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Increased competition has contributed to a fall in turnover and profits for road maintenance provider Bear Scotland. Accounts filed at Companies House revealed that Perth-based Bear’s revenues fell 18 per cent to £73.7 million in 2015.
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South Ayrshire Council’s largest affordable housing project to date was completed in Lochside last year Scottish councils ‘on track’ to double new house building
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Matt Wheelis, VP industry strategy at the build & construct division of the Nemetschek Group, discusses the importance of open standards for the construction industry. The construction industry accounts for approximately 13% of the world’s GDP. However, it is an even bigger contributor to
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Glasgow factoring firm Newton Property Management has expanded its business after completing a five-figure acquisition to buy Aberdeen competitor Robertson & Associates. The move includes the transfer of 400 residential properties across 12 city centre sites and has increased Newton’s Aber
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Perthshire plant hire firm Morris Leslie has bought the plant hire division of Selwood for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will add five depots and 2,000 machines to Morris Leslie will also see 70 staff transfer to the firm.
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Breedon Aggregates has been cleared to buy rival Hope Construction Materials after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today accepted a remedy to resolve competition concerns arising from the move. Breedon entered into a conditional agreement with Cortolina Investments to acquire Hope Constr
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Original plans by Stewart Milne Homes for Mains of Cowie An appeal to overturn a decision to turn down plans to build a supermarket, school and 250 homes in Stonehaven has been rejected by the Scottish Government.
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UK housebuilder Vistry Group is to shift its focus to social housing after soaring mortgage costs sparked a dropoff in the sale of private homes.
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Leo Quinn Balfour Beatty said it will not be paying an annual dividend to shareholders after it capped a troubled 2014 with a reported loss of £59 million on a turnover of £8.4 billion.
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Developers behind plans to turn the former Royal High School in Edinburgh into a hotel are to appeal against last month’s refusal of their latest plans. Duddingston House Properties and Urbanist Hotels want to redevelop the A-listed building on Calton Hill, which has lain empty for almost 50 years
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A room in the new Sleeperz Hotel Dundee Dundee’s newest hotel to open for ‘The Open’
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Kier has revealed that it is in talks with a potential buyer for its mining operations at Greenburn in Scotland. In a trading update this morning, the group said the move is part of its “ongoing approach to capital discipline” and follows “significant year-on-year organic growth” in its cons
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Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed Danny McArthur as the head of its new central division. Danny is one of eleven new equity partners who were appointed by the multi discipline surveying firm at the beginning of April following a vigorous internal selection process to find
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Sandy McBride English regeneration giant Keepmoat has announced the launch of a Homes division in Scotland, following a series of contract wins.
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Mike Putnam A wide and varied portfolio across many sectors has allowed Skanska to remain “measured and calm” in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the EU, the firm said today.
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