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Meet the future – largest apprentice and graduate intake to join Tarmac
October 18, 2022
Tarmac has welcomed nearly 130 apprentices and graduates to the business, as it strives to upskill and grow talent within the construction industry.
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National Inclusion Week: inclusivity in action at Tarmac
September 30, 2022
As an inclusive employer in the construction and sustainable materials industry, Tarmac is proud to support National Inclusion Week.
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Tarmac wins levelling up award for its contribution to social mobility
September 22, 2022
Tarmac is celebrating becoming a winner at the first ever Purpose Business Coalition Levelling Up Awards 2022, in recognition of the company’s achievements in helping to improve social mobility across the UK.
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Tarmac pays respects to Her Majesty The Queen
September 9, 2022
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.
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Paul McLennan MSP pays a visit
August 3, 2022
Local Member of the Scottish Parliament for East Lothian, Paul McLennan MSP, recently paid us his first visit since being elected to the Scottish Parliament last year.
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Saving carbon: five steps UK construction can take now
July 11, 2022
When we talk about the net zero transition, it’s tempting to think of it as tomorrow’s issue and as something we can gradually work towards. Dr David Rich, sustainability performance and compliance manager at Tarmac gives his view on the steps the UK construction industry can take now to save carbon.
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MP Kenny MacAskill visits Tarmac’s Dunbar Cement Plant
June 28, 2022
Tarmac’s Dunbar Cement Plant welcomed MP Kenny MacAskill when he paid his first official visit since being elected Member of Parliament for East Lothian in December 2019.
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Tarmac orders UK’s first battery electric mixer truck
June 27, 2022
Tarmac has placed an order with Renault Trucks for the first battery electric mixer truck in the UK as part of the company’s commitment to net zero.
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Tarmac changes asphalt ‘recipe’ to low temperature in net zero drive
June 20, 2022
Low carbon asphalt is set to become a feature of UK roads as Tarmac makes the most significant sustainable improvement to its ‘recipe’ for highway materials since the business perfected the method of making road surfaces stick in the early twentieth century.
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National Apprenticeship Week 2022: a guide to help young people #BuildTheFuture
February 10, 2022
The choices young people make in their mid-teens can be life-defining and therefore incredibly daunting, so it is vital that parents, guardians and carers are on hand to support them in their decision making.
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