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Scottish Renewables has announced the appointment of Adam Morrison as its new chair. Adam Morrison, project director for Moray West Offshore Wind Farm at Ocean Winds, has been elected by the organisation's board and will serve as Chair for a three-year term.

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation relating to proposals for regulations on the content, preparation, submission and registration of Local Place Plans (LPP's). The right for community bodies to prepare their own LPPs is a new opportunity being added into Scotland's planning system.&

New energy efficiency training funding has been made available for people resident in Scotland who have lost their jobs or are at risk of redundancy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Energy Skills Partnership (ESP) will be distributing funding through the National Transition Training Fund (N

Campaigning trade association SNIPEF has welcomed an in-depth report published by the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) which is aimed at helping public bodies make decisions on where public funding in construction gives the highest economic returns to help support a gre

The UK’s oilfield services sector is on the road to recovery with increases in turnover, EBITDA margin, exports and employee trends in 2019, according to the latest EY UK Energy Services overview published today. The report, incorporating the 10th annual review of the UK oilfield services

John McHugh, managing partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, discusses the state of the Scottish residential market. Spring is in the air in the Scottish residential property market and, after a winter which both dampened and at times froze growth, activity and interest is burgeoning again, raising

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has called for a dedicated Scottish Minister for Construction as it published its first-ever manifesto detailing the crucial steps which need to be taken to secure a viable and sustainable future for the sector. Acting through the CICV Fo

Organisations in the construction sector are being warned to expect a rise in the number of adjudications around contracts as government support comes to an end and cash becomes scarce for many businesses. Companies that might have a claim in a construction contract or might be on the receiving

MacLeod Construction, Richard M MacKenzie and Riddick & Son are the shortlisted nominees to be named Building contractor of the year: Scotland at the 2021 Construction Awards of Excellence. Sponsored by principal sponsor Payapps, the awards ceremony will be held online on April 15

Spectrum Properties has scooped a prize industrial facility in Glasgow to add to its portfolio of more than 700 commercial units in the city. It has taken on a 25,000 sq ft former factory on the Dixon’s Blazes Industrial Estate in the South Side for a sum in the region of £800,000,

Andrew Little, senior associate at Burness Paull, discusses the issues surrounding adjudication enforcement. The Queensferry Crossing is the longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world spanning 1.7 miles across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured the disqualification of two former directors of Northern Ireland-based firm FP McCann Ltd (FPM) for their parts in an illegal construction cartel. The move follows the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) 2019 decision that FPM,

A cabinet door which is believed to have been from Hitler's bunker has sold for £550 in an auction in Dorchester. The solid Oak door, with a double-headed Reichsadler and a carved date of 1648, was auctioned and sold at Duke's Auctioneer's to a private collector, The Dorset Echo reports. 

Economy secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced that a further £70 million will be made available by the Scottish Government to provide more jobs, internships, apprenticeships, training and volunteering opportunities for young people in Scotland.  The extra funding for Young Person&rsqu

The former police headquarters in Edinburgh is to be sold and demolished to make way for hundreds of homes in a deal with the City of Edinburgh Council. Detailed plans for the redevelopment of the site have been outlined in a document which labels the station "under utilised, inefficient, ageing, in