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Home Group has successfully issued £100 million retained bonds in a deal which saw the lowest interest rate that the housing association has ever achieved in a long-term fixed rate transaction.

While lockdown is in effect, construction companies should continue to maintain their operations and also focus on what they need to start putting in place to prepare to a phased return to operations, writes Simone Young. During his announcement on Sunday evening, the Prime Minister outlined how res

A disused Dundee factory could be transformed into a retail and restaurant complex under initial proposals lodged with the local authority.

Laing O’Rourke has announced the appointment of Rowan Baker from McCarthy & Stone as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Ms Baker will take up her new global role in September and will sit on the company’s group executive committee and corporation board.

Solicitors have reported that some house buyers are choosing to submit an offer after viewing a property virtually.

A report from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has found that 26% of construction industry professionals thought about taking their own lives in 2019 – before the COVID-19 pandemic had hit the industry – and 97% recorded being stressed at least once in the last year.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK Government's job retention scheme has been extended until October.  The scheme will ensure that workers who have been furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic are paid 80% of their monthly wages up to £2,500.

CALA Homes (West) has donated to a small business in Glasgow which is raising money to purchase vital PPE for key workers in the NHS.

The once-prevalent practice of constructing copycat architectural clones like Thames Town on the outskirts of Shanghai has been banned by the Chinese government. Having taken off in the early 1990s, the knockoff architecture trend, which also mimicked the likeliness of Parisian landmarks and Le Corb

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: University Of Edinburgh.

Highland Council has revealed plans to transform the Culcabock Child Guidance Centre in Inverness to help meet the demand for housing in the area.

North Ayrshire Council has bought Irvine’s King’s Arms Hotel with the aim of breathing new life into the building. The High Street building has fallen into disrepair since the pub and restaurant closed down in 2015.

Landscaping and concrete specialist Marshalls could make up to 15% of its entire workforce redundant under restructuring plans outlined today.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has welcomed the launch of a new fast-track summary adjudication process for low-value disputes, complete with a capped adjudicator’s fee.

A recent cry for help from the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity has resulted in a staggering £320,031 raised so far by the sector. In its response to the COVID 19 pandemic and the catastrophic impact it was having on the construction community, the charity launched its Construction Wor