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Workloads in the UK construction and infrastructure sectors continued to rise moderately in the third quarter of 2017 but skills shortages are once again impacting the industry, according to the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Around 22% more respondents to the latest RICS UK Constru
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(from left) Irene Madden, asset officer Osprey Housing Moray area; Allan Liddle, Osprey Housing development officer; Bruce Robertson, Deveron Homes construction director and Peter Hepburn, WSD contract administrator Official handover of affordable homes in Keith
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A “dysfunctional land market” lies at the root of Scotland’s housing crisis and intervention is required to increase the supply of land for new homes, according to a new discussion paper. The first in an independent series of discussion papers commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission, ‘T
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Eric Curran Eric Curran talks about how the Scottish property market is shaping up in 2018.
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More jobs have been lost at stricken contractor Carillion with another 452 workers being made redundant, the Official Receiver has confirmed today. The announcement from the body in charge of liquidating the construction and outsourcing group follows the loss of 377 jobs last Friday.
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A new report which aims to shed some light on why so many of us start off the New Year desperately on the hunt for a new job has revealed some alarming results. The study, which was facilitated by independent survey company, Vivatic, quizzed 2,200 people about their relationship with their managers
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Housing associations in the UK made record operating profits in 2017, despite the introduction of a 1 per cent annual social housing rent cut in England until 2020, according to Moody’s Public Sector Europe.
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Bill Banks, chief executive of Kingdom Housing Association, with Peter Bell, chairman of Campion Homes Campion Homes has marked the completion of its 1000th home for Kingdom Housing Association with the hand-over of a property at Kincardine.
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(from left) Founding director Stephen O’Malley, founding director Julian Broster and finance director Alistair Topping Civil and structural engineering practice Civic Engineers has reported a strong year of growth and announced the appointment of a new finance director.
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David Frise David Frise has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).
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Joanne Casey and Linda McLean of Mactaggart & Mickel Homes receiving their HBF Five Star award Mactaggart & Mickel Homes and CALA Homes have achieved the maximum five star rating from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) following an independent customer satisfaction survey.
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Miller Homes has achieved five stars for customer satisfaction in the Home Builders Federation (HBF) National New Home Customer Satisfaction Survey. This is the sixth time in seven years that the homebuilder has achieved five stars in the independent survey, which was launched by the HBF to provide
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Building materials group Breedon has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Belfast-based Lagan Group (Holdings) for £455 million. The largest of a series of takeovers for the rapidly expanding firm, the move is set to create a company employing nearly 3,000 workers.
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The blocks were installed in steps for safe working at height Forth Bridges operating company Amey has completed an unusual project to infill a disused railway tunnel underneath the approach roads north of the Forth Road Bridge.
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Well over half of people wrongly assume that millennials are useless when it comes to carrying out practical jobs around the home, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The study shows that despite well over half (57%) of Brits thinking that millennials are inept, the
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