Office/retail building in Glasgow's Argyle Street

Offers in excess of £15 million sought for Glasgow city centre retail asset

CBRE has been appointed by HIH Real Estate to bring a retail and office investment opportunity in Glasgow city centre to the market. Located at...

Expanding Edinburgh building firm takes on first apprentice

EDINBURGH-based building firm The Garage Conversion Company has launched the initial phase of a planned programme of growth with the recruitment of its first...
A9 between Tomatin and Moy

Balfour Beatty to be awarded £184.7m Tomatin to Moy dualling contract

BALFOUR Beatty is poised to be appointed to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy in a contract worth £184.7 million. The Scottish Government has...
Steve Slessor and Galen Fulford

North east businesses team up on sustainable water management

RSE and Biomatrix have teamed up to deliver nature-based solutions for sustainable water management. Biomatrix specialises in designing and installing ecological water management systems. RSE...
Paul Dodd

Scotland’s public sector construction pipeline rises to £17 billion

THE number of building projects being submitted to the Construction Pipeline Forecast Tool continues to grow, with 12 more Scottish public bodies registering on...

“Strong” Scottish performance aids Kier results

A "strong" performance from Kier Construction Scotland has contributed to the Kier Group's financial results for the year ended 30 June 2017. Kier Group announced revenues...

Housebuilder hails ‘strong’ performance but warns of weakening consumer confidence amid challenging economy

BARRATT has hailed a 'strong operating performance' after the housebuilder posted interim half-year results for the six months ended 31 December 2022. Revenue is up...

New senior team installed at Fife timber specialist

FIFE-based timber specialist James Donaldson & Sons has announced its new senior team, as Andrew and Michael Donaldson take over as CEO and chairman,...

‘Radical re-think’ needed to help reduce carbon footprint and mitigate material shortages

THE Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF), working with the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, is advocating a 'radical re-think' of the supply chain as a...
Neeral Shah, founder and CEO of YardLink

Digital construction marketplace could be key to cutting site downtime

CONSTRUCTION businesses risk losing up to 8% of their annual revenue due to unplanned equipment downtime, new research has revealed. YardLink, a digital construction marketplace...

Report shows construction sector claimed back £400m in R&D tax credits

A new report from HMRC for research and development (R&D) tax credit claims has revealed that the construction industry claimed back £400 million for...
Crawford Architecture team

Montrose architectural practice transitions to Employee Ownership Trust model

MONTROSE-based Crawford Architecture has officially transitioned to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The move puts the firm’s future in the hands of its team, giving...

New principal designer roles for Thomas & Adamson

THOMAS & Adamson has revealed its role as principal designer on two new projects in Edinburgh and East Lothian. The first has seen the construction...

Aberdeenshire civil engineering firm steps up diversification plans

ABERDEENSHIRE civil engineering specialist JKR Contractors is set to diversify into agriculture and property. The Ellon-based business has bought a 480-acre farm and eight residential properties, adding...

Harris Finance to the four in Rutherglen

HARRIS Finance, whose commercial property division recently completed the development of two speculative industrial units at Clyde Gateway’s Rutherglen Links Business Park, has announced the...

Unbranded Finance completes £36m shopping centre loan

UNBRANDED Finance, a non-bank lender set up in 2020 with offices in Edinburgh and London, has announced completion of its 'largest and most complex'...
Liz Hamilton

Housebuilder strengthens senior team with land and planning manager

AS Homes (Scotland) has appointed Liz Hamilton as senior land and planning manager. The Glasgow-based housing developer delivers affordable homes across Scotland, as well as...
Road sign

Local firm secures contract for £13.3m Shetland road project

CW Johnson Plant Ltd has secured the Shetland Islands Council contract to build the new B9082 Gutcher to Cullivoe Road in North Yell. The local...

Scotland vs England in the new build property market

AS Scotland and England get set to face each other on the football pitch this Friday, new research has compared how the two fare...
Artist's impression

Build to rent site in Glasgow’s west end brought to market

A fully consented build to rent (BTR) residential site in Glasgow's west end has been launched by Savills and Scarlett Developments. The firms are acting...