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In line with government guidance and Scotland moving into phase two of the road map, Thorntons Estate Agency is preparing for face to face appointments from June 29 and tackle its list of 1300 viewing appointments and over 220 market appraisals.   Peter Ryder, managing director of estate a

Construction sites for Premier Inn hotels in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hamilton and Thurso will reopen this week as the business focuses on safely continuing building work on its pipeline of new hotels in Scotland. The sites under construction, which account for £55 million of investment by the hote

Coronavirus has had a significant impact on construction projects in terms of delay as well as direct and indirect costs and Claire Logue says it is uncertain how these will be dealt with by the courts. As the Rolling Stones wisely advise us, "You can't always get what you want… but if you tr

Inverness is celebrating a major milestone in its digital transformation with work now well underway to build a future-proof full fibre network to reach almost every home and business in the city thanks to CityFibre.

Construction firm The JR Group has joined forces with 121 Coaching in a bid to keep lower league professional footballers healthy in body and mind during the pandemic restrictions. As Scottish football continues crisis talks on the future of the leagues, young players in lower league teams continue

Construction entrepreneur Lee Marley is the next participant in our Just a Minute feature. Name: Lee Marley

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and Building Mental Health have joined forces with Safer Highways and announced today the first major benchmarking exercise to understand where our industry lies in its Road to Wellbeing. As construction gets back to work and faces the challenges of tryin

In the first in a series of blogs about how planning can respond to new and old challenges, planning minister Kevin Stewart offers some thoughts about recent events and what the future might bring for our places and people. The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has made many of us ref

Inverness man Lewis MacKinnon was attending his daughter 10th birthday party when he discovered there was a double cause for celebration. Lewis MacKinnon (left) with his NHBC award, handed over by Billy McKay, Tulloch Homes construction director

Emergency repairs and maintenance contractor Home Fix Scotland (HFS) has moved swiftly to assist Cloch Housing Association after its own contractor unexpectedly announced it was no longer able to provide an emergency repairs service.

A radical new way of thinking about soil has finally solved the mystery of why adding organic material like manure improves flood and drought resilience, climate control and crop yields - universal ‘ecosystem services’ that are widely recognised as worth billions to the global economy.

Social distancing has turned our lives upside down and at short notice businesses adapted to remote working, moving office life into the home. Some are beginning to speculate that this could spell the end of offices, but many people are still hopeful of a return to normality. Home working has benefi

A new Holyrood bill which aims to make it easier to hold large companies and their senior managers liable for workplace fatalities represents a ‘substantial broadening’ of culpability, a leading Scots lawyer has said. Legal director at Addleshaw Goddard, Tony McGlennan believes that the

Following 12 weeks of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marshall Construction has now commenced work on the delivery of 54 new affordable homes in Alloa. Elm Grove will provide social and mid-market rented properties for Kingdom and Ochil View housing associations.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has welcomed a new member to its ranks and also set up a specialist sub-group to gather and share expertise from consultants across Scotland. Trade association DHF has become the latest organisation to become a full-time member, while the crea