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Seven building engineering apprentices have been swiftly re- employed after losing their jobs following the collapse of part of Vaughan Engineering.
Fellow members of the Building
Engineering Services Association (BESA) in Scotland have found positions for all of the apprentices after Vaughan was forced into administration last week as a direct result of the insolvency of the construction giant Carillion. Vaughan was owed more than £600,000 for projects already completed on behalf of Carillion and was contracted to carry out a further £1.1m worth of Carillion work in the first quarter of this year. The 53-year- old company’s Belfast-based operation was not affected and continues to trade, but Vaughan’s businesses based in Newcastle, Manchester and Edinburgh were hit by the fallout.
BESA chief executive David Frise described the swift re-employment of the Vaughan apprentices in Scotland as a “lone bright spot in an otherwise tragic tale”.
“There has been a string of bad
news following the collapse of Carillion and the loss of this long-established
and highly respected company is heart breaking,” said Mr Frise. “However, the speed with which fellow BESA members have moved to rescue the careers of these apprentices has helped to raise spirits.” As news of Vaughan’s difficulties
began circulating, BESA staff contacted all of the apprentices – based at the company’s divisional headquarters in Edinburgh – and advised them to update their CVs. When the administration was confirmed and its 160 staff made redundant, details of all seven, who are either in the third or fourth year of their training, were then circulated to other BESA members in Scotland. Three of the apprentices were taken on by Blantyre Park Services; with one each going to Servest Arthur McKay; John G Mackintosh; James Frew; and FES.
Ross Farrell, one of the apprentices
taken on by BPS, thanked his new employer and BESA for “helping us out through a tough time”.
“I heard about my redundancy on the Tuesday; and by Friday I had a new job, which shows how well both BPS and BESA handled our situation.” Mr Frise added his thanks to the new
employers and commented: “It is often forgotten in the blizzard of headlines around major company insolvencies that the hopes and aspirations of young people are at stake – and that vital skills can be lost to our industry forever.”
Jet Environmental is on track for 50% growth from last year according to latest figures. The company, which is one of the top
suppliers of temperature and humidity control systems, is on the up thanks to its being selected by key blue chip clients in pharmaceutical, confectionery, retail and industrial sectors. Each of Jet Environmental Systems’ solutions are bespoke to the building and customer requirement.
Jason Hibbs, managing director of Jet Environmental, said: “Our sophisticated temperature control solutions are created for large-space buildings such as factories, warehouses, aircraft hangars and exhibition halls. For example, we have systems in the Jaguar Land Rover halls at Lode Lane and Castle Bromwich in Birmingham and at Halewood near Liverpool. That such major clients are interested in our
services is testament to what we have to offer.” Jet Environmental’s expanding list of
clients includes the NHS, Boots, Jaguar Land Rover, DHL, Tesco and Sainsbury’s and Ferrero Rocher, Thorntons, Lindt and Cadbury in the confectionery sector. The business has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Wozair since July 2016. Mr Hibbs continued: “So far we
have managed to use our business knowledge to make the right deals and partnerships to develop our business and bring benefit to our clients. We hope to build on our successes in the future, with the aim of becoming the default choice for clients needing state- of-the-art innovative temperate and humidity control for their products and personnel.” Mr Hibbs and the team at Jet
Environmental are no strangers to innovation. Pharmaceutical warehouses have very strict maximum and minimum temperatures but do have a relatively wide band and Jet Environmental has developed innovative control systems to ensure all of the product storage criteria is met whilst at the same time operating as energy efficiently as possible.
Thermofrost 12 May 2018
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