SNIPEF, the Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation, has welcomed sweeping reforms to the UK Government’s Prompt Payment Code as a "major milestone" on the road to fairer payment terms for small businesses. Under the new obligations, announced in Janua
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced the appointment of a chief inspector of buildings to establish and lead the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Peter Baker, HSE’s current director of building safety and construction, will take up the post with immediate effect.
Writing on behalf of storage container supplier Mobile Mini, Andrew Richardson builds the case for construction offices in 2021. Construction workers have faced a difficult year. Output in the construction sector has been hit by the first national lockdown and subsequent social distancing
Hardies Property & Construction Consultants is assisting Midlothian Council with its sustainability drive with Passivhaus and Net Zero Carbon goals following its appointment to deliver 20 construction projects with a combined construction value of £90 million. The firm is providing project
Edinburgh developer Glencairn Properties is set to double its profit in the next three years despite the ongoing social and economic challenges posed by COVID-19. Since March 2020, Glencairn Properties has had three planning permissions approved and are awaiting the application results for one
Scotland’s construction industry has been recognised for playing its part in the battle against COVID-19 but has been warned not to take its “foot off the gas” after recent cases were reported on sites across the country. The alert came from Russell Adfield, head of construction se
The Scottish Government must match Chancellor Rishi Sunak's reported extension of the stamp duty holiday beyond March if there is to be a level playing field in the property market from April to June, according to a property and lettings firm. David Alexander, joint chief executive officer
Rosie Gollan, an Edinburgh-based solicitor at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, looks at the Building Safety Bill and its implications in Scotland. Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the UK Government has been reviewing and taking steps to reform our building and fire safety regimes. 
Jan Etchells, national president of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), has today announced the FMB’s support for the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity during her two-year tenure as president. The charity provides support for mental, physical and financial wellbeing for those in th
Glasgow-based HOKO Design has opened a studio in Inverness following a £400,000 investment and a record month for the residential architect and self-styled ‘Uber for architecture’. The move into the North of Scotland contributed towards a best-ever month for HOKO in February, placi
Tulloch Homes have sold more new homes in the first two months of 2021 than they did for the same time last year, before the pandemic arrived. The North’s biggest housebuilder said the surge is being partially triggered by “people rethinking their lives” due to the virus.
Thomas & Adamson said it has benefited greatly from the Scottish apprenticeship programme, taking on apprenticeships in a range of roles. By hosting the apprenticeship programme, the company offers apprentices guidance through their chosen university course by appointing them a dedicated me
At 23 years old, Dylan Andrew is charging ahead in his career as he launches himself into the second year of his four year apprenticeship with Mears. Faced with the challenges and surprises of the past year, Dylan – of Coatbridge – has turned negatives into positives and progressed with
New research published by audit firm RSM has revealed that the pandemic and Brexit could both be acting as catalysts for rebalancing the traditional order of returns in real estate, with Scotland being cited by over three-fifths of respondents to achieve the greatest residential yields in the next f
Road maintenance giant BEAR Scotland has launched a scholarship for civil engineering students at Edinburgh Napier University in memory of former chairman Bill Taylor. From the academic year 2021/22 onwards, the Bill Taylor Scholarship (BEAR Scotland) will provide £3400 to support an unde

