Scottish building services and all-trades contractor McGill has secured a significant contract with long-standing clients Govanhill Housing Association. McGill has delivered work to support the association’s regeneration project for several years and the contractor will start work on the £1.4m repairs contract to deliver a wide range of trade services, including slating, tiling, fire and security services, TV installation, landscaping, lead and stonework. Govanhill Housing Association is a community-controlled social landlord operating in the Govanhill and Merrylee neighbourhoods of Glasgow. The association owns and manages more than 2,800 homes for social rent and provide factoring services for a further 1,500 privately owned properties.
Now in its third year, the event takes place online from February 21 to 27. A celebration of the city’s many languages and the people who speak them, this year’s festival is being hosted by the Thriving Places Govanhill initiative. The week is jam packed with free daily activities that will explore Glasgow’s linguistic heritage and the vital role of its multilingual citizens, including quizzes, interactive language sessions, talks, and a radio show. As part of the festival, you can learn a language from local native speakers by joining the popular Govanhill Polyglot Sessions. Each online event offers a taster of a specific language and they are open to anyone who’s curious to learn.