{"id":15411,"date":"2026-07-10T18:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/15411\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:19:07","slug":"cairnhill-steel-building-bridges-to-ukraines-recovery-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/15411\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairnhill steel building bridges to Ukraine&#8217;s recovery \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Vishgorod-Bridge-Kyiv.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197462 lazyload\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Vishgorod-Bridge-Kyiv.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197462 lazyload\"  \/>Vishgorod bridge near Kyiv after bombing and reconstruction<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A Scottish steel firm is playing a vital role in reconnecting Ukraine\u2019s bomb-damaged transport infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Coatbridge-based\u00a0Cairnhill\u00a0Structures\u00a0has\u00a0been providing steel for replacing bridges around Kyiv, which were destroyed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in February 2022 to halt the advance of Russian troops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Whilst attending\u00a0the Ukraine\u00a0Recovery Conference in Poland,\u00a0the Foreign Secretary Yvonne Cooper praised the role that\u00a0Scottish\u00a0steel is playing in\u00a0supporting Ukraine\u2019s reconstruction with backing from the\u00a0government\u2019s\u00a0export credit agency,\u00a0UK Export\u00a0Finance\u00a0(UKEF).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Four bridges have been rebuilt since 2024, with two more due to be completed later this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Ms Cooper, who announced a new package worth almost \u00a3290 million to bolster Ukraine\u2019s recovery and energy security, said:\u00a0\u201cThe UK stands firmly with Ukraine, not only in its fight for freedom today, but in ensuring it has the strength to rebuild for the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA just and lasting peace is urgent and non-negotiable. But Ukraine needs long-term support both to get through the conflict and to rebuild in future and\u00a0I\u2019m proud that\u00a0Scottish\u00a0steel\u00a0is\u00a0playing a vital role in Ukraine\u2019s recovery, rebuilding\u00a0essential infrastructure, reconnecting\u00a0communities around Kyiv,\u00a0and\u00a0delivering long-term benefits for both our\u00a0economies.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The UK government helped position British businesses as preferred suppliers by hosting events in London, Istanbul,\u00a0Warsaw\u00a0and Kyiv, where contractors were introduced to\u00a0Cairnhill\u00a0Structures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The project is a key initiative of the UK-Ukraine Infrastructure Taskforce and has contributed to increased employment and apprenticeship opportunities at the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Hendry, group managing director at\u00a0Cairnhill, said:\u00a0\u201cCairnhill\u00a0Structures and our staff were very pleased to successfully deliver this UK-government supported project fabricating steelwork for the reconstruction of bridges in Ukraine and making a small contribution to the Ukrainian people in this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vishgorod bridge near Kyiv after bombing and reconstruction A Scottish steel firm is playing a vital role in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6541,6542,6543],"class_list":["post-15411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-cairnhill-structures","tag-uk-export-finance","tag-vishgorod-bridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}