A CONSTRUCTION company has been honoured for its commitment to the Armed Forces.

Esh Group, based in Bowburn, Durham, recently signed a commitment to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant, promising to ensure those who serving in the military are treated fairly by helping former personnel into civilian work, supporting reservists and offering help to cadet units.

Now the company has been given a silver award under the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme.

The company says it plans to advertise all vacancies to people leaving the Forces and support staff who choose to be reservists.

It will also be supporting Armed Forces Day, and plans to add an armed forces charity to its volunteer efforts next year.

Brian Manning, chief executive of Esh Group, said: “It makes enormous sense for companies like ours to support our armed forces and the people who make them such extraordinary organisations.

“We look forward to continuing our work with the MoD to offer all the help we can.”