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Brian Berry The 28 per cent fall in construction apprenticeship starts between August 2017 and March 2018 compared with the same period the previous academic year suggests the Government needs to look again at the way the Apprenticeship Levy is working, according to the Federation of Master Builders

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The Scottish Government has announced a consultation on tougher building safety standards to coincide with the first anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people.

Nick Pollard Kingdom Housing Association has secured a significant funding package under a debut private placement which secures its development programme of over 1,100 homes until the end of 2019-20.

Image: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Kier Construction Scotland, the main contractor in charge of restoring the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, has issued a short statement in response to the devastating fire which broke out on Friday.

Gordon Cunningham Clark Contracts has been appointed to deliver three new projects for Renfrewshire Council at West Primary School, St John Ogilvie Primary School and Inchinnan Primary School.

Largs Campus The new £52 million Largs Campus was formally opened by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week, as the total number of new or refurbished buildings exceeded 750 since 2007.

Jeremy Smart, Scout Group chair, Andrew Grant, Scout Group leader, George Dow, contracts manager at Mactaggart & Mickel Homes, Stuart Grant, Cub Scout leader and Scout Group members Whitecraigs Scout Group receive expertise from Mactaggart & Mickel Homes

(from left) Site managers Garry Henderson, Stuart Gillespie and Martyn Anderson Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Homes is celebrating after three of its site managers were honoured at the prestigious NHBC Pride in the Job Quality Awards, in recognition of their commitment in achieving the highes

Nicole Carlin Bricklaying is not a typical career aspiration for young girls growing up, and I was no different - I loved drama at school and thought perhaps I would try becoming an actress one day. But by the time I finished school I had lost the acting bug and wasn’t too sure what I wanted to do

Michael Carrigan Cala Homes site manager Michael Carrigan is celebrating this week after receiving a prestigious industry award from the National Home Building Council (NHBC).

Image by Brandon Leon – Flickr: Day 25: Fire Sprinkler, CC BY-SA 2.0 Legislation to make sprinkler systems compulsory in new social housing in Scotland is to be taken forward.

How the tram would look travelling along Constitution Street A series of workshops with Edinburgh residents, traders, active travel organisations and community representatives is under way to refine proposals for taking the city’s trams to Newhaven.

Eric Curran and John Albiston of DM Hall More than 300 people will gather tomorrow to mark the culmination of a year of growth and transformation at Chartered Surveyors DM Hall.

Ash Sheikh Fife-based, family-run housebuilder Muir Homes has appointed Ash Sheikh as its new sales and marketing director.

Victoria Hills The planning function has been relegated to lower positions in the corporate structure of local authorities across Scotland, a new survey by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has revealed.