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Purchasing managers indicated a return to growth in February for the UK construction sector after lockdown had caused it to contract in January for the first time since last May.

Mears has announced plans to take on 20 new apprentices in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council. The successful applicants will get the opportunity to start a career repairing and maintaining thousands of tenanted properties and public buildings in their home towns.

Anyone looking for a satisfying career, whether a school-leaver or someone contemplating a career change, should consider the benefits of undertaking a plumbing apprenticeship, according to SNIPEF chief executive, Fiona Hodgson. To mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week, which runs from 1-5 Mar

Taylor Wimpey has released a video from some of its employees in Scotland to highlight the life-changing opportunities that apprenticeships offer young people, and the wider benefits they provide for the housebuilding industry and the country as a whole.

There has been a significant rise in the number of workers furloughed in the construction sector this year, with 244,100 people on furlough at the end of January.

Glasgow-based construction and manufacturing group CCG has launched a new multi-utilities company. Adding to an already expansive portfolio (including construction, the manufacture of timber systems, window and doors, planned maintenance and building services), Arc-Tech MU will further enhance

The Edwardian B-listed former Granton Station, set in the heart of Edinburgh’s planned new sustainable Granton Waterfront district, is to be restored by Kier Construction at a cost of up to £4.75m.

Robertson has commenced construction work at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Campus to deliver a £22.4 million National Robotarium.

At just 17 years old, Ryan MacIsaac already has big plans for his career. The apprentice plumber has his sights on a top job at Stewart Milne Group as he marks Scottish Apprenticeship Week (1st – 5th March, 2021). Ryan, who started his apprenticeship with the independent home builder and timbe

CALA Homes (West) has started work on a new development on the outskirts of East Kilbride.

Galliford Try's return to profit has been confirmed in its newly published half-year results for the period ending 31 December 2020, despite a drop in revenue. The contractor posted a pre-tax profit of £4.1 million over the six months, compared to a loss of £5.6m for the same period

A bridge over the Dighty Burn in Dundee looks set to have a second phase of restoration works costing almost £700,000.

A mysterious artwork painted on the brickwork of the former Reading Prison is speculated to be a Banksy piece depicting its most famous inmate, Oscar Wilde. The mural shows a prisoner rappelling down one of the prison's exterior walls using paper from a typewriter as a rope.

Rugby union legend Gavin Hastings OBE talks to SCN about his playing career, being a qualified surveyor and his new role as a business consultant for The Shore Group in Scotland. For the uninitiated, and possibly SCN’s younger readers, Gavin Hastings is recognised as one of the outstanding rug

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