SCOTTISH construction company Cruden Group is taking on 25 new apprentices.

Cruden said its latest recruits would become part of a 90-strong team of apprentices which it has in training at any one time.

Of the new apprentices starting the four-year programme as joiners, painters, plumbers and bricklayers.12 will join the Cruden Building operation in Glasgow and the other 13 will work at sister company Hart Builders in Edinburgh.

Cruden Group, which is entering its 75th year, noted it had been delivering apprentice programmes for nearly 50 years.