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)...
Drum Property Group set for UK-wide expansion
Drum Property Group’s investment business is set for significant UK expansion following the flotation of a new Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) on the...
Work begins on 400 student apartments in Scotland’s largest cities
WORK is underway to create over 400 new student apartments in Glasgow and Edinburgh.The developments at Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh and Willowbank in Glasgow’s west end...
Scottish construction recovery at risk by ‘decoupling’ of jobs and output
A decoupling of output and jobs in the Scottish construction sector could threaten the long-term sustainability of the industry’s recovery, the Scottish Building Federation...
New faces at UKFPA
MEMBERS of the UK Forest Products Association (UKFPA) gathered for their Annual General Meeting at Nairn Golf Club recently.
At the AGM, Phil Higginbotham, (James Callander...
Hunter Health Centre delivered on time and on budget
THE new £17million Hunter Health Centre in East Kilbride has been successfully completed and delivered on time and on budget to NHS Lanarkshire.
The project was...
SDS officially recognised amongst the SME elite
SDS Limited has been selected by the London Stock Exchange as one of this year’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’.
SDS has been identified, from...
‘Housing targets will falter without apprenticeships’
THE Government must succeed in its aim to create millions of apprenticeships over the lifetime of this Parliament if it is to solve the housing...
UCATT seeks urgent talks over future of Hewlett Construction
Construction union UCATT are seeking urgent talks with administrators, after Leeds-based Hewlett Construction fell into administration.
It is the second time a civil engineering company...
BAM voted top of the class
PUPILS at Pire Park Primary School in Govan voted BAM Construction top of the class for transforming an outdoor area to enable the children to...
Pupils to build career with foundation apprenticeship in construction
PUPILS in West Lothian and Highland secondary schools are set to benefit from a new foundation apprenticeship in construction which has been launched at the...
PERI in hat-trick of new appointments to meet Scottish construction growth
PERI Ltd, leading supplier of falsework and scaffolding, has strengthened its northern sales team as activity and demand increases following growing industry confidence.
With infrastructure...
