‘Bid better’ boost for business
BUSINESSES in the north-east that want to improve their chances of winning contracts are being urged to sign up for bidding workshops.
The Positive Procurement...
On the move
THE Highland Council is moving from its base in Wick to temporary accommodation nearby in preparation for an £8m redevelopment of the Market Place...
Penguin trio
THREE businesses have joined forces to create a new penguin enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo.
Project manager Turner & Townsend worked on the design with Fletcher...
More room for vroom – Arnold Clark coming to Armadale
A site in West Lothian is being prepared for the arrival of Europe’s largest family-run car company.
The work, including land remediation, is being carried...
Hastings in charge
INVERNESS Airport Business Park (IABP) has appointed urban development specialist David Hastings as chairman. While remaining chief executive of Strathleven Regeneration Company, he will...
Creating living space
HOUSE builder Wates Living Space has completed 29 homes in Cumbernauld for North Lanarkshire Council. The £2.7m development includes terraced and semi-detached houses. Meanwhile,...
House builders are expected to be ‘competitive’
A further round of procurement has been launched in the drive to build more affordable housing.
The National Housing Trust initiative (NHT), which is already...
School team – Hub selects Shetland squad
HUB North Scotland has made a number of professional appointments for the new Anderson High School project in Shetland.
The team includes contractor Miller Construction...
What’s your bid?
Businesses in Sutherland have been finding out how to bid for Highland Council contracts.
Companies at an event in Dornoch were given advice by the...
Another one bites the dust – Red Road flats
THE latest demolition of the Red Road tower blocks in the north of Glasgow went with a bang after 450 homes were temporarily evacuated...
Balfour’s M&E win – University of the West of Scotland’s Paisley Campus
BALFOUR Beatty Engineering Services has been awarded a £3.5m contract to design, supply and install the mechanical and electrical services for a new energy...
‘Building blacklist’ claim as small firms face funding threat
HUNDREDS of small and medium building firms have missed out on contracts because they can’t secure vital funding. And many are claiming that banks...
SSE in hydro power pledge to work with local business
THE UK’s biggest hydro electricity scheme in five years is to be built in Ross-shire.
SSE said it will begin construction on the £30m Glasa...
M8 site purchased by Roxhill Developments
ROXHILL Developments has acquired a 12.5-acre site at Newbridge, Edinburgh next to the M8/M9 interchange.
The fully-serviced site has planning consent for extensive industrial and...
Anglo Holt heads north
A WEST Midlands construction company has delivered its most northerly project with the completion of a £3.1m hotel in Fort William.
Anglo Holt has built...
ISG turns Green
ISG has become one of the first construction companies in Scotland to be awarded Green Installer accreditation for external wall insulation following the recent...
Hit the roads
AROUND 18 miles of roads are to be upgraded by Transport Scotland’s operating companies thanks to the £5m share of the Scottish Government’s recently...
All at sea
RAYNESWAY Construction has won two contracts for sea wall repairs. One is for Scottish Power at Longannet Power Station, the other for Fife Council...
Council in £4m repairs
MORE than £4m will be spent in the next financial year on road and footpath repairs in Inverclyde.
The package is part of the £17m...
Two projects make progress in Glasgow
LAING O’Rourke has started construction of a virus research centre at the University of Glasgow’s Garscube Campus.
The £20m Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for...
