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Labourers were put to work as cricket players in an elaborate scam that duped Russian gamblers into betting on a fake tournament advertised as the real Indian Premier League. An enterprising gang of scammers leased a farm in the western Indian state of Gujarat and installed a rudimentary cricket pit

Kilmac has been awarded the groundworks package for the new Eden Campus external yard in St Andrews. Working with Robertson Construction Tayside, Kilmac will undertake works including kerbing, main slab works, surface and foul water drainage, combined water drainage and an interceptor tank.

Edinburgh accounted for almost a quarter of new build starts in the private sector in Scotland last year, according to DJ Alexander Ltd. DJ Alexander Ltd, part of the Lomond Group, examined the latest statistics and found that 23.3% of new build starts (3,166) in the financial year 2020-2021, the la

7N Architects has submitted a formal planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council on behalf of Cruden Homes, seeking to build 99 flats as part of a new residential development at Salamander Yards in Edinburgh. The project will deliver a mix of one, two and three-bed homes with 35% of the un

A 38-year-old-man has been sentenced for health and safety failings which led to an employee being thrown to his death. Kevin Bowie, sole director of Denny-based Precision Decorating Services (Scotland) Ltd, was yesterday given a community payback order requiring him to be under supervision for 18 m

Balfour Beatty has become the first construction company in the UK to roll out automated cone laying machines. The new pioneering technology aims to reduce the risks associated with cone laying activities across the company's highways operations.

Peter Reekie, CEO of the Scottish Futures Trust and chair of the executive group of the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF), calls on the construction sector to embrace transformation. The construction industry is a vital, and sometimes overlooked part of Scotland’s economy.

Campion Homes has been granted planning permission for 78 new homes in Crieff. The builder has proposed to build 10 two-bedroom terraced houses, 25 three-bedroom terraced/semi-detached/detached houses, 34 four-bedroom detached houses, and nine five-bedroomed detached houses on a site 90 metres east

The Scottish Plant Owners Association's (SPOA) presidents' summer barbecue will return to Edinburgh this August. Everyone from industry stalwarts to new apprentices, whether they are SPOA members or not, are invited to attend the event at the prestigious Glasshouse Hotel in Edinburgh on 19th August

The number of disputes between commercial occupiers and landlords in Scotland being referred to third-party resolution is on track to be the lowest in a decade, according to new analysis from Knight Frank.

On 1 June 2022, two changes came into force in Scotland which change the law around when claims expire under a construction contract. The general starting point is the same – if a claim has not been raised within five-years of the loss, injury or damage occurring then (unless one of the except

Scotland needs to invest in new initiatives to encourage more people into planning as a career, with around 700 new planners needed over the next 10 to 15 years, a report has said. The Future Planners Project Report was funded and supported by the Scottish Government and has been published by Heads

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has urged businesses in the construction sector sector to join over 1.7 million taxpayers who are benefiting from Making Tax Digital (MTD). From 1 April 2022, MTD for VAT became mandatory for all VAT-registered businesses, regardless of turnover. This means businesses n

The UK's largest housebuilder, Barratt Developments, has fallen short of its target to deliver more than 18,000 home completions this year. A trading update shows Barratt completed 17,908 homes over the year, up from 17,243 but short of its target to deliver 18,000 to 18,250 new homes,

A controversial chapel built by Ukrainian prisoners of war in Lockerbie is undergoing an £80,000 renovation to provide a religious and cultural centre for a new generation of Ukrainian refugees. The small prefab iron hut forms part of the Hallmuir POW Camp and was put to use as a chapel from 1