Council could seek legal remedy over firm’s failure to pay £3.2m developer obligation

ABERDEEN City Council has announced that legal remedy could be sought over the non-payment of £3.2 million of developer obligations due for a primary...

Hardies adds to Inverness team

HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has appointed Carla Walker as an associate in its Inverness office. The chartered building surveyor has experience in a variety of...

Scottish firms collaborate to reduce waste and carbon emissions

TWO Scottish companies are collaborating on reducing both waste and carbon emissions this National Recycling Week (October 14-20). Kenoteq and Brewster Brothers, two previous winners...

Tilbury Douglas appoints regional director for Scotland

TILBURY Douglas has promoted Barry O’Hagan to the role of regional director - Scotland. With 25 years’ experience in the construction industry, having managed main...
Cllr Stephen McCabe, Leader of Inverclyde Council; Cllr Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of the Glasgow City Region Cabinet; Cllr Martin Rooney, Leader of West Dunbartonshire Council; Cllr Marie McGurk, Convener of Renfrewshire Council’s Communities and Housing Policy Board; and Cllr Calum Smith, Deputy Leader of East Dunbartonshire Council.

New £25m fund focused on River Clyde corridor supports clean energy goals

A new £25 million fund focused on the River Clyde corridor has been launched to support the clean energy transition. Local leaders met at the...

High oil price boosts Aberdeen commercial property activity

MORE than £30 million of commercial property assets recently brought to market in Aberdeen is a sign that the 'tide has turned' in the...

Businesses move fast as City South nears capacity

DANDARA City South Business Park has reached a major milestone with phase two now fully sold and fewer than half of the final phase...

Graham + Sibbald expands architecture team with double hire

PROPERTY agency and multi-disciplinary consultancy Graham + Sibbald has appointed a new director and associate across its Manchester and Glasgow offices. Carole Latham has joined...

Law firm expands construction team

Anderson Strathern has appointed Coral Riddell as a consultant in its expanding construction team.  The law firm said Ms Riddell’s arrival follows on from the...

Roofing and cladding contractors report rising workloads, but challenges persist

NEW research has found that workloads and enquiries grew in the final quarter of 2022 for UK roofing and cladding contractors. The findings were revealed...
(L-R: Craig MacCormick, Daryl Cassidy, Jamie Robbie and John Forster)

Forster Group confirms trio of senior promotions

SOLAR and roofing services specialist Forster Group has announced three promotions to its senior team as the company continues to see an increase in...

35 jobs go as Fife plant hire business enters liquidation

KIRKCALDY-based James Penman (Plant Hire) Limited has entered liquidation, resulting in 35 employees being made redundant. Callum Carmichael and Michelle Elliot of FRP Advisory have...

Kingdom appoints consultants to new framework to support affordable homes delivery

KINGDOM Housing Association has announced it has appointed a number of consultants to its new Consultant Services Framework to help support its new build...

Knight Property Group secures double East Kilbride deal

KNIGHT Property Group has secured two new tenants for Phase 1 of Langlands Commercial Park in East Kilbride. The speculative industrial development is now almost...

Knight Frank strengthens Scottish team with senior valuations specialist

KNIGHT Frank has appointed Harry Hawksby to lead its new trading business valuations service in Scotland. He joins the commercial property consultancy as a partner...

Contractor launches new recruitment drive

GLASGOW-headquartered Morris & Spottiswood has announced it is launching a recruitment drive in the north of England after unveiling a £600,000 office buy-out and refurb...

Reuse of broken wind turbine parts could generate billions for economy

THE reuse, refurbishment, and reengineering of broken wind turbine parts could create 20,000 UK jobs and a multi-billion pound supply chain, a new coalition...

‘Matchmaking’ process tipped to deliver solutions to sector challenges

CONSTRUCTION Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has unveiled its i-Con initiative, which is intended to help support the built environment sector during the coronavirus crisis. Consisting...

New figures show sector still in “troubled waters”

CONSTRUCTION output in the UK has continued its recent decline, with new figures revealing the largest 'three-month on three-month' series drop since August 2012,...

Gillespie takes the reins at Homes for Scotland

FORMER Galliford Try chief operating officer Ken Gillespie has been appointed chair of Homes for Scotland (HFS). He has worked in the UK construction and housebuilding...