ONE of Scotland's largest construction companies has been recognised for its people management practices with a trio of awards.

City Building was set up in 2006 from the former building services department of Glasgow City Council to provide a range of repair and maintenance, construction and refurbishment services for the public, private and charity sectors.

Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries, the manufacturing division of City Building, designs and manufactures a wide range of high quality furniture for major construction contracts.

More than half of its 260 staff have a disability, including sensory and physical disabilities.

City Building and RSBi have now won the diverse social enterprise of the year award at the inaugural Herald Diversity Awards for promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

The construction company also received the award for the public sector employer of the year at the Skills Development Scotland Scottish Apprenticeship Awards and the Glasgow Business Award for People Development.

City Building was recognised as the largest provider of apprenticeships in Scotland, having trained more than 1100 apprentices since 2007, some of them from the city's most deprived areas.

Executive director Graham Paterson said: "To be recognised by three different award bodies is a true triumph and a testament to our hard working staff and apprentices.

"We take people development, including training, diversity and equality, extremely seriously across the business and the awards are a great chance for all of us at City Building to celebrate the excellent work being carried out by or company's emerging talent."

Over the past decade, City Building has delivered more than £50million in cash surplus, all of which was returned to the city council for investment in frontline services.