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What does career progression actually look like at Taiga Upland?
Right now, it looks like one of our fencing team crossing over to train in forestry ground preparation.
They already know how Taiga works — the culture, the standards, the way we do things. Now they're learning a new trade, with mentoring, training and real support behind them, and the time and space to build technique and confidence properly. The part that matters most is the advice that comes from working alongside people who are at the top of their game.
We've done this before and seen it work brilliantly — people moving across departments, picking up new skills, and going further than they expected to. It's a proven route.
That's what you get here. And it's a big reason the team we're building is as strong as it is.
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Who keeps the machines moving?
Our workshop crew — and not just from the workshop.
When something needs fixing, they head out to site and sort it there, keeping our fleet of LGP and forest-ready excavators and specialist fencing plant working. They're skilled technicians who know every machine in the fleet, because they're the ones who look after them day in, day out.
It's one of the quiet advantages of how Taiga Upland is set up. Repairs done in-house mean fast turnarounds and a team that reacts quickly when there's a problem. That means less downtime, and more certainty for our clients that the job gets delivered when it's meant to be.
A big asset, and one we don't shout about often enough.
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What makes a fence worth trusting on a new woodland?
The fact it's built the same whether the ground is easy or hard.
One of our fencing teams has been out on a new woodland creation project — our second working with the University of Edinburgh. The job covers everything from gentle lowland ground to exposed high hill, and the deer fencing going in is the same standard across all of it: robust, well-built, made to last.
That matters, because fencing is one of the biggest investments on a forestry scheme. The whole woodland depends on it doing its job, year after year.
Being asked back by the same client says more than we could. It means the first job stood up. Skilled people, real craftsmanship, and care taken from start to finish — that's what gets the work, and what brings it back.
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What does it look like when a business is really part of its community?
Sometimes it looks like this.
Last weekend was the Atholl Highland Games, with the Atholl Highlanders — Europe's only remaining private army — taking centre stage. And three of our leadership team were right in the middle of it: Otto Sanderson, Richard Fraser and Ross McNaughton, all members of the regiment, pictured in full ceremonial uniform.
You only join the Highlanders by invitation from the Duke of Atholl, and only if you've got real ties to the estate and the area. So we're proud — properly proud — to see three of our team among them.
It's a reminder that rural businesses and rural communities are bound together. The work we do supports local families, and those families are the lifeblood of the events, traditions and organisations that make Highland Perthshire what it is. Support one and you support the other.
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What's it actually like to work for a company like Taiga Upland?
It starts with this: keeping our team trained and certified is our responsibility, and we take it seriously.
Our crews have just completed another round of training — post driver certification, Emergency First Aid, and forestry safety training. Fencers, machine teams, workshop staff. All of it organised and fully funded by the company, because the cost and the responsibility sit with us, where they should.
But training tickets are just the start. The real commitment is development — giving people a genuine path to learn new skills, move into new areas, and take on more over time. Plenty of the team are doing jobs today they wouldn't have imagined when they started. We'd always rather grow our own.
You bring the graft and the right attitude. We'll back you with the training, the support, and somewhere to take a career.
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