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Andrew Richmond (left) and Michael Padzinski hub North Scotland Ltd has welcomed Michael Padzinski as its new chief executive.

Plans for a distillery which was deemed “too Scottish” by residents of a Devon village has been granted planning approval. Designed by Helensburgh-based Organic Architects, the Princetown distillery will be the largest in England, producing 400,000 litres of whisky at start-up. It will also be t

Balfour Beatty has been awarded the £16 million enabling works contract by Network Rail for the redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street Station. The contract, which supports Network Rail’s expansion scheme to accommodate increasing passenger numbers, will involve the demolition of platform building

Gordon Cunningham Construction, refurbishment, fit out and maintenance contractor Clark Contracts has secured new orders valued at over £40 million in the six months to March 31 and has recruited 34 new members of staff as a result.

The Learning and Teaching Hub set for the Gilmorehill Campus The University of Glasgow has appointed Graham Construction to carry out enabling works for a learning and technology hub.

The Keppie-designed Capitol office building in Aberdeen’s Union Stree has been recognised as one of the best workplaces in Scotland. It was crowned winner of the ‘Best Commercial Workplace 2017’ category at the British Council for Offices’ (BCO) regional property sector awards in Glasgow.

Around 84% of homeowners are more likely to hire a tradesman if they are punctual, a new survey has revealed. A poll by home services marketplace Plentific.com found that punctuality is the most desirable quality homeowners look for when hiring tradesmen, narrowly ahead of politeness and someone who

Building and civil engineering contractors J Smart & Co has warned that its year-end profits will be down on 2016’s figures despite an increase in half-year profit and revenue. The Edinburgh-based group said its workload has decreased and margins remains “disappointing” heading into the se

A 45-year-old man has died while working at a building site in High Blantyre, South Lanarkshire. Police and ambulance services were called to the Avant Homes site on Hamilton Road yesterday morning following a report that a man had been seriously injured.

Persimmon Homes has lodged plans for a further 55 homes at the Western Gateway development on the outskirts of Dundee. The application could see a mix of properties added to the 595 houses Springfield Properties has already been granted permission to build in the area.

(from left) City Legacy directors - Calum Murray (CCG), Ed Monaghan (Mactaggart & Mickel), Martin Kiely (WH Malcolm) and John Gallacher (Cruden) The consortium of four Glasgow housebuilders that developed the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village has scooped the prestigious Queen’s Award

A wakeboarding centre at Dundee’s City Quay could be open by the Summer after councillors gave the project the green light. Located at Victoria Docks, the project by Dunbar-based outdoor activity company Foxlake Adventures will include support accommodation, a harbour gangway, west harbour access

A group of construction workers have accidentally made the “sensational discovery” of the oldest aqueduct to be built in the city of Rome, The Metro has reported. In the city’s heyday, a network of aqueducts supplied clean water and took it away in sewers, a pioneering approach to hygiene.

In a first for a construction firm, a rescue mission was launched by Glasgow-based City Building and Scottish Natural Heritage to save endangered water voles living beneath a working site in Easterhouse, Glasgow. After repair and upgrading work began on local housing association properties in Coxton

Five new maintenance contracts totalling over £2 million per annum have been awarded to Clark Contracts. Mydentist has awarded the firm’s Maintenance Division a new contract to deliver planned and reactive maintenance to 42 branches across Scotland.