Booth Welsh

11/06/2026

🎉 What a night!... and we brought home the trophy!🎉

We're absolutely thrilled to have been named EOT Transition of the Year at the UK EO Awards 2026! 🏆

After spending the day at eoaLive! surrounded by so many inspirational employee-owned businesses, all at different stages of their EO journey, it made the evening's recognition even more special. It was fantastic to hear so many stories, share experiences and celebrate the strength and diversity of the employee ownership community.

To receive this award less than a year after transitioning to employee ownership is an incredible achievement and one we're immensely proud of. It reflects the passion, commitment and hard work of everyone across the business who has embraced this journey and helped make it such a success.

A huge thank you to the Employee Ownership Association for hosting such a brilliant event, and congratulations to all of the nominees and winners. It was a privilege to celebrate alongside so many inspiring organisations.

And we're just getting started...🚀

04/06/2026

People and skills are at the heart of Booth Welsh's future growth. In our latest Internal Sparks interview, we speak with Laura Lawler, our People Business Partner about the investment we're making in learning and development, apprenticeships, talent attraction, career progression and building the workforce of the future.

Following our recent success in receiving the Scottish Engineering Skills Excellence Award, this conversation explores how initiatives such as PeoplePoint Academy, competency frameworks and value-aligned hiring are helping us create opportunities for our people while strengthening our business for the years ahead.

Read the full interview here: https://loom.ly/swzygy0

People and skills are at the centre of Booth Welsh’s future growth strategy. Following our recent success in winning the Scottish Engineering Skills Excellence Award, we spoke with the People Business Partner, Laura Lawler, about the work being done to strengthen skills and development, learning a...

01/06/2026

We're pleased to be taking part in an upcoming CMI webinar exploring why sustainability skills are becoming essential for current and future business leaders!

The session will bring together a range of perspectives on how organisations can build the knowledge, skills and leadership needed to support long-term success.

As part of the discussion, we'll be sharing insights from our own sustainability journey, including how investing in people and developing responsible leadership capability supports resilience, growth and long-term value creation.

For full details, to register and to find out more about our CMI journey, click here: https://loom.ly/aTnxMRU

19/05/2026

Last Thursday was a proud night for everyone at Booth Welsh 💙

We’re incredibly grateful to Scottish Engineering for recognising Booth Welsh with the 2026 Skills Excellence Award.

As a business, investing in people has always been at the heart of what we do, from apprenticeships and graduate programmes to creating opportunities that support long-term growth, learning, and inclusion across our industry. To have that recognised by an organisation that does so much to champion and strengthen engineering in Scotland makes this award even more meaningful.

The recognition feels particularly special as it neatly marks our first six months as an Employee Ownership Trust business, a milestone that makes investing in our people and future talent even more important as we continue to grow together.

Scottish Engineering represents a community we deeply value being part of and contributing to. The collaboration, innovation, and shared commitment to developing future talent across the sector is something we’re proud to support and learn from.

A huge congratulations to all of the finalists and winners helping shape the future of Scottish engineering, and thank you again to Scottish Engineering for a fantastic evening and this recognition.

08/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Transition of the Year Award at the Employee Ownership Association Awards.

Our transition to employee ownership has been an important step for the business, helping us build on the culture, values and collaborative approach that have always been important to Booth Welsh.

The shortlist is a great recognition of the work and commitment shown by people across the business throughout the transition process.

We’re looking forward to attending the awards and celebrating alongside other employee-owned businesses.

27/04/2026

Accelerating AI at Booth Welsh 💡

We have made strong progress building awareness and understanding of AI across the business, and our recent AI Acceleration Away Day marked the next step, focusing on how we apply AI in practical ways to reshape how we work and deliver value for our clients.

The session brought together a selected cohort of colleagues to explore the potential of agentic AI with guest speaker Marcel Lukas from the University of St Andrews.

The day focused on moving from awareness to application, identifying opportunities to reduce manual effort, increase productivity, and begin defining practical use cases to take forward.

This is not a one-off event. The focus now is on turning insight into action and embedding new ways of working across Booth Welsh and we look forward to sharing more with you as our AI journey continues!

24/04/2026

Great to welcome so many people to Booth Welsh HQ yesterday for Scottish Engineering's latest networking and best practice event.

A big thank you to everyone who attended, and to Scottish Engineering for partnering with us on the day. It was fantastic to see so many valuable conversations, knowledge sharing and honest discussions about the future of our industry.

Just as importantly, it was great to showcase the people behind Booth Welsh, our culture, our values, and the commitment to safety and continuous upskilling that underpins everything we do. And a special thank you to the team in NMIS for their interactive display of the facilities.

We’re proud to create spaces where ideas can be shared, challenged and developed, and where collaboration drives real progress.

Thanks again to everyone who joined us, we look forward to the next!

23/04/2026

We aim to bring clarity to complexity in the nuclear and defence sectors.

From concept through to delivery, we combine engineering, digital capability, and sector experience to support safe, robust operations in highly regulated environments.

We’ll be at Nuclear Strategy: Great Britain in Manchester next week and are looking forward to hearing the conversations shaping the future of the industry and catching up with others working across the sector.

Our colleagues Gordon Semple and Derek Allan will be attending, and look forward to connecting 🤝

Take a look at our sector experience summarised below.

16/04/2026

Meet Andrew 👋

As part of our graduate series, Andrew shares his thoughts on the transition from university to working life at Booth Welsh.

The learning doesn’t stop when you graduate, it just changes!

09/04/2026

Booth Welsh is excited to be recruiting two Electrical Apprentices. This is an excellent opportunity to join an employee-owned business and kick-start your career working on real engineering projects.
You’ll spend time both on site and at college, learning from experienced electricians while building the skills and knowledge needed for a long-term career in the industry.
The apprenticeship runs over three years and is based in Irvine, starting on 31st August 2026. Applications are open until 30th of April, with full details in the link here -
https://recruitment.cezannehr.com/shared/job/electrical-apprentice-25882a
If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, we’d love to hear from you.