BEAR Scotland News Feed

BEAR supports young people into employment

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

BEAR Scotland are working with the UK’s leading children’s charity Barnardo’s in
an employment initiative to assist disadvantaged young people into work. We have
been working with Barnardo’s since June 2010 and have supported young people
through a 26 week work placement scheme.
The placement scheme is structured to ensure that the candidates receive adequate
training and support as well as on the job experience. During the first half of the
scheme the candidates attend a Barnardo’s training centre one day a week to receive
accredited training in an area relevant to the highway maintenance industry. The
candidates then move on to complete the second half of the scheme in full time
supported-wage employment with BEAR Scotland. The employment initiative is
partially funded by the European Social Fund and the Fairer Scotland Fund.
Our current placements have been working between our Bilston, Dundee and Perth
depots and we hope to recruit further candidates for our Aberdeen and Inverness
depots. Five of our original placements have remained in employment with BEAR
Scotland for over a year and they have recently started a Modern Apprenticeship in
Highway Maintenance at Telford College.

BEAR Online

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

By maintaining a presence on these sites it is hoped that
we can reach a wider audience who may be interested in or affected by works that are
being carried out on the Scottish North East and South East trunk road networks.
To begin with ‘Tweets’ and status updates will be issued regarding planned road works
although in the future information will be included from our Operational Control Room
giving information about any delays or diversions giving drivers more reliable journey times.
During the busy winter period we also intend to include updates regarding the gritting
operations and any other areas particularly affected by bad weather.
Our Flickr account will be used to display pictures detailing the progress of our larger
and longer term projects as well as to show before and after photos from our road works
projects across both units.
As more and more people use the internet to gain information about road repairs and
travel information, we hope to utilise social media as an additional means of educating and
informing our stakeholders about the work we do.
No: 4
8th September 2011
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Performance Audit Group's Annual Report

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The Performance Audit Group have published their annual report on Scotland's trunk road maintenance contracts for 2010/11

Link to Report