Will Rudd brings in new recruits after ‘positive’ start to the year

ENGINEERING consultancy Will Rudd Davidson has bolstered its team in Glasgow with six new recruits and promoted three existing team members. The six new appointments...

Millar & Bryce bolsters team with new senior appointments

CONVEYANCE and land search firm Millar & Bryce has made two senior technical appointments in a bid to strengthen its team. Eric Willis and Carole...

A. Alexander Group targets renewables market with newly created role

CHRIS Divers has been appointed to the newly created role of renewables project manager at Glasgow-based multi-disciplinary contractor A. Alexander Group. With over ten years...

Hardies appoints entrepreneurial equity partner to help drive growth agenda

HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has announced the appointment of an entrepreneurial equity partner in Glasgow to help drive forward the company's growth plans. The...

National Timber Group appoints new chief executive

NATIONAL Timber Group (NTG) has appointed Scott Cairns as the new group chief executive. Well known to many across the timber industry, NTG said Scott...
L-R: Steven McColl (MD, Torishima Services Solutions); James Hughes (founder, KRG); and Gerry Hughes (MD, KRG)

Coatbridge-based engineering firm KRG acquired by Torishima

COATBRIDGE-based KRG Specialist Engineering has been acquired by Torishima, an engineering group headquartered in Japan. The move brings new foreign direct investment into Scotland’s engineering...

Kier issues profit warning in trading update

KIER Group has released a trading update which reveals reported revenue for the 2019 financial year will be lower than previously expected. The group said...
Inverness

Preferred contractors appointed for first phase of £2.1 billion Highland Investment Plan projects

THE Highland Council has announced the preferred main contractors for the first construction projects to be delivered under its new Highland Investment Plan (HIP). Morgan...
building supplies

New research highlights fall in enquiries for small building firms

NEW research has found that almost half (47%) of UK master builder companies reported a fall in enquiries for new work in Q4 2023,...

Scotframe build system secures NHBC Accepts assurance mark

SCOTFRAME has revealed it has become one of the first timber frame specialists in the UK to secure the NHBC Accepts mark for its Valutherm...
JC+P Managing Director Gordon Ross and Procast Owner and Managing Director Derek Innes.

Procast completes acquisition of JC+P Property and Construction Consultants

PROCAST Group has completed the acquisition of Glasgow-based building surveying and cost consultancy business JC+P Property and Construction Consultants in a six-figure deal. JC+P (previously...

Regeneration specialist adds four new recruits

REGENERATION specialist Urban Union has strengthened its Glasgow-based team with four new appointments. Daniel MacDonald, Claire Ferris, Ashleigh Donnelly and Chloe Paterson will join the...

Prothero appointed new Galliford Try chief executive

GRAHAM Prothero has succeeded Peter Truscott as chief executive of Galliford Try with immediate effect. Graham, who joined the business as group finance director in...
Scaffolding

David Brown appointed chairman of International Access and Scaffolding Association

DAVID Brown has been appointed as the new chairman of the International Access and Scaffolding Association (IASA), following the death of former chairman Wayne...

ISG appoints new COO for UK construction

ZOE Price has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) for ISG's UK construction operations. Previously group director for public sector frameworks, ISG said she has...

Home sales in Scotland rise at fastest rate in several years

ENQUIRIES from prospective homebuyers and newly agreed home sales in Scotland have risen at their fastest rate in several years, according to the latest...
DM Hall staff

DM Hall announces raft of senior promotions

DM Hall has announced a number of strategic promotions across its business. The firm said the announcement of so many promotions simultaneously speaks to the...
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...
Mark Robertson, Ryden

Scotland’s commercial property markets showing signs of stabilisation

NEW research has revealed Scotland’s commercial property markets are showing signs of stabilisation, as inflation and interest rate pressures ease. The findings come from the...
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UK construction output at its highest level since September 2019

NEW figures released by the ONS have revealed that monthly output in the UK construction sector is at its highest level since September 2019. Output rose...