A plasterer from Edinburgh who faced up to a year in jail in the United Arab Emirates for allegedly possessing counterfeit money is due to fly home after having his passport returned. William Barclay was stopped at Dubai International Airport in September after an incident in 2016 when he presenting
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Ken McEwan Ken McEwan says we all face having to pick-up the tab for what he refers to as the Scottish Government’s "botched" Land and Buildings Transaction Tax as he appeals for an urgent reform to the property tax.
Stuart Gillespie Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Homes is celebrating after the quality of four of its site managers was recognised at the NHBC Pride in the Job Regional Awards held in Glasgow last week.
Businesses could save a third by locating 100 staff in Edinburgh compared to London, according to analysis in Knight Frank’s 2018 Global Cities report. For the first time, Knight Frank has compared the total cost of employing 100 people in the world’s leading cities, based on the cost of workspa
New Jaguar Land Rover Arch Facility opens in Ayr The construction of a new state-of-the-art car Arch Facility in Ayr has been officially completed by CCG.
A host of famous faces from the Gorbals are to be honoured at a new housing development in the area. A total of 19 well-known names have had a house type named after them at the next phase of Urban Union’s Laurieston Living development.
Miller Plant Limited has been fined £15,000 over a health and safety breach which resulted in three contract workers being exposed to asbestos fibres. The Inverurie-based plant contracting and hire service provider was handed the fine at Aberdeen Sheriff Court after admitting engaging an unlicensed
Bob Holt Lakehouse has won a £44 million contract to carry out housing energy efficiency upgrades for Aberdeenshire Council.
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Midlothian Council
Work at a Dublin construction site was temporarily brought to a halt this week after a hitchhiking scorpion scuttled out of a batch of building supplies. The alarm was raised when the unexpected visitor crawled out of a delivery of kitchen sinks – believed to have arrived at the Baggot Street site
Keith Brown Next steps for city region deals outlined
Perthshire business JML Contracts wins UK wide industry award for innovative house building approach
John and Katie Langley receiving the award for Best SIPs home at the Build It 2017 Awards JML Contracts Ltd, the family-run Perthshire business, is the first Scottish company to receive a national industry award in its category for a custom build house project it undertook in Angus.
EQ Accountants in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland are hosting a business briefing to set out how firms can benefit from understanding the business case for resource efficiency.
Plans have been lodged by Scottish Borders Council to demolish a primary to make way for a new facility merging three schools in Jedburgh. Working alongside Borders Council, Hub South East, BAM and TGP, the team are set to deliver a 434 -space primary, 550 pupil secondary and a nursery to repla


