Twenty-four Forces-friendly employers from across the Lowlands of Scotland have received a top award from the Ministry of Defence, recognising their outstanding support for the Armed Forces Community.
The Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Silver Award is the second-highest badge of honour available to organisations that employ and support Reservists, service leavers, Veterans and their families.
Each Silver Award winner has signed the Armed Forces Covenant, a commitment to supporting Defence through services, policy and projects.
The employers recognised by the ERS Silver Award have gone above and beyond with their support through engaging with initiatives such as employing veterans, supporting individuals transitioning out of the Armed Forces into a new career and providing flexibility for Reservists with regard to training and mobilisation.
The following companies and organisations will be presented with the ERS Silver Award at the Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life on 9 October 2025:
ACS Clothing
Established in 1997, Motherwell-based ACS Clothing provides an advanced and sustainable clothing solution for retail and rental partners across the UK and Europe, giving a new lease of life to pre-loved, returned and damaged clothing.
Active Traffic Management Solutions Ltd
Active Traffic Management Solutions Ltd is a construction company operating out of Lesmahagow, Lanark, providing traffic management systems to suit any scale of project, ranging from temporary traffic signals and communication systems installations to bespoke road signage and more.
Anderson Strathern LLP
With its roots dating back to the eighteenth century, Anderson Strathern LLP is a well-known, well-established law firm catering to individual, business and public sector clients alike. This organisation’s team is well-equipped to handle a wide range of legal matters including property sales and HR consultancy, and prides itself on its commitment to excellence.
Argon Engineering
Argon Engineering is an Airdrie-based mechanical engineering company offering a broad spectrum of services to clients from across an extensive array of industries, such as water treatment, quarrying, chemical, food, and railway construction.
Barassie Engineering Systems Ltd
Located in Ayr, Barassie Engineering Systems Ltd provides multi-discipline project construction and maintenance solutions to clients within the oil and gas industries.
Blairs Windows & Doors
With over a century’s worth of industry experience, Blairs Windows & Doors takes great pride in its status as a leading supplier of timber, aluminium and PVCu windows and doors across the United Kingdom.
DRVN Automotive Group
DRVN is a sector-leading automotive group that specialises in the design, production and sale of luxury vehicle brands.
Elimpus Ltd
Elimpus Ltd is an electrical engineering firm operating out of Bellshill and providing innovative partial discharge monitoring products and services, identifying localised dielectric breakdowns which do not completely bridge the space between two electrical conductors.
Focus Energy Services
Focus Energy Services is an Edinburgh-based energy broker that is committed to ensuring its clients understand more about their energy levels, usages and procurement strategies, favouring a more engagement-based strategy than the sales-based structure used by other brokers.
GE Photography (Re-validation)
Having originally received the ERS Silver Award in 2020, Dumfries-based GE Photography is a professional wedding and events photography company that has continued to support the local Defence Community and so has earned a revalidation of this prestigious accolade.
Greenleaf House Co Ltd
Greenleaf is a children’s residential care home with a difference. Their mission is to support young people to recover from trauma, live fulfilled lifestyles and engage in lifelong learning to transition to positive destinations. The young people in their care will develop better coping strategies and more resilience, giving them a better job prospects and a better family life.
ICW Consultants
ICW Consultants is a Glasgow-based organisation made up of specialist advisors dedicated to providing accounting and business improvement solutions to small companies throughout the West Coast, Central Belt and East Coast of Scotland.
Indigo E-Commercial Digital Ltd
Indigo E-Commerce Digital Ltd is committed to forming lasting professional relationships with its client base through the provision of comprehensive, user-friendly telecommunications services, as well as friendly customer support and impartial advice.
Insite Group Holdings
Established in 2004, Inside Group Holdings is a Glasgow-based construction company delivering end-to-end contracting services with a view to meeting any and all needs that their clients’ may have.
JR Scaffold Services
JR Scaffold Services is a Paisley-based scaffolding supplier catering to residential and commercial customers for a range of projects across the Lowlands of Scotland.
McDermott Group
The McDermott Group operates across numerous sectors that include energy, construction, technology, automotive, transport and defence. Its businesses rely on innovative digital technology and close collaboration with partners to design, deliver, and operate high-quality, cost-effective assets.
McGills Buses
McGill’s is the largest independent and second largest overall bus company operating in Scotland, operating a network of routes covering much of the council areas of Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow City, North Ayrshire, West Lothian, Falkirk and Dundee City.
On Facilities Management Ltd
On Facilities Management works across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Central Scotland, covering a wide range of fire safety, decorative and maintenance service to hospitality and other commercial venues.
Royal British Legion Scotland
For over a century Royal British Legion Scotland has worked tirelessly to support Armed Forces veterans and their families by offering advice on a number of subjects, and by building communities through volunteering and befriending schemes.
Scottish Land & Estates
Located in Musselburgh, Scottish Land & Estates supports businesses in rural areas of Scotland by putting forward their views to politicians and other decision makers, identifying future opportunities and risks for land-based businesses, and promoting rural successes to the wider community.
Skills Development Scotland
Skills Development Scotland is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government that brings together several former learning, career and apprenticeship service groups.
The Glasgow Pram Centre
The Glasgow Pram Centre understands that expecting parents have a lot to think about before their baby arrives, and so provides a one-stop shop of all the necessary supplies, ranging from prams, cots and car seats to toys, nursery furniture and clothes.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global supplier of analytical instruments, clinical development solutions, specialty diagnostics, laboratory, pharmaceutical and biotechnology services, with Scottish facilities located in Perth and Renfrew.
West Lothian College
West Lothian College is a further and higher education institution in Livingston, West Lothian, offering vocational and non-vocational courses such as healthcare, social studies, digital skills and business management to school leavers from S4 – S6, adults, and through an external partnership, S1 – S3 secondary students as well.
