Lovell targets further Scottish growth with senior appointment
SARAH Fenton has been appointed regional commercial director for Lovell as the partnership housing developer targets further growth in Scotland.
Sarah joins Lovell’s Scotland office...
Latest Building for Growth winners revealed
CLAIRE Donnelly and Caroline Barrett have been named joint winners at the latest hub South West Building for Growth Programme awards event.
Claire is managing...
MP visits award-winning site manager in Ayrshire
LOCAL MP Bill Grant has visited Mactaggart & Mickel’s development at Doonfoot in Ayrshire to congratulate the housebuilder’s award-winning site manager.
Stuart Gillespie was a...
Balfour Beatty tipped to exceed previous expectations for 2018
BALFOUR Beatty has announced group performance for the year will be above previous expectations following an additional infrastructure investments sale in December.
The news was revealed...
Scots housebuilder gets its share of award success
SCOTTISH housebuilder Springfield Properties has been recognised at the recent ProShare Awards for its newly launched employee share plan.
The ProShare Awards seek to recognise...
Merit Holdings adds to senior team in Scotland
MERIT Holdings has announced three new appointments to its Glasgow team as part of a plan to develop the firm's design and build business...
Robertson names new director of development
SCOTT Wilson has been appointed executive director of development at Robertson.
Scott, who was most recently UK business development director for construction and infrastructure at...
M-Pact donates generous gift haul to vulnerable families
BIG-hearted employees and management at Edinburgh-based building services company M-Pact have donated a bounty of gifts for vulnerable Lothian families.
The company’s 65 staff, including...
A blast from the past: Pensioner revisits childhood home at CALA site
A Glasgow pensioner enjoyed a trip down memory lane recently, after visiting the cottage where he was born on the site of the former...
Mental health app launched for construction workers
A new app has been launched to help support the mental health of construction workers.
The Lighthouse construction charity, software specialist COINS, and Building Mental...
Modern construction methods tipped to offer solutions to social housing challenges
NEW research has revealed that three-quarters of Scottish adults believe there is a shortage of homes for social rent.
A poll of 1,000 people from...
Trade body calls for Budget to support “sustainable housing growth”
THE Scottish Government has been urged to build on housing growth when it delivers this week's Budget north of the border.
Nicola Barclay, chief executive...
Springfield makes senior appointments to boost private housing division
SPRINGFIELD Properties has confirmed two senior appointments to its newly-created managing director positions in its private housing division.
Dave Main has been promoted from development...
SPF calls for action on business rates in Scottish Budget
THE Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for a number of policy areas to be addressed in this week's Scottish Budget.
The organisation has written...
Newton Mearns project delivers range of community benefits
EAST Renfrewshire Council has revealed that a range of community benefits have been secured as part of the construction of Greenlaw Business Centre in...
New stats show slight dip in UK construction output
UK construction output fell by 0.2% in October, according to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics.
The decrease was said to be...
Saint-Gobain brands to supply road materials to Scots councils
SAINT-Gobain businesses Jewson and Frazer have been appointed as suppliers of road maintenance materials to all 32 Scottish councils through the Scotland Excel Framework.
Products...
“Hugely complex” renovation of historic music hall complete
THE £9 million transformation of the historic Aberdeen Music Hall has been completed.
The renovation, delivered by Kier Construction Scotland, has restored many original features...
40 jobs lost as Invergordon firm goes into administration
INVERGORDON-based timber modular building specialist CLDB Limited has gone into administration, with 40 employees being made redundant.
Trading under the name Carbon Dynamic, the firm...
Airdrie joint campus primary schools taking shape
MORGAN Sindall has marked crucial milestones in the delivery of two new joint campus primary schools in Airdrie.
The first school on Petersburn Road will provide...
