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Housebuilder Tulloch Homes is enjoying a lockdown bounceback with July sales up by 25% on last year with the Inverness-based firm fielding queries from buyers who want to continue working from home. COVID-19 has dampened the celebrations on Tulloch’s 95th anniversary but chief executive George

Glenrothes-based timber specialist James Donaldson and Sons Ltd (JDS) has appointed Arlene Cairns as its new chief financial officer.  Taking up her new role yesterday, Ms Cairns joins from Aviva, where she was chief finance operations officer responsible for leading gl

Six sites have been brought to market within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park with the potential to create 29 new homes.

Up to 500 jobs are set to go at Aecom as it announced a “re-shaped” to the UK and Ireland business. A redundancy consultation has now started among the consultant’s 7,000 staff.

A new land classification of Amberfield would reduce costs for developers and enable SMEs and self/custom builders to generate homes at speed, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Amberfield is land that is ready to go, for example brownfield land that does not require w

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is to forgo its planned pay increase this year as part of a range of measures to make savings and reduce operating costs. The measures are part of the organisation’s ongoing coronavirus response and follow the decision in June to cut Levy bills b

Redundancy consultations are under way at Laing O’Rourke after the firm revealed it plans to cut 150 jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The figure represents just under 2% of its 8,000 staff with the firm saying most of the losses will be coming from back office roles at its main UK office in

Civil engineers have reported a steep fall in activity for the second quarter of 2020 reflecting the COVID-19 lockdown as well as continuing long term challenges for the sector in Scotland. Headline results from the latest CECA Workload Trends Survey found that 35% of Scottish firms, on balance, rep

President Trump has denied claims that a White House official enquired about the possibility of carving his face into Mount Rushmore, before adding that it “sounds like a good idea”.

Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) will receive a share of almost one million euros to help Sri Lanka address workforce shortages in renewable energy skills and meet its ambitious targets.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has appointed development expert John Maclennan as its innovation manager to drive collaborative innovation projects in the Highlands, Islands and North East regions. John joins the CSIC team from Scottish Enterprise, bringing a wealth of experienc

Simon Allford has been elected the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The AHMM co-founder will serve as president elect from September 1 and will then serve as RIBA president for a two-year term beginning on September 1, 2021 followed by one year as immediate past pr

Ogilvie Construction has landed an internationally-recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards for the seventh consecutive year. Ogilvie has received a RoSPA Gold Medal Health and Safety Award for working hard to ensure its staff get home safely to their families at the end o

Muir Construction has started work on a £4.7 million project to build a bespoke operations and maintenance facility and associated office accommodation for Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd.

The Scottish Government has announced that it will be investing £60 million in a Youth Guarantee to give all young people access to work, training or education. An implementation plan for Scotland’s Youth Guarantee is currently being developed. Funding will come from the additional &poun