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Kier Group has appointed Louisa Finlay as its chief people officer and part of the group’s executive committee with effect from March 6. Currently Kier Construction’s clients and markets managing director, Louisa will take over from Helen Redfern, who will be leaving Kier after ten succe
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Kier Group has appointed Louisa Finlay as its chief people officer and part of the group’s executive committee with effect from March 6. Currently Kier Construction’s clients and markets managing director, Louisa will take over from Helen Redfern, who will be leaving Kier after ten succe
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Sector body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the promotion of planning team members Liz Hamilton and Richard Lewington. Liz Hamilton becomes director of planning and Richard Principal is the body's new planning adviser.
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Real estate developer and investment company Simply UK has made several senior management promotions and a key new addition to its board of directors. Linda Meston has been promoted to Simply Care group managing director overseeing the Morar and Portland portfolios.
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Borders-based estate agency Paton & Co has appointed Fiona Pagett as Partner. Ms Pagett joins from Rettie & Co, where she was a senior sales negotiator and valuer.
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JR Group site manager Stephen Robertson has been promoted to the new role of contracts manager. Stephen, who has worked as a site manager for The JR Group since joining the team in August 2018, received the promotion following his success on delivering high quality projects to an exacting standard -
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The director of a Perth construction firm has narrowly avoided jail after he evaded tax payments of £204,678.
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Legal director Gregor Duthie highlights upcoming deadlines for commercial property owners in Scotland and across the UK. Transparency over the ownership and control of property has long been a point of contention – at times, it has even become a political football. In a bid to clear up some of
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Politically and economically, 2022 was a tumultuous year. Despite an encouraging start, by the third quarter it was clear that Scotland’s property sector was being impacted by spiralling inflation, soaring energy costs and increasing interest rates, writes Barry McKeown. Yet, let me recall som
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City Property (Glasgow) LLP has been fined for health and safety failings which left a man with severe injuries and permanent impairment. The firm, which manages and disposes of Glasgow City Council’s surplus properties, pled guilty to health and safety breaches at Glasgow Sheriff Court o
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SCN is marking its 20th anniversary this year with a number of new innovations including the launch of our Construction Leaders interviews which today features Kilmac Group co-founder Richard Kilcullen. Richard Kilcullen always had a clear vision of what the world of work would hold for him: he woul
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Learning from the mistakes of the past is a common theme for the project team delivering the £207.3 million Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven line. The first phase of the trams project began operating in May 2014 after six years of disruption and a long-running dispute between the council and contra
Kieran Findlay
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The Cross Tay Link Road (CTLR) is the largest infrastructure project Perth and Kinross Council has ever undertaken. Scottish Construction Now editor Kieran Findlay visited the project to find out how detailed design development and changes to construction methodologies have helped BAM Nutt
Kieran Findlay
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The recent procurement award season went extremely well for Scotland Excel’s New Build Framework - winning Scottish and national awards for ‘Best Procurement Delivery’, but also winning the ‘GO Excellence Award’ at the national final. We caught up with Graeme Sutherland
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The search is on for the UK's plant Operator of the Year with £10,000 in prize money up for grabs in a dedicated all-day festival of construction.
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Civil engineering and groundworks contractor Kilmac has recently taken delivery of three new 8.5-tonne HX85A compact excavators.
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Finning UK & Ireland, the world's largest Cat equipment dealer, continues to expand its regional dealer network, welcoming multiple Scottish firms as Authorised Sales and Service Centres (ASSC). The trio of established companies are Mark Garrick, R C Dalgliesh and LCF Engineering, who will join
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Kubota has launched an online communication website to bring innovative customer solutions from various brands under the group's umbrella.
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The search is on for the UK's plant Operator of the Year with £10,000 in prize money up for grabs in a dedicated all-day festival of construction.
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The winners of the Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) annual Art of Building competition have been revealed. The competition, the world’s largest photography competition positioning buildings and construction works of art, received more than 1,500 entries from across the globe, whi
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Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has revealed its refreshed Edinburgh Castle whisky recipe, packaging design and bottle shape, introducing a modern edge to the landmark Scotch.
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Liverpool John Moores University has becomes the first university in Europe to acquire Spot and the 3D Laser Scanner with software as a package and plans to use its £150k investment for teaching and research.
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