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An Edinburgh builder who hacked into a 100-year-old protected “landmark” tree with a chainsaw and killing it in a fit of “frustration” after council chiefs refused to let him chop it down has avoided a massive fine. The Edinburgh Evening News reports that Robert Wilkie twice applied for plan

MIXED USE AND NON RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Grampian Housing Association Ltd, 74 Huntly Street, Aberdeen

A series of problem contracts has contributed to a £89.7 million pre-tax loss last year for Sir Robert McAlpine. Posted online at Companies House last week, the heavy loss for the year to October 2014 follows a slim £4.4m pre-tax profit the previous year.

Corrupt council officials were treated to dances and drinks in lap dancing bars, corporate football tickets and lavish meals by builders trying to seek valuable contracts, a court heard last week. Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told that former City of Edinburgh Council employees Charles Owenson and Ja

Administrators appointed to oversee the collapse of Dundee building company Muirfield Contracts have accused the firm’s owner of not giving a full picture of its financial position. Campbell Dallas made its comment about John Stodart after calculating Muirfield owed at least £6.9 million to sever

Livingston based Maxi Construction Ltd has continued its business plan of steady profitable growth as it revealed an increase of turnover in 2014. Figures for the year to September 30, 2014 found that turnover reached £11.37 million, up from £8.55m the previous year.

James Donaldson & Sons Ltd (JDS) has forged a new banking relationship with RBS to provide strategic funding services across the JDS Group. Under the agreement - which will benefit all four JDS Group companies (James Donaldson Timber Ltd; Donaldson Timber Engineering Ltd; MGM Timber (Scotland) L

The winners of the 2015 Homes for Scotland Annual Awards were announced in front of some 900 guests at the organisation’s Annual Lunch Recognising the efforts made to ensure the strongest possible platform for recovery within the new build market, the winners of trade body Homes for Scotland’s p

More construction apprenticeships will be available for young people in the Highlands thanks to a ground breaking scheme, launched in Inverness today. The Shared Apprenticeship Scheme (SAS) is a partnership between the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), the Highland Council and local const

Barratt Homes is recruiting 20 new apprentices in Scotland this year as part of its ongoing commitment to bridge the skills gap in the construction sector. The Barratt Academy – Barratt Homes’ apprenticeship programme – is a four year course which combines education and paid employment to buil

MSP visits £9m scheme to transform homes in Greenock Stuart McMillan MSP has praised a £9 million scheme to make 500 homes more energy efficient in Greenock.

The Chartered Institute of Building has announce the winner of its Minecraft competition. Totally_Guy, real name Guy MacDonnell ICIOB, won with 52.9 per cent of the vote for his build of the CCTV Tower. The competition was launched in association with International Construction Management Day on 9 M

MIXED USE AND NON RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Ristol Consulting Ltd

North Lanarkshire Council has been given the go ahead for the development of a new primary school. Scottish ministers have agreed not to issue a call-in notice following the council's decision to close Dunrobin PS and Petersburn PS and Nursery Class.

Work to transform the neglected remains of one of Scotland’s architectural gems is to begin within days. The £7.5 million plan will see the former St Peter’s Seminary at Kilmahew, in Argyll, converted into a world-class arts complex almost 30 years after the building was abandoned and left to s