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The Group are delighted to have distributed £8,500 to charities from money raised through the Group’s Give as you Earn scheme. Staff who participate in the scheme have nominated the recipients as follows: The South Ayrshire Schools Clothing Bank which provides school uniforms to children living in poverty in South Ayrshire. Pictured here is Nicola Crammond of the charity receiving a cheque for £1000 from Graham Bruce Managing Director of Richardson and Starling. MND Scotland with Claire Cassidy…

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Ruaridh James Morton son of Peter and Michelle who completed their hattrick of children with the arrival on 4th October.  Ruaridh weighed in at 9lbs and 11 oz and was born at 1.14 in the morning. All are doing well and he can be seen pictured with his sister Ally and brother Bobby. All at Veitchi send their very best wishes for the future.

Veitchi Store Clear Out Benefits Local Organisations The Group were delighted to be able to donate over 1000m of carpets to Hostelling Scotland. Property manager for HA John Duthie is seen here receiving the carpets. “We are very grateful to Veitchi for providing these high-quality carpets. These will be used to upgrade staff accommodation and public area spaces which are in need of repair. Such a generous donation is a huge assist to a charitable organisation such as…

On Friday, Veitchi Group welcomed our ‘Class of 2023’ 1st Year Apprentices for their Induction Day. We have 11 new apprentices starting across the Group. The day involved:- – Introductions / Tour of the building – Team Building Exercises to get them working together and communicating with each other. – Our Health & Safety Manager carried out a workshop on the importance of Health & Safety and the risks involved if not followed. – Attendance from a few…

The Group are delighted to announce that Cal Graham and Liam Johnston both of Veitchi Interiors have passed their BSc Hons Degrees in Quantity Surveying from Glasgow Caledonian University, both achieving a 2:1 award. This marks the culmination of 7 years for Cal and 5 years for Liam of balancing work, life and studying. We are immensely proud of both young men who are a testimony to hard work and application and a credit to both themselves, their…

Veitchi Group are delighted to announce the sale of its final property in our Ceann Torr Park development at Kintore, Aberdeen this week. Our house building division set out with a clear goal to build quality houses for the Aberdeen market and this sale marks the completion of this. Our Group Operations Manager, Colin Simpson has been at the forefront of the housing business over the years, assisting Raymond Tedeschi in delivering homes we can be proud of and that…

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Harris James Leadingham son of James Leadingham, Operations Coordinator at Richardson and Starling in Glasgow, and his wife Sam. Sporting a reverse hairstyle to his father Harris was born on 25th June at 5.45a.m. and weighed a very healthy 7lbs and 1 oz. Both Harris and Samantha are doing well and all at Veitchi send them our very best wishes for the future

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Alfie James Bartleman on Friday 16th June at 11.42 p.m. (a night owl obviously). Alfie is the son of Katy and Alistair and weighed in at a very impressive 9lbs and 9oz. Alfie has the dilemma of whether to be an accountant or a teacher and knowing Katy he will have to make his mind up pretty quickly on that. His big sister Tessa is assisting with baby sitting duties and…

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing at home of Jim Miller on Sunday 11th June. Many will remember Jim who was our credit control manager before Grace (Jim is pictured at his retirement lunch in 2015). Jim was an exceptional employee, always smiling and cheery and he always gave his very best despite dealing with some serious health complaints in his time with us. Jim joined us on 7the September 1987 and retired from…

The Veitchi Group hit the main stream press and construction industry press recently with an article on the changes made to the group’s management team. John Brown pictured here with Jim Stewart and Colin Kennedy was interviewed for the Herald, Business Insider and Project Scotland covering the boardroom changes and the Group’s Green Strategy. The Group would like to officially congratulate John on his appointment to MD and Colin on his appointment to the Holding Board and wish…

Well done to our fantastic Kilt Walkers who took part in the Glasgow Kilt Walk on Sunday 30th April. The team of John Brown, Caitlin McGowan, Stephen Logan, Claire Cassidy, Jackie Hamilton, Colin Kennedy, Declan Moran, Graham MacMillan and Brian Watt along with family and friends completed the 14.4 mile “Big Stroll” in just over 4 hours. The team raised £2,325 smashing our original target of £1000 by a whopping 116% with all money raised going to the STV…

We are proud to announce that after a combined 25 years of service Jim Preston Group MD and Raymond Tedeschi Group Operations Director both retired at our AGM held on 28th April 2023. Jim and Raymond’s retirement had been planned for sometime with John Brown taking over as Managing Director and Colin Kennedy joining the Holding board in a supporting role. Raymond joined the Group in 2009 to start Veitchi Homes in the North East. He built up the…

We are delighted to announce the arrival of Cian James Dunn the son of James Dunn of R&S Glasgow and his wife Kayleigh. Cian was born on 30th March at 7.30 a.m. and weighed in at a very healthy 7lbs and 9 oz. Many congratulations to James and Kayleigh on the arrival of their first child and all at Veitchi send their very best wishes for the future

The Group are delighted to announce the retirement of Doug McKerron, Contracts Supervisor with Veitchi Flooring in Aberdeen. Doug has completed over 11 year’s service with the company and has decided to retire at the young age of 66 to pursue a life of leisure. Doug is pictured with the Aberdeen team and his retirement gift showing Doug’s intention to catch up on those postponed chores that his wife has been nagging him about over many years. Doug…