The first Women in Plant event, organised by the Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA), has been hailed a success. The event, which sold out in advance, took place earlier in October at the Cromlix Hotel in Dunblane. It was an open forum for all women in the plant industry.
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Millions of families are set to see their annual mortgage payments rise by an average of £5,100 between now and the end of 2024, according to new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. With the low-interest rate era firmly at an end – the Bank of England is on course to have ra
Banks Renewables is hosting a series of important workshops with local stakeholders to gather feedback on how they can help ease the transition towards affordable, clean, green energy. The events featured attendees from South Lanarkshire Council, Scottish Enterprise, local charities, organisations a
Typically, the construction industry has been a male-dominated world with little to no provisions for women, people of certain faiths or those with disabilities, but times are changing, writes CIOB’s Mark Harrison. I was appointed the Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) first Head o
Construction and infrastructure firm BAM has confirmed its commitment to HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) as a carbon-saving fuel source following a thorough review of the supporting evidence.
Employment lawyer Pauline Hughes outlines the implications of changes to flexible working laws. The Scottish Government has recently announced that they will soon be passing new legislation around flexible working, updating the current rules to, ironically, make the scheme more flexible for emp
Last week saw the closure of the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Scottish Aggregates Levy. Scott Brewster of Brewster Brothers outlines why he believes the Levy should provide a springboard for the resource management sector. One of the aims of the Scottish Government’s prop
Four major redesign projects are making progress as set out in a report to the Highland Council late last week. The four projects which are priority areas for change and improvement are as follows:
As part of a series written by the Housing and Place Delivery Forum members reflecting on Scotland’s revised and soon-to-be-adopted fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4), Steven Tolson argues that planners will be judged on the outcomes they deliver and that real change will require
Fife-based specialist flooring contractor Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS) has joined forces with the Dunfermline Foodbank to help fight poverty and hunger in the region. Part of a nationwide network of foodbanks supported by the Trussell Trust, the charity provides three days of nutritionally b
Works will begin next week as Loreburn Housing Association gets the first stage of a flagship development for Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway underway. The first phase of housing will see 35 ‘extra care’ units being built. The scheme design features bungalows around a centralised communi
To mark International Women’s Day today, UK construction firm Thomas & Adamson is calling for education providers to introduce construction into the curriculum as early as primary school - in a whole new approach to addressing sector gender equality. With just 14% of UK construction jobs h
Architecture firm EMA has engaged with Edinburgh Napier University to provide a workshop to final year students on Design Procedures and Management.
This month's Construction Leader Jeanette MacIntyre, the managing director of Indeglas, speaks to Margaret Taylor about creating spaces that make people feel good. It should come as no surprise that the founder of a design company with the word ‘glass’ in its name has an i
Real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its growing project management and building consultancy team with a key appointment. Cara McGlynn has joined the firm as a project manager and will be based in the Glasgow office. Previously she spent over three years working in the public sector for hub Wes


