Words of wisdom from the POD

Words of wisdom from the POD

As everyone knows, supporting the local community is at the heart of McDermotts. For the last three years, every Wednesday afternoon a member of staff from Head Office spends an hour with members of the POD – the local community centre for Nechells.

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McDermotts attend Recruit Fosse Park

We were delighted to attend the Fosse Park autumn jobs fair at the Hilton hotel in Leicester on Friday which was held as part of the ‘Recruit Fosse Park’ campaign which is a free recruitment programme set up by the owners of Fosse Park, The Crown Estate.

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We hosted a golf day to celebrate 25 years of McDermotts

Last week we hosted a golf day at Walmley Golf Club to celebrate our 25th Anniversary.

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Team Wrong Direction take on the Monkey Run

Earlier this month Bobby Friel, Joe McDermott and Kevin Hogan took on the 1,000km Monkey Run in Peru.

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Team McDermotts take on the fastest zip wire in the world for charity

The 25th anniversary celebrations continued on Saturday when sixteen of McDermotts’ bravest staff travelled to Wales to take on the Velocity 2 zip wire challenge.

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Celebrating our 25th birthday throughout the company

McDermotts was founded in August 1994, so to celebrate our birthday month we organised daytime celebrations for our colleagues across all of our sites and head office.

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A Summer Celebration to mark 25 years of McDermotts

This years’ Summer Celebration was an extra special one, marking 25 years of McDermotts.

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We raised £3,652 by giving away a holiday to Florida!

Thanks to a very generous donation from CCC, we were able to raffle off a holiday for four to Florida as part of our fundraising actitivities this year. The prize included return flights to Florida with Virgin Atlantic for two adults and two children, 14 nights accommodation in a family villa close to all theme parks and passes to Walt…

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McDermotts is certified by NQA to ISO 50001:2018 Energy Management System

We are delighted to have been certified by NQA to ISO 50001:2018 Energy Management System which builds upon our 3Ps carbon commitment and legal duty to comply with the ESOS Regulations (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) by December 2019. ISO 50001:2018 is the newly revised international standard for Energy Management providing the most robust framework for optimising energy efficiency in public…

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Donating toiletries to the Trussell Trust

As part of our commitment to supporting charities to celebrate 25 years of McDermotts, we decided to donate lots of toiletries to the Aston and Nechells branch of the Trussell Trust. Staffed by volunteers, Margaret and the team collect and sort through all the donations received. Today we donated over 40kg of toiletries.Read more