Strength in numbers: BM TRADA announce timber strength grading courses
BM TRADA has released a comprehensive list of dates for its 2015 timber strength grading courses.
Aimed at timber industry employees and merchants, these practical...
Award-winning Highland lodges up for sale
A prestigious, luxury lodge business in the Scottish Highlands has been put on the market with an asking price just short of £2 million.
Situated...
Roads study recommends Inverness roundabout upgrade
A new study looking at options to help tackle congestion, improve accessibility and support future planned development along the A96 in Inverness has recommended the...
Marley names new MD
Billy Baird has been named the next managing director of Marley Contract Services.
Having spent 15 years as projects director for the roofing and cladding...
Planners give green light for East Lothian homes
CALA Homes has welcomed the decision to approve the creation of 376 new homes in East Lothian.
Planners have given the green light to the proposed...
Football fans to protest over Qatar conditions
Scottish football fans will stage a protest before tonight’s international friendly with Qatar over the deaths of construction workers building stadiums and infrastructure for...
EUTR made simple
Scottish Timber Trade Association (STTA) members recently met in Stirling for a presentation on the EU Timber Regulation by Enforcement Officers from the National...
Stewart Milne Group to target new subcontractors with Aberdeen event
THE Stewart Milne Group will be holding a ‘meet the buyer’ section at an upcoming industry event in Aberdeen this June. The feature is designed...
Re-structuring and new appointments at MSPS Scotland
DESIGN and engineering consultancy Morgan Sindall Professional Services (MSPS) has promoted Andrew Gotts to Regional Manager for the firm’s Scottish business.
Formerly a civil and structural...
New Glasgow School of Art scholarship from Mactaggart & Mickel
MACTAGGART & MICKEL GROUP has launched a new scholarship in conjunction with The Glasgow School of Art as it confirms its support for the acclaimed...
Buccleuch Property launches ninth annual challenge
BUCCLEUCH PROPERTY has announced the 2015 Buccleuch Property Challenge. Taking place on September 4th at Drumlanrig Castle, the ancestral home of the Duke of Buccleuch,...
Three £Multi-million Scottish castles up for sale
THREE historic buildings across Scotland have been put up for sale by exclusive venue hire company AmaZing Venues. Acting on behalf of parent company Clarenco...
All under one roof: super campus for East Kilbride schools
THE rebuild of Halkmerke Primary School, Halfmerke Community Nursery and West Mains School is now underway.
The £12 million project will bring all three establishments in...
Supercampus site welcomes 100th ‘new entrant’ employee
City of Glasgow College has welcomed the 100th ‘new entrant’ employee to the construction site of their new £228 million supercampus.
Connor Jackson, a former army...
Balfour Beatty names another new director
STEPHEN Billingham has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director at Balfour Beatty.
Stephen has over three decades of business and management experience, including 11 years...
Innovation Centre makes key appointment
Helge Hansen has been named Business Development Manager for the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre's North of Scotland region.
Mr Hansen will be based in Muir...
UCATT members at Tata back strike action over pensions
CONNSTRUCTION union UCATT has confirmed that their members employed by Tata Steel have overwhelmingly voted for strike action over the company’s plans to close...
Financial results delight Muir Group
Muir Group Chairman, John Muir, has declared himself "delighted" with the Inverkeithing-based group's latest financial results.
Turnover for the year ended January 2015 rose to £114,676,000, a...
Property firm marks significant milestone
PROPERTY consultancy CBRE is celebrating 50 years since the first Richard Ellis office (as the firm was known) opened in Glasgow in 1965.
Kicking off...
FES milestone marks National Apprenticeship Week
FES, the building services company who are part of the GLQ Consortium, has become the 100th business to receive the Investors in Young People (IIYP)...
