the categories they entered. The awards were for: Staff Training and development – Winner Project of the Year – Highly commended Outstanding Customer Service – Highly commended The judges felt that in all 3 categories Richardson & Starling showed great professionalism and care towards both our staff and customers and praised the team for their…

Veitchi Group continue to invest in training and upskilling our workforce. This time it’s PASMA with our Veitchi Interiors and Richardson and Starling employees being trained by our in-house PASMA Instructor.  

Veitchi Group are delighted to announce the success of their first Annual SHAD Day. The event was held at McDiarmid Park and was very well attended by a cross section of employees for our Group Companies. Thanks to all that made it a success – Pristine Condition International Ltd, Screen4 LTD, Portwest and Prostate Scotland.  

We are now 4 months into 2022 and gratefully things are easing vis a vis Covid restrictions. This has enabled the Veitchi Value social and charitable committee to get back to work raising money for your nominated charities for 2022. So far we have raised £6000 from events such as Pancake Tuesday, The Easter EGGstravaganza, Give it Up Take it Up (GUTU) challenge, Give as you Earn, Dress down days and Football cards and sweepstakes. We decided that…

We are delighted to announce that Keith Barton, assistant branch manager with Richardson and Starling in Kirkcaldy is retiring after 16 year’s service with the company. Keith has worked in many branches throughout his time with us and has contributed well to the business wherever he has been. Keith is retiring to spend time travelling with his wife and will likely be seen touring the country with his caravan on tow. Graham Bruce, Managing Director of Richardson &…

Veitchi Flooring’s Operations Manager Stephen Logan and his wife Rhona are delighted to announce the birth of their beautiful baby daughter, Rebecca who was born on 21st of April 2022, weighing in at a very healthy 7 lbs and 13 oz. Stephen joined the Group in October 2021 and has wasted no time in pursuing the Veitchi “Grow your own” recruitment policy. Congratulations to Stephen and Rhona who also have a son Theo aged 2.5.

Coinciding with lent the Veitchi Group decided to offer a challenge to staff to either give up something or take up something healthy over the period of lent. 25 highly motivated individuals took up the challenge making some heavy duty sacrifices such as giving up smoking, chocolate, swearing, alcohol and fizzy drinks as well as taking up swimming, walking, daily acts of kindness and Hmmmmm meditation. The six members of staff who lasted the pace were Marie Brannan,…

The Veitchi Group 5-aside team comprising of James Martin (captain) Cal Graham, Kieran McIntyre, Scott Turner, Connor Murphy and Finlay Milliken won the Business Fives National Finals event held at Glasgow Townhead Powerleague on 7th April. A shout out also to Liam Johnstone and Liam Mitchell who were involved in the event that saw the team qualify for these finals. The boys sporting their stunning Veitchi branded kit progressed through their first league section before being narrowly knocked…

The Group are both happy and sad to announce the retirement of Angela (ANGY) Gallagher from her role in Head Office Accounts. Over her two stints with the group Angy has been with us for we think about 30 years. A remarkable achievement given who she was working with! Angy recommenced her employment with us in 2001 and soon cemented herself into being our resident expert in Sub-contract accounts, as well as being a jack of all trades…

As part of our working partnership with Fife Council, Richardson & Starling have assisted 4 local charities in the Fife area by donating £4000 to help deal with mental health and social care issues, substance abuse, youth development and families in need of support. The 4 charities who each received £1000 were: SAMH             SAMH operates in over 60 communities working with adults and young people providing mental health and social care support services in primary care, schools and…

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: