UK contractors have been urged to face up to the “significant human rights risks” in their supply chains after the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) found that both British and foreign workers are at risk of exploitation despite recent legislation. Criticising the industry’s “slow respo
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MPs have launched a scathing attack on directors at collapsed construction giant Carillion who they believe should face disqualification for being too busy “stuffing their mouths with gold” to worry about employees. In the final report of an inquiry into the spectacular failure of the company, t
A committee of MSPs has called for communities to be given a stronger voice in planning what their neighbourhoods look like as part of a number of recommendations aimed at addressing “frustrations” with the current system. Among its suggestions to strengthen the Planning (Scotland) Bill, the Sco
Effective approaches for Scotland to use publicly created increases in land value to help finance the infrastructure needed to deliver new housing and other development have been highlighted in a report published today. Written for the Scottish Land Commission by a team from Heriot-Watt University,
The average price of a property in Scotland in April 2018 was £148,952 – an increase of 5.6 per cent on April in the previous year and an increase of 2.5 per cent when compared to the previous month.
FORE Partnership, the real estate investment platform behind the 94,000 sq. ft. speculative Cadworks office development in Glasgow city centre, has underlined its commitment to the city's most vulnerable communities by forging a partnership with Soul Riders, the social enterprise that refurbishes a
Join a team from RICS Scotland as they walk 154km from Milngavie to Fort William along the world famous West Highland Way. The walk will take five days so we will be camping for four nights along the trail at well-established sites.
The analysis of responses to a consultation on a revised the Code of Conduct for registered property factors has been published by the Scottish Government. A draft revised Code was published as part of a public consultation which took place between 6 October 2017 and 15 January 2018. The current Cod
The UK government's “overriding priority” for outsourcing is spending as little money as possible while “forcing contractors to take unacceptable levels of financial risk” has been exposed by the collapse of Carillion, a committee of MPs said today. Releasing its latest report into the contr
Scottish Construction Now editor Kieran Findlay will join a team from RICS Scotland as they walk 154km from Milngavie to Fort William along the world famous West Highland Way to raise money for charity LandAid. LandAid is the property industry charity which works to end youth homelessness in the UK.
The introduction of a new Compulsory Sales Order (CSO) power would tackle the blight of abandoned buildings and parcels of vacant and derelict land in town centres and communities across Scotland, according to the Scottish Land Commission. In a report published today, the public body has argued that
The Scottish Government has ordered a developer to pay almost £9,000 for works carried out to protect a Kirriemuir town centre property. Angus Council took direct action to protect the C-listed Hooks Hotel in Bank Street after repeated attempts to get Fife businessman John Cape to make it safe and
Safety netting has been installed around the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow to prevent glass panels falling from the building. A pane of glass fell ten floors from the £842 million hospital earlier this month. It is understood the pane shattered near the front entrance of the buildi
RICS, as part of its Pledge 150 campaign, has joined forces with Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park to help reduce homelessness among young people in Scotland. Corporate teams and RICS members can now take part in any of the Sleep in the Park events, across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen wit
Quay Community Improvements (Quay) has been shortlisted in the One to Watch category at this year’s Social Enterprise Scotland Awards less than two years since the social enterprise was set up by Port of Leith Housing Association.

