Bear Scotland, an Anglo- Franco-American joint venture between Breedon, Vinci Construction and Jacobs, has network management contracts to look after approximately 60% of Scotland’s trunk road network. Bear Scotland employees in Inverness have rejected a pay offer that takes the lowest hourly pay band up from £12 an hour to £12.75. The pay offer to other key grades rises by only one pound per hour including the highest grade from £13.25 to £14.25. “Bear Scotland is a profitable company, and it can easily afford to pay our members a decent rate. “This cash rich company needs to get back round the negotiating table with an improved pay offer.