Balfour Beatty reports ‘solid’ performance in full-year results for 2023
BALFOUR Beatty has reported a 7% rise in revenue to £9.6 billion in its full-year results for 2023.
Underlying profit from operations from earnings-based businesses...
Engineering services provider appoints new academy lead
MULTI-disciplinary engineering services provider, Edwin James Group, has appointed Geoff Bruce to head up the EJ Academy.
The newly created role is part of the...
CIOB sets out priority areas for next Scottish Government to address
THE Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has called for retrofit and energy efficiency, the construction skills gap, and building quality and safety to be...
Bellrock acquires Scottish-based property and construction consultancy
PROPERTY services specialist Bellrock has acquired Scottish-based property and construction consultancy Axiom.
Axiom will join Bellrock’s consulting division, alongside Summers Inman, JRP, Oakleaf & Nifes and...
Building consultancy targets further growth with opening of Scottish home
PARAGON, a building and project consultancy, has opened an office in Edinburgh as part of the firm's "controlled growth strategy".
The London-founded business has moved into...
Business case approved for build of £5.8m active travel bridge in Levenmouth
PLANS for the build of a £5.8 million active travel bridge in Levenmouth have taken a 'significant' step forward, Fife Council has said.
The news...
Galliford Try hails increased revenue and divisional operating margin
GALLIFORD Try has reported a 65% rise in pre-tax profit to £11.7 million before exceptional costs for the first six months of the financial...
Trade body launches new associate membership scheme
TRADE body SELECT has announced the launch of a new associate membership scheme designed to give manufacturers and service providers the chance to become...
Morgan Sindall MD to lead on procurement for Construction Scotland
CONSTRUCTION Scotland, the organisation recognised by Holyrood as the voice of the industry, has appointed Morgan Sindall Construction's MD for Scotland to lead on...
Renewable Parts increases capacity with new operations centre
SUPPLY chain management company, Renewable Parts, has expanded into a new operations centre at Westway, near Glasgow Airport.
The move is described as marking a...
CICV Forum backs call for VAT cut on repairs and maintenance work
THE Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has welcomed a call by the Scottish Government's housing minister Kevin Stewart for a reduction of VAT on...
Scotland’s construction sector to be transformed in ten key areas
INDUSTRY leaders from across Scotland's public and private sectors have been appointed as co-chairs to develop ten core construction areas where transformation across the...
Arup secures major role in boosting Scotland’s electricity transmission network
ARUP has been appointed to SSEN Transmission's power system modelling framework to support Scotland and the wider UK's energy security and clean power targets.
Over...
Balfour Beatty poised for year of ‘profitable managed growth’
BALFOUR Beatty has provided a trading update in which it states the business is 'on track' to deliver 'profitable managed growth'.
The contractor expects full...
BAM confirms senior appointments
BRUCE Dickson has been named the new regional director for BAM Construction in Scotland.
He replaces Doug Keillor who has taken up the board position of executive director of...
Knight Property Group concludes Rovco double deal at Kingshill Park
KNIGHT Property Group has announced completion of a double deal at Pavilion 10, Kingshill Park in Westhill, Aberdeenshire.
Rovco, a provider of tech-powered offshore wind...
St John’s High Income Property Fund acquires Eurocentral warehouse
REAL estate advisor CBRE has advised St John’s High Income Property Fund on the acquisition of a distribution warehouse at Eurocentral.
30 Coddington Crescent offers...
£500m Buchanan Wharf regeneration reaches final point
THE team behind Glasgow's £500 million regeneration of Buchanan Wharf is celebrating a major milestone after the final building phase reached practical completion with...
Hat-trick of director promotions at JLL in Scotland
JLL has promoted three members of staff in Scotland to Local Directors.
Stuart Lockhart, Property & Asset Management, and Andrew McCracken, Industrial Agency from JLL’s...
Cost of living crisis: construction sector shows resilience in face of pressures
SCOTLAND’S construction sector is continuing to show resilience in the face of the cost of living crisis, with many local building companies reporting a...
