On Friday 4 July, our managing director, Liam Hanlon, and our operations director and ESG Champion for Training and Development, John-Joseph Calvert, were delighted to attend Kirkby High School. This was in order to congratulate the students who had successfully completed their work experience with our company. Training for the future Eight students attended…
The Forshaw Group is dedicated to progressing our staff, to enhance inclusion, diversity and development across the business. Back in March, we were delighted that 12 members of The Forshaw Group team graduated the Project 24 Leadership Programme. Comprised of individuals from across the business, the team was coached over several months by Paul Reynolds of Mentor…
The Forshaw Group is delighted to announce it has been awarded Gold Armed Forces Covenant Award status. Our company is one of 23 North West businesses, and one of 156 organisations nationally, to be awarded this year in the ninth awards scheme, showing the growth of supportive employers across the UK. Part of the Ministry of…
Our senior surveyor Kimberley Meadows and HR manager Ashleigh O’Callaghan recently attended Menopause Awareness training for the workplace. This training was to raise awareness of a natural stage of life, which affects women, trans, nonbinary and intersex people, but which is often misunderstood, ignored or not discussed in the work environment. What is the…
The Forshaw Group is proud to be continuing to promote and support the Knowsley Apprenticeship Partnership. Our managing director, Liam Hanlon, recently attended All Saints school in Kirkby, before Christmas 2021. Liam presented a short introduction about The Forshaw Group and the type of apprenticeships we provide, to all year groups. This was in preparation…
As part of its ongoing Re-Imagine project, The Forshaw Group has engaged in a series of training courses, in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), to support the growth and development of the business. Dr Janet Curran from LJMU has engaged with The Forshaw Group’s Senior Leadership Team to design a bespoke training workshop.…
The Forshaw Group is delighted to announce it has entered into the Training Partnership Scheme with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). The company has had a long association with the CIOB, and this partnership is in recognition of The Forshaw Group’s efforts to raise both the standards and professionalism of the industry. The Forshaw…
The Forshaw Group was delighted to attend the CIOB North West Regional Dinner last Friday 12th November. Held at Haydock Park Racecourse, our managing director, Liam Hanlon, and several members of The Forshaw Group team including Joseph Chellew, Michael Dryhurst, Mikey Smith and Luke Allen, had the pleasure to meet with the CIOB President Mike…
The Forshaw Group is delighted to announce it has been awarded the Silver Armed Forces Covenant Award status. Part of the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS), this nationally recognised scheme encourages employers to support defence services and inspire others to do the same. It operates a three-tier approach of bronze, silver and gold…
With new premises opening across Knowsley, Manchester and North Wales, The Forshaw Group is dedicated to progressing the training and development of its staff to facilitate this business growth. This is in line with The Forshaw Group’s ambitious Re-Imagine Project, which looks to enhance its staff’s inclusion, diversity, and development across the business. The Forshaw…
With more than 920,000 people in the UK currently diagnosed – and living – with a form of dementia, property restoration specialists, The Forshaw Group, has invested in Dementia Friends Champion training for its team. The aim is to help them understand the challenges that some of their customers might be facing from this debilitating…
The Forshaw Group was proud to continue to promote and support The INS-Pire Academy through its second Knowsley Apprentice Open Day on Friday 9th April. The first in-person event held by The Forshaw Group and The INS-Pire Academy since the start of the pandemic. Organised by The INS-Pire Academy to promote the construction industry to…
At The Forshaw Group we are proud to have made our pledge to the Armed Forces Covenant. This covenant is a commitment from the nation to acknowledge and understand that those who serve or who have served in the armed forces, and their families, should be treated with fairness and respect in the communities, economy…
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) between July and December 2020, 2.17m people were employed in the construction industry. However, of those only just over 10% were women, and this figure decreases to only 1% when you look at the number of women in front line positions. There are a number of factors…
At The Forshaw Group, we are always putting our customers and people first. We are proud to be supporting five of our female members of staff with apprenticeships to further their careers in the business. With their apprenticeships commencing for the next 18 months, Amy Meath, Danielle Seddon and Natasha Hurley discuss how undertaking their…