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Aberdeen-based Drum Property Group has posted a £1.4 million profit for the 12 months to December 31 2020. The firm is currently working on large-scale development projects throughout the UK across the residential, leisure and business space sectors.

Interserve Group has sold its global equipment services business RMD Kwikform (RMDK) to the Altrad Group to concentrate on its rebranded Tilbury Douglas construction business. The sale is part of the planned restructuring of the group, which has also seen the sale of businesses including I

New regulations that provide for the preparation, submission and registration of Local Place Plans (LPPs) have been laid in the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government said the Town and Country Planning (Local Place Plans) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 are an important part of the legal

Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance group has announced a debt restructuring programme and investment of £50 million in UK production. In the steel manufacturing group's latest update it revealed that the firm will inject £50m of new funding into LIBERTY Steel UK (LSUK) to enable the restart of

Construction information provider Glenigan's acquisition of Construction Information Services (CIS) was officially confirmed last week. Founded in 1972, CIS is Ireland’s leading provider of business intelligence to the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland construction industry. It supplies

Plans by Rural Stirling Housing Association to build 11 affordable houses have been given conditional approval by Stirling Council’s Planning and Regulation Panel. The proposed development site just outside Killearn, bounded by Lampston Road to the north east, Station Road to the north west an

Councillors in Aberdeenshire have been updated on the progress of a multi-million-pound upgrade of the primary school estate in Fraserburgh and Stonehaven. In March, Aberdeenshire Council agreed plans for a new primary school to replace the existing Fraserburgh North and St Andrews Schools as w

A Bosnian man has built a rotating house so his wife can have better views of the surrounding area. Vojin Kusic, who is 72 years old, told Reuters he was tired of her complaints and frequent refurbishing of their home. Mr Kusic told his wife that he would build her a rotating house so she could "spi

A parking space located opposite Harrods has gone up for sale for £250,000. However, the underground car parking spot is too small to accommodate the large cars favoured by customers who are able to afford to park in Knightsbridge.

Morris & Spottiswood has appointed Brian Pettigrew as director of its housing division, incorporating private housing arm Crosbie Homes. Bringing a wealth of experience from across the industry, Mr Pettigrew's addition to the team will allow Morris & Spottiswood to increase focus on dev

NatWest has announced a series of initiatives, leading with a target to provide £100 billion of Climate and Sustainable Funding and Financing (CSFF) by the end of 2025. The announcement comes as the lender publishes a report setting out the potential opportunity that exists for the UK economy

Commercial property investment volumes across Scotland slowed during the last quarter, with a resurgence in Covid-19 cases and school summer holidays supressing deals activity, according to new research from Colliers. Colliers’ Scotland third quarter snapshot reports a drop in transactions acr

The UK Government’s new Heat and Building Strategy has come under fire today, being described by one industry leader as “insufficient for the scale of the challenge we face". The comments, from Mike Foster, CEO of the Energy and Utilities Alliance, come in the wake of the government anno

Construction and cricket might not sound like natural bedfellows, but for BAM Construct UK’s long-serving communications man Mark Slattery, they have proven the source of considerable fun. Slattery has just written his first book, Cricket’s Craziest Teams, which features teams of real in

Scottish businesses of all sizes will have a unique opportunity to learn about a huge range of contract opportunities on two major construction projects in Fife at a virtual ‘Meet the Buyer’ event on November 4, as part of Fife Business Week. Delegates will hear about the range of opport