Minister for business, fair work and skills Jamie Hepburn has joined training providers the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) and the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) in saluting Scotland’s employers for continuing to support young talent during COVID-19. The industry b
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A mysterious artwork painted on the brickwork of the former Reading Prison is speculated to be a Banksy piece depicting its most famous inmate, Oscar Wilde. The mural shows a prisoner rappelling down one of the prison's exterior walls using paper from a typewriter as a rope.
Finance secretary Kate Forbes has struck a deal with the Scottish Green Party which guarantees the Scottish Government's Budget Bill can clear its final stages. The deal will see the phased introduction of free school meals for all primary pupils, an enhanced public sector pay deal, new Pandemic Sup
Empowered By Cloud, a successful Scottish Cloud-based accountancy specialist which works closely with the construction and trades industry, has more than quadrupled its workforce in the last 12 months to meet soaring demand – with further hires in the pipeline. Aware of the effects the pandemi
With latest statistics revealing that women make up around 14% of professionals in the construction industry, Scottish housebuilder Stewart Milne Group is proud to report an above average figure of 18%. With common misconceptions about the male-dominated industry gradually diminishing, the inde
Property group Savills has upgraded its 2021 UK house price forecasts, predicting a 3% rise in Scottish house prices in 2021. The firm predicted that average UK house prices will rise by 4% over the year, with a 21.1% growth from 2021-25. Prices in Scotland will increase by 22.8% by 2025, it added.
Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has awarded Casey Construction the £3.6 million contract to extend and refurbish St Andrews Primary School. Councillors previously agreed to include the project within the current capital programme.
Integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business RSK Group Ltd has added three more UK businesses to the group. CR Civil Engineering Ltd, the Enviresearch group and E.D.P. Health, Safety and Environment Consultants Ltd (EDP) become RSK’s 12th, 13th, and 14th acqu
Alan Gordon, senior partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, discusses how the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine will help boost the Scottish property market. As the socially-distanced queues snake round the block at vaccination centres across Scotland, there is a general acceptance that a shot in the
Scottish Renewables has announced the appointment of Adam Morrison as its new chair. Adam Morrison, project director for Moray West Offshore Wind Farm at Ocean Winds, has been elected by the organisation's board and will serve as Chair for a three-year term.
Campaigning trade association SNIPEF has welcomed an in-depth report published by the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) which is aimed at helping public bodies make decisions on where public funding in construction gives the highest economic returns to help support a gre
John McHugh, managing partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, discusses the state of the Scottish residential market. Spring is in the air in the Scottish residential property market and, after a winter which both dampened and at times froze growth, activity and interest is burgeoning again, raising
The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has called for a dedicated Scottish Minister for Construction as it published its first-ever manifesto detailing the crucial steps which need to be taken to secure a viable and sustainable future for the sector. Acting through the CICV Fo
College students in the fields of construction and engineering are among those to be prioritised for a return to on-campus learning from next month, First Minister announced yesterday. Unveiling the Scottish Government's roadmap out of lockdown, Nicola Sturgeon said she expects that students wi
Organisations in the construction sector are being warned to expect a rise in the number of adjudications around contracts as government support comes to an end and cash becomes scarce for many businesses. Companies that might have a claim in a construction contract or might be on the receiving

