Academic takes top role at Edinburgh Napier’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment
AN academic who once featured on TV show Robot Wars has taken charge of Edinburgh Napier’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment.
Professor Simeon...
Female construction course returns to help tackle lack of women in sector
HUB South West has announced its Females into Construction course is set to return in a bid to tackle the lack of women in...
New course to raise scaffolding awareness
A new one-day scaffolding awareness course is set to launch at a range of training centres across the UK later this year.
The course, which...
CSIC and CITB join forces to tackle skills challenge facing construction sector
CONSTRUCTION Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have teamed up to help tackle skills shortages in the sector.
The partnership...
Graham backs Ayrshire event to attract females into construction
GRAHAM has supported an event at Ayrshire College with the intention of encouraging young females to consider a career in construction or civil engineering.
150...
Contractor visit provides sector insight to pre-apprentices
PRE-APPRENTICES from New College Lanarkshire have received a glimpse into future career opportunities in the Scottish construction industry during a visit from Morrison Construction.
Economic...
Moray pupils receive construction sector insight
PUPILS across Moray have been taking part in construction workshops with the aim of encouraging collaboration between education and industry.
The ‘Constructing Your Future’ events...
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...
CITB funding helps Lanark social enterprise benefit community
A social enterprise in Lanark that provides landscape solutions has benefited from CITB funding.
CCI Scotland is a landscape construction contractor, with all of its...
Graham invests in developing Scottish workforce
GRAHAM has announced delivery of over £400,000 worth of training courses to its staff and supply chain partners in Scotland.
Over the last three years,...
Stewart Milne invests in management and leadership training
STEWART Milne Group has announced an investment of over £250,000 in developing leadership and managerial skills for 128 of the firm's managers.
The housebuilder said...
Scottish trainees win hat-trick of skills awards
THREE Scottish students have won gold at the SkillBuild National Final, which was held in Birmingham.
Organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), SkillBuild...
Let’s go, girls!
A day of construction workshops designed to promote the industry to girls was recently held in Glasgow, with pupils from five secondary schools from...
Game-changer: technology used to help promote careers in sector
A downloadable game that challenges users to run their own construction company has been tipped to become a valuable tool in the battle to...
Hardies invests in fresh talent
HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has confirmed the appointment of seven trainee building surveyors and quantity surveyors in the past 18 months, to add...
Story graduates begin new chapter in their development
STORY Contracting has held its first quarterly graduate development day in Glasgow.
A workshop was attended by 17 graduates and trainees from across five divisions,...
Lockerbie firm outlines construction opportunities to local youngsters
LOCKERBIE-based construction and manufacturing specialist Robinsons has welcomed a group of youngsters from Moffat Academy as part of the Developing the Young Workforce initiative.
The...
Second intake of apprentices to join bespoke CR Smith programme
CR Smith has appointed eleven aspiring joiners to its apprenticeship programme.
The new recruits will learn what is required to provide the firm's range of windows,...
Robertson sets gold standard in developing young people
ROBERTSON has been awarded Investors in Young People (IIYP) Gold status in acknowledgement of the firm's commitment to the learning and development of young...
Stewart Milne Group increases apprentice numbers to 45
STEWART Milne Group has announced the recruitment of nine apprentices into its central Scotland homes division. With six apprentices recently appointed in north Scotland,...
