Kevin Johnston, St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies

St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies appoints first finance director

ST Andrews Timber & Building Supplies has appointed Kevin Johnston as the company's first finance director. He was most recently commercial director and chief finance...

Jobs go as north east firms enter administration

HUNTLY-based Deveron Homes and Deveron Construction have entered administration after "market conditions and contract delays" caused the businesses to cease trading. Five of the firms'...

Glasgow office move boosts WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Over 110 WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff employees have celebrated moving to their first joint office in Glasgow. The recently merged global professional services and engineering...

Savills appoints Edinburgh-based operations director

SAVILLS has appointed Jessica Arrowsmith as operations director to support the growth of its projects and infrastructure business across the UK. Jessica, who is based...

CITB appoints new customer and product director

THE Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced the appointment of Jackie Ducker as customer and product director, replacing the outgoing Braden Connolly. Jackie has...

Mactaggart & Mickel Group sees sharp rise in profits

Mactaggart & Mickel Group has reported a 7.1% rise in pre-tax profits to £10.4 million despite a 4.2% decrease in turnover to £65.1 million for...

TMT sector helps drive ‘strong’ Edinburgh office market

NEW research has revealed that Edinburgh’s office market has seen a 'strong' start to the year led by the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT)...

MacGregor to take on Stewart Milne chief executive role

STUART MacGregor is to become the new chief executive of Stewart Milne Group when Glenn Allison retires next month after 30 years with the...

Gillespie Macandrew appoints new real estate specialist to partnership

SCOTTISH law firm Gillespie Macandrew has announced the appointment of real estate legal specialist Heather Pearson to its partnership. The firm has offices in Edinburgh,...

RES secures five-year operations and maintenance deal with ScottishPower Renewables

RES has secured a five-year operations and maintenance contract with ScottishPower Renewables - covering 15 onshore wind farms across the UK. The agreement will be...

Sequestration limit change could lead to flurry of bankruptcies

THE reduction of the limit for sequestration proceedings at the end of this week could spark a flurry of smaller businesses in Scotland being...

Facade specialist to recommence operations on May 4

CUMBERNAULD-based facade specialist MSP (Scotland) has announced it will recommence operations from Monday May 4, providing materials to construction projects in England. The firm said...
Breaking ground at Global’s new Highland HQ

Global Energy Group rebrands and unveils plans for multi-million-pound HQ

GLOBAL Energy Group has announced it has undergone a rebrand and will now be known simply as ‘Global’. Group companies, Global Port Services, Global Crane...
SELECT president Darren Crockett and outgoing president Mike Stark

MD of Dundee electrical firm elected president of Scotland’s largest construction trade body

DARREN Crockett, the MD of Dundee-based RAS Crockett and Partners, has been elected president of SELECT, Scotland’s largest construction trade association. The businessman was elected...
Michael Kilpatrick

Glasgow civil engineer awarded prestigious infrastructure accreditation

Michael Kilpatrick, project director at Goodson Associates, has been named a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in Scotland. ICE Scotland has over...

UK construction output dips but businesses continue to invest for a bright future

UK construction output fell by 1.8% in October 2021 - the largest monthly decline since April 2020 following the pandemic-related lockdown. Figures released by the...

Negotiations underway on sale of ex-Glasgow care home to housing association

GLASGOW City Council has approved in principle the recommencement of negotiations on the off-market disposal of the former Davislea care home in Drumoyne to...

Burns & McDonnell secures Errochty substation contract

BURNS & McDonnell has announced it has been awarded an engineer-procure-construct (EPC) contract for the Errochty Grid Supply Point (GSP) project by SSEN Transmission. The...

Two Edinburgh offices sold as investors look to ‘core-plus’ property assets

TWO Edinburgh office buildings have been sold in separate deals for a combined nearly £40 million, as investor interest in 'core-plus' assets in Scotland's...
Akela's ABeam system

Akela Ground Engineering announces Irish expansion

AKELA Ground Engineering is expanding its piling and beam operations beyond Scotland with the opening of a new base in Co. Armagh. The move comes...