Cream of the crop: new base gives NPC scope for Scottish expansion

NATIONAL Pile Croppers (NPC) is targeting growth in the Scottish market after opening a new depot in Airdrie. The company specialises in hiring hydraulic pile...

Construction Leadership Forum announces new chair

RICHARD Lochhead, minister for small business, innovation, and trade, has been announced as the new chair of the Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) in Scotland. The...

Turnover and profit rise for Mactaggart & Mickel

MACTAGGART & Mickel Group has reported an 11% rise in both turnover and pre-tax profit. The results for the year to 30 April 2018 represent...
Ross Carlin

Caledonia Housing Association appoints new executive director of finance

CALEDONIA Housing Association (CHA) has announced the appointment of Ross Carlin as executive director of finance. Ross will lead the development of CHA’s financial and...

ASSA ABLOY completes acquisition of Senior Architectural Systems

SENIOR Architectural Systems has been acquired by ASSA ABLOY, an international manufacturer of entrance solutions best known for the Yale and UNION brands. With around...
L-R: Martin McConnell, Vikki Wykes, Shaun Buchan and Jason Brownlee

RLB Edinburgh expands team following ‘highly successful’ quarter

CONSTRUCTION and property management consultant Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB UK) has expanded its Edinburgh team following a 'highly successful' first quarter trading out of...

Hollis hails new associate appointment as a ‘real coup’

REAL estate consultants Hollis has announced the appointment of chartered quantity surveyor, Danny McKinney, as an associate in its growing cost management team in...

Savills strengthens energy team with senior appointment

CHRIS Phillips has joined the Savills Earth team as an associate in energy based in the Perth office. He has over 11 years’ experience in...

East Kilbride consultancy adopts employee ownership model

East Kilbride-based civil and structural engineering consultancy Grossart Associates has adopted the employee ownership business model.

CBRE strengthens Scottish operational real estate team with surveyor appointment

CBRE has strengthened its Scottish operational real estate team with the appointment of Eilidh MacVicar as a surveyor. She joins from Colliers where she undertook...

Strutt & Parker adds to senior team in Edinburgh

STRUTT & Parker has announced two new appointments to its Edinburgh office. David Law joins as director, head of Edinburgh residential, while Judy Shields...

Carbon management consultancy’s new associate director targets Scotland

GREEN Box Thinking has announced the appointment of Richard Tucker as associate director. Mr Tucker, who has more than 20 years' experience in environmental management,...

Occupier demand for commercial property in Scotland continues to rise

SCOTLAND'S commercial property sector saw a marginal rise in overall occupier demand for the third consecutive quarter, according to the latest Royal Institution of...

Insolvency of UK’s oldest building firm highlights financial ‘crisis’ engulfing sector

AN industry body has claimed the collapse of Britain’s oldest building company confirms the sector is in a financial 'crisis'. The Specialist Engineering Contractors (SEC) Group...
Iain Mercer. Image credit: Allied Surveyors Scotland Ltd

Allied Surveyors Scotland appoints head of commercial agency – Scotland

ALLIED Surveyors Scotland has appointed Iain Mercer as its head of commercial agency - Scotland. He joined the business in 2018 as director of commercial...
Mark Rutherford, DM Hall

DM Hall merges Ayr and Irvine branches in new Prestwick premises

DM Hall has opened a new office in Prestwick, south Ayrshire in a move that consolidates the firm's Ayr and Irvine branches into a...
Richard Webb

Mill Architects director joins board of Scottish Agritourism

MILL Architects director Richard Webb has been appointed to the board of Scottish Agritourism. Scottish Agritourism represents more than 300 member businesses and is strengthening...

‘Booming’ Glasgow rental market driving strong returns for landlords

GLASGOW's rental market is the strongest it's been in up to 10 years, according to Rosevale Letting. Riccardo Giovanacci, founder of the Glasgow letting agency,...

Proposals launched to exempt thousands of small contractors from CITB levy

THOUSANDS of construction SMEs could be set to pay no levy at all for 2021-22, under new Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) proposals submitted...

Ardgowan Distillery makes key appointment as construction continues

ARDGOWAN Distillery has appointed a sales and marketing director as construction continues to progress on its £20 million 'cathedral of whisky' in Inverclyde. Muir Construction...