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Residents of a Bavarian apartment block who called police over persistent late-night doorbell ringing were astonished to learn the cause was not pranksters – but rather a slug. The creature had been sliding across the metal bell plate, repeatedly setting off the buzzer and disturbing residents

The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show will be packed with expert speakers when it returns to the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston on 4 – 5 October 2025.

Falkirk Council is inviting residents, businesses and community groups to review a draft long-term plan for how Grangemouth town centre could evolve over the next 20 years.

Supply levels across Scotland’s residential property market rose at the fastest rate seen since 2020 according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. This follows a period of six consecutive months where this balance has been edging further upw

The engineering construction industry (ECI) workforce in Scotland could increase by 24% in the next five years, new research published today has revealed.

Project managers in the UK have seen average salaries increase by 10% according to the latest Salary and Market Trends Survey by the Association for Project Management (APM). The average salary for a project management professional now stands at £52,500 – up from £47,500 in 2023. F

Roofers have reported a fall in new build work and a dip in confidence for the future, the National Federation of Roofers (NFRC) has found its latest 'State of the UK Roofing Industry' report for the fourth quarter of 2024.  

Thieves in England stole around 20,000 litres of Guinness as pubs and shops struggled with a pre-Christmas shortage of Ireland's most famous export. A truck carrying 400 kegs, each filled with 50 litres of the stout, was stolen from a depot in Northamptonshire in mid-December, according to The Guard

The Edinburgh housing market remains a law unto itself and demand for good family homes keeps prices bubbling, writes Kirsten Nicolson, who discusses recent residential property trends in the capital. As the old year slips away, home buyers and sellers – as well as property professionals &ndas

From making work sites more sustainable to recruiting and retaining tomorrow’s workforce, the Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) 9th Annual Conference held on 7th November 2024 at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre near Coventry discussed future trends and challen

Ahead of the expected announcement from Chancellor Rachel Reeves that £1.4 billion will be spent to fix 'crumbling schools' in tomorrow's Budget, Isla Jackson, director of the Glasgow office at engineering firm Civic Engineers, outlines how this should play out following Scotland's RAAC crisis

Edinburgh has retained its position as the most attractive city for UK regional hotel investment for the fourth consecutive year running, and has moved up one spot to ninth most attractive in Europe, according to Deloitte.

Scottish Construction Now is excited to announce that our advertising manager, Raymond Carr, will be attending UK Construction Week at the NEC Birmingham this Wednesday and Thursday. Raymond is looking forward to meeting both new and existing clients during this prestigious event, as well as explori

New research has revealed that apprenticeships have become one of the biggest drivers of social value generation in the UK construction industry, with job creation measures making up 16.4% of the total amount of social value generated in 2023, more than doubling since 2022 (8%).

With the consultation on the Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard expected to begin shortly, Kate de Selincourt from the UK Passivhaus Trust shares what it could deliver in terms of health. Scotland has big problems with public health. The life expectancy at birth is the lowest in the