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The UK's construction sector has suffered a downturn for the first time in five months due to reduced demand for house-building amid high interest rates, according to new figures. At 48.9 in June, down from 51.6 in May, the headline seasonally adjusted S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing

Alyson Donaldson has been named group chief financial officer (CFO) at the Donaldson Group, independent supplier to the timber and construction industry. Hailing from her previous role as the UK & ROI CFO at global veterinary care company IVC Evidensia, Ms Donaldson's key responsibilities includ

A US property developer is building houses solely for what he calls "patriotic Americans", with the stipulation that the Stars and Stripes flag must always be displayed. The estate, known as 1,776 Gastonia, will feature 43 homes exclusively available to individuals aged 55 and above. The starting pr

The Scottish Government is offering up to £20 million in grants to support local authorities, universities and arm’s-length external organisations decarbonise their buildings under a new scheme. Scotland’s Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund will replace the existing Scottish E

Centrica Business Solutions has secured the development rights to a 65MW two-hour battery storage plant in Perthshire, Scotland, its largest battery storage acquisition to date. The site in Abernethy is located near a connection for North Sea offshore wind farms and will help manage grid capacity by

Persimmon Homes has put forth a proposal for a new housing development in Crieff that could significantly boost the local economy.

Social media algorithms are narrowing the range of images used by architects and designers for inspiration, a researcher at the University of Oxford has said. Maggie Mustaklem's project Design, Interrupted explores how algorithms "might be 'interrupting' the process of searching for images", a "crit

Following a decrease in housing demand and supply in June, Scottish house prices are forecasted to remain largely stable over the next quarter, according to the recent Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. The survey, which collates the views of property experts,

The former Dundee College, a long-abandoned site, is set for a significant transformation after Scodd Ltd unveiled plans to convert the building into student accommodation comprising 409 studio rooms.

Cannabis paraphernalia shops in Barcelona are allegedly skirting restrictive zoning laws by registering as florists. The claim has been made by local shopkeepers in the Catalan capital's old city who have noted an unusual proliferation of such shops, particularly in the tourist hotspot Ciutat Vella.

Building services provider Valley Group has successfully secured a place on Scotland Excel’s Property Maintenance and Refurbishment Framework. Appointed on Lot 1 Electrical Services, Lot 10 Plumbing, Lot 5 Heating Lot 11 Renewables and Lot 13 Ventilations. These workstreams are core servi

East Lothian Council is now charging developers appropriate recovery costs for processing and issuing Road Construction Consents (RCC). Road Construction Consent, as well as planning permission, is needed from the local roads authority for a new road or an extension of an existing road.

Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project has taken a further step forward with energy regulator Ofgem’s approval of a new electricity transmission link. The approval follows Ofgem’s public consultation on the proposals for the interconnector project and the need for an electricity link

Organisers of The Scottish Plant Operator Challenge, Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) and sponsors Morris Leslie Plant Hire, Blackwood Plant Hire, Balgownie, JCB and Kubota, are delighted with the response of plant operators across Scotland signing up for the competition which takes place at

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is bringing together its “most ambitious and wide-ranging” programme of commercial and technical content to date for its sixth Annual Conference this October. The Association has now launched the full programme for the one-day event, w