Savills adds associate director to Scottish planning team

JOANNE Plant (MRTPI) has joined Savills as an associate director in the planning team in Scotland. Based in the firm’s Glasgow office and focusing largely...
Glasgow Sauchiehall Street

Developer behind £76m Glasgow student accommodation plans secures £500m loan

THE developer behind £76 million plans for the build of a student accommodation development on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street has secured a £500 million whole-loan...
Montrose Port CEO, Tom Hutchison, and Equipco Investments owner, Mark Stephen

Montrose Port Authority confirms multi-million-pound expansion

MONTROSE Port Authority (MPA) has announced it is embarking on a major expansion with the acquisition of Montrose Commercial Park and the adjacent former...
Rokbak haulers

Volvo CE to close Rokbak business

VOLVO CE has announced plans to close its Rokbak articulated hauler business due to ‘rising costs and global trade challenges’. For more than four decades, Rokbak, formerly...

New construction equipment finance firm set to launch

A new finance company dedicated to construction plant and equipment is set to launch in the UK. Hampshire-headquartered Construction Plant Finance claims to be the...

Scottish bodies involved in newly launched engineering services alliance

TWO Scottish-based trade bodies are among the members of a new alliance for the UK engineering services sector that was launched today. Actuate UK is a collective...
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Alliance backs Scottish cash retentions reform recommendations

ACTUATE UK, the engineering services sector body, has welcomed recommendations made to the Scottish Government to reform cash retentions practices and protect sub-contractors from...

Springfield reports ‘excellent’ half-year performance

SPRINGFIELD Properties has announced an 18.3% rise in revenue to £94.4 million in its half-year interim results for the six months ended 30 November...

Capstone Construction announces two senior appointments

CAPSTONE Construction has announced the appointment of Michael Cameron as operations director and Mark Bramley as commercial director. Coming as the Highland company experiences a...
SSE

SSE Renewables’ sustainability report highlights green jobs boost

PERTH-headquartered SSE Renewables supported 16,000 green jobs over its last financial year, analysis by PwC has revealed. The firm currently has 4.5GW of total renewable...

Second Build Ayrshire programme targets local construction businesses

THE second online Build Ayrshire programme, which helps guide local construction-related businesses on how to win work from Tier 1 contractors, is set to...

MRP snaps up Glasgow office building

PROPERTY developer MRP has finalised the purchase of 200 Renfield Street in Glasgow. The office building sits within a 1.6-acre site at the northern edge...
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FMB says immigration could help address sector skills shortages

THE Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed reports that the UK Government is planning to loosen immigration rules to help tackle skills shortages...
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Underlying demand for construction ‘remains steady’ despite sector challenges

THE latest analysis from Barbour ABI has found that rising interest rates, political uncertainty and continued price inflation has left UK construction spending 'significantly...
Jim Johnston, Sophia Westerhuis Marshall, Phil Kerr and Robert Hamilton

Tillicoultry Quarries strengthens board with four new directors

TILLICOULTRY Quarries has appointed four new directors to its board in a move described as marking a 'significant step' in positioning the business for...

MAK Contracts adds new division to put ‘finishing touches’ to projects

MAK Contracts has announced the launch of its newest division: MAK DEC. The division will offer clients a taping, painting and finishing service to complete...
Philip Hoare, Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty hails ‘strong’ trading performance in first half of 2026

BALFOUR Beatty has hailed a 'strong' trading performance for the first half of the year, with full-year performance now anticipated to be 'slightly ahead'...

Contractors alerted to next stage of A9 dualling programme

CONSTRUCTION contractors and their supply chains have been alerted to the next opportunity associated with the A9 dualling programme. Transport Scotland has published a Prior...
David Jewell

Highland builder appoints land & planning director

HIGHLAND-based Tulloch Homes, part of the Springfield Group, has promoted David Jewell to the role of land & planning director. The move follows the retirement...

DM Hall strengthens west of Scotland team with new recruits

DM Hall has appointed two more new property surveyors in the west of Scotland. Chartered surveyor Martin Fleming joins the firm’s Hamilton office as a...