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CITB is piloting changes across a series of plant training standards and grants to help standardise plant training and testing requirements across the construction industry.

CITB is to invest more than £250 million across Britain to support construction across three core priorities, according to its newly published Business Plan. A front-runner in the plan for 2023-24 is the Industry Impact Fund, which launches today and invites CITB-registered employers to a

The Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV) has raised "serious concerns" over the Scottish Government's decision to discontinue funding for solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage under the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan scheme. Energy Saving Trust Scotland last week pulled both

Plans to invest in Pitlochry High School to create a new community campus and create more affordable housing in the town have been given the green light by councillors in Perth and Kinross. The proposals, made following the Pitlochry Locality Asset Review, will see £8.7m invested in the school

Surveyors in Scotland anticipate that house prices will increase through the coming months according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey as both demand and supply remain steady.

The full impact of the Cladding Remediation Bill, which was recently passed in the Scottish Parliament, is still to be felt within the construction sector, write Shona Frame and Ryan McCuaig. The 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy, which claimed 72 lives, put a sharp focus on the safety of cladding systems

Julie Moulsdale from Perceptive Communicators shares how the homebuilding industry can use proactive community engagement to unlock the planning system. We are in the grip of a nationwide housing crisis, yet recent figures reveal that the timescale for average planning application is four times long

Members of the Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee have endorsed the Final Business Case (FBC) for the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport, signifying another major step forward in the development of Highland as a global centre for Green Energy and inward investment

Live sport and entertainment firm AEG Europe has received approved planning permission for a new state-of-the-art 8,500-capacity arena in Edinburgh Park.

Commercial property agency Adapt Commercial Property has unveiled its new Glasgow studio at the vibrant McLellan Works on Sauchiehall Street. The move marks the agency’s first anniversary after its foundation in June 2023 by Fergus Maclennan, formerly a partner and head of Glasgow Business Spa

A new rail link connecting Aberdeen to Fraserburgh via Peterhead would deliver a north-east economic boom and reduce fatal accidents on one of Scotland’s deadliest roads, a key study has found.

After less than a year in his job, a Scottish Water apprentice has clinched both Scottish and UK top awards for his innovative work and presentation on using the natural flow of water to generate electricity.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland returned to school last week to remind the children at Wallacewell Primary in Robroyston about health and safety. As construction at Taylor Wimpey West Scotland’s development of new homes at nearby Monument Way is well underway, and homeowners are now moving in, the

Cala Homes (North) visited Westhill Primary School to talk to children about the homebuilding industry and how homes in their local community have been brought to life.

Homebuilder Persimmon West Scotland has announced the Lesmahagow Highland Games as one of their Community Champions, donating £1,000 which will help organisers purchase new gazebos.