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Hardies appoints new associate QS

HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has announced that John Tulloch has been promoted to the role of associate quantity surveyor. He joined Hardies’ Dunfermline office...
Fiona Hyslop

Three contractors in the frame for fifth section of the A9 Dualling Programme

THREE contractors have been shortlisted for construction of the fifth section of the A9 Dualling Programme from Pitlochry to Killiecrankie. Balfour Beatty, Kier Transportation, and...
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Scottish Water announces preferred bidders for multi-billion pound investment

SCOTTISH Water has confirmed the preferred bidders to deliver a multi-billion pound transformation of water and waste infrastructure. Firms were invited to bid to be...

Edinburgh firm takes on first trainee

RALPH Sayer, the Edinburgh-based solicitors and estate agents, has recruited its first trainee. Napier University law graduate Megan Kane joins on a two-year traineeship having...

Cost of living crisis is leading cause of stress for tradespeople

MORE than four in five (84%) UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work-related issues, a new study has found. The research was commissioned...
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93 redundancies as Wishaw M&E specialist enters administration

93 redundancies have been confirmed after Wishaw-based M&E specialist Weir & McQuiston entered administration and ceased trading with immediate effect. Blair Milne and James Fennessey,...

New appointment aids Keepmoat’s Scottish expansion plans

IAN Baird has joined Keepmoat as Partnering Solutions Consultant to coincide with the firm's Scottish housing growth plans. Keepmoat say he will be tasked with identifying...

Fit-out specialist reports ‘record’ turnover

DUNFERMLINE-based furniture and fit-out specialist Deanestor has reported a 35% increase in turnover to £19 million and a return to pre-pandemic profit levels. Turnover rose by...

Brewster Brothers invests £6m in second recycling plant

BREWSTER Brothers is investing £6 million in a second recycling plant near Cumbernauld. The firm's Livingston site has diverted over one million tonnes of construction,...
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FMB research reveals ‘alarming’ drop in enquiries for SME builders

WORKLOADS for small building companies fell by 8% in the last quarter of 2024, according to the latest State of Trade Survey from the...

Knight Frank names new Scottish head of building consultancy

RICHARD Whitfield has been appointed head of building consultancy at Knight Frank in Scotland. He joins from Colliers, where he led the surveying team for over...

New stats show ‘encouraging’ rise in construction activity

CONSTRUCTION output increased by 0.6% in Quarter 3 2019, new figures released by the ONS have confirmed. The growth was driven by a 1.4% rise...

Architectural workers open first Unite union branch

ARCHITECTURAL workers have opened the sector’s first ever branch in the Unite union. The Section of Architectural Workers (SAW), set up in 2019, has officially...
Andy Wyles

Lochay Homes appoints Andy Wyles as non-executive chair

EDINBURGH-based Lochay Homes has announced the appointment of Andy Wyles, former northern regional chair at Bellway, as its new non-executive chair. Andy joins the business...

Arc-Tech MU poised to enter new markets as business marks successful first year

GLASGOW-based multi-utilities specialist Arc-Tech MU is celebrating its first anniversary of trading. A member of the CCG (Scotland) Group, the business formally launched in winter...
Mark Glasgow (centre), with Anton Winters (l) and Lee Fitzpatrick

Energy Training Academy strengthens board with non-executive marketing director

THE Energy Training Academy has announced the appointment of Lee Fitzpatrick as non-executive marketing director. As MD of regenerative marketing firm Zebra Growth, Fitzpatrick has...

Glasgow office take-up shows momentum has ‘significantly increased’

AVISON Young has released its latest quarterly Glasgow office market update, which reveals that office take-up in Q3 2021 was 66% higher than the...

Construction complete on two new Rutherglen office pavilions

WORK has been completed on two new office pavilions at Clyde Gateway’s Rutherglen Links Business Park. Two and Three Rutherglen Links, designed by Keppie and...
Jason Chandler

Burns & McDonnell appoints new UK transmission & distribution MD

ENGINEERING and construction firm Burns & McDonnell has promoted Jason Chandler to the role of transmission & distribution MD for the UK. He will be...
Martin Harrison

Tilbury Douglas appoints chief financial officer

TILBURY Douglas has announced the appointment of Martin Harrison as the firm's new chief financial officer (CFO). Martin has over 20 years' experience in construction...