14 . Glasgow Business October 2016
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Taking the plunge with Anglian Water Business apprenticeship
A former youth professional footballer has begun a three year Modern Apprenticeship to train as a mechanical engineer with Anglian Water Business, splitting his time between gaining practical experience based at the company’s Edinburgh office and completing his studies at Fife College. Having formally played
professional football at youth level for clubs such as Rangers, Hibernian FC and Dundee United, Owen Forrest decided to apply for the Modern Apprenticeship with Anglian Water Business and was delighted when he was selected. Upon completion of the three-year Modern Apprenticeship, he will work full-time with the company delivering new connection services for customers. Earlier this year, Anglian Water
Business took over the contract for the billing of water services to
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Scotland’s public sector and has made a commitment to apprenticeships in delivering the contract. Modern Apprenticeships help
employers to develop their workforce by training new staff, and upskilling existing employees. For individuals, a Modern Apprenticeship is a job which lets them earn a wage and gain an industry-recognised qualification.
Oricom: Innovate to donate
Oricom Ltd is a multi-solution telecoms company that just keeps on going from strength-to-strength. Turnover has risen year-on-year since Gavin Brown started the company in 2008 and a recent huge expansion has seen them invest in buying spacious new premises in both Glasgow and Ayrshire. They specialise in full managed
technical services contracts, covering all telecoms and infrastructure cabling for clients across many sectors. The comprehensive service
is provided 365 days a year for major clients including NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire & Arran as well as Centrica, Police Scotland, Children First, Barnardos and Women’s Aid.
Supplier Business Stream tees up Gleneagles deal
The iconic Gleneagles Hotel has agreed a water supply contract with one of the UK’s largest non-domestic providers, Business Stream. The five-star Perthshire property,
which recently won best golf resort in the world for the fifth year running at the 2016 ULTRAS Awards, will use Business Stream to supply water for its hotel, equestrian school and championship golf courses. Business Stream’s specialist team previously worked with Gleneagles
during the 2014 Ryder Cup, providing reserve water services for the event. The arrangement includes wider support on water management across the Gleneagles estate to help the hotel achieve cost and environmental efficiencies. Scotland’s non-domestic market, which covers all premises across private and public sector, opened to competition in 2008, and Business Stream customers have since saved more than £133 million on their water bills.
Oricom also likes to “Innovate
and Donate” with the belief that their charity work is of huge importance alongside their mainstream business. Oricom has always managed
to innovate along the way and also saved the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds when a system already in place was made to carry voice. The Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN) was given a new function when Oricom brought 14 health boards together to look at using the system in a new way. Their innovative “Emergency
Tablet Service” is also being rolled out to allow community health professionals to access patient records remotely in patients’ own homes.
Gavin Brown, Owner, Oricom Ltd
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