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Angus Council is being asked to participate in a Scottish Government pilot to provide short-term modular accommodation for people from Ukraine, displaced due to the ongoing conflict in their home country. The proposal could see Angus selected by Ministers as one of a small number of pilot areas in S

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has today announced the appointment of Martin Samworth FRICS to chair the new RICS board effective immediately. Martin has experience in real estate and the built environment spanning nearly 40 years, working in the UK and in broad international ro

Plant hire firm Morris Leslie has posted record pre-tax profits of £12.7 million, in its latest accounts made up to 30 April 2022. The results, the highest in the Perthshire business' 48-year history, have been attributed to a post-Covid resurgence in the construction industry along with a maj

Monthly construction output is estimated to have increased by 0.8% in volume terms in October to record the fourth consecutive monthly growth, according to new data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning.

Contractor GRAHAM has welcomed 16 new starts to its Building North division as the firm underlines its ambition to be an industry leader in fairness, inclusion and respect. In a strategic partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), nine Ukrainian refugees have been employed as gener

A safety training academy headquartered in East Ayrshire has doubled its workforce, moved into new premises, and expanded its digital offering after receiving support from Scotland’s national business advisory service. Training First Safety is a UK-wide specialist training provider, working wi

Materials and solutions provider Saint-Gobain has signed a binding agreement for the sale of all its merchanting brands in the United Kingdom – including the builders and timber merchant Jewson – to the Stark Group following a competitive sale process. The divested assets are e

A range of active travel and bus-based improvements to the Millburn Corridor to address the existing problems in Inverness city centre have now been developed by The Highland Council and are currently being appraised against a range of criteria.

The outgoing governor of Arizona has been spending his final days in office by frantically, and illegally, attempting to fill in sections of the incomplete wall on the US-Mexico border with shipping containers. Republican Doug Ducey, who will hand the keys of his office to his Democratic s

A new masterplan has been unveiled that aims to deliver more than 30 homes, a gastro pub and allotments to the Blackscroft area of Dundee. Blackscroft Property and Brodie Duncan Marketing have teamed up to propose three projects across the £5 million development site.

Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, working alongside the PCS trade union has secured what is believed to be one of the largest financial settlements for a worker diagnosed with the lung conditions Silicosis and SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) Both conditions are caused by inhaling small particles of

Plans for up to 160 homes and student accommodation on the former site of Madras College in St Andrews have been approved in principle.

Springfield Properties said it is taking a cautious approach to expectations of future sales rates after it warned higher interest rates and economic uncertainty is hitting demand for private homes.

Members of Taylor Wimpey East Scotland’s Young Persons’ Forum returned to school last month with a visit to Inverkeithing High School to take part in its focus on career opportunities as part of Scottish Careers Week (7-11 November 2022). With the first secondary school visit under their

Homebuilder Persimmon has announced exciting changes to Community Champions – the company’s generous charitable scheme, which has given over £1.5m in the last two years alone to over 5,000 charities, sports clubs and local organisations. Through the scheme, Persimmon’s local