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Queens Cross Housing Association has awarded two new repairs and maintenance contracts, running until 31 March 2021. The decision sees P&D Scotland re-appointed to provide the Association’s reactive repairs service in a deal worth £2.4million per annum.

UK housebuilder Redrow has beaten its 2016 profit forecasts after a big year for reservations and disposals. The business now predicts pre-tax profit for the year to June will exceed the top end of analysts' estimates, currently £240 million, on “record” private reservations, up 46 per cent to

A new business park forecast to bring hundreds of jobs to South Lanarkshire has announced the sale of their first and largest plot, which is forecast to bring upwards of 100 jobs to Rutherglen and the local area, has been announced this week.

Phil Purves, a site manager at Cruden Homes, has spoken of his experiences having just returned from a trip visiting schools and communities in Rwanda in East Africa during which he led a delegation that aimed to help build communities, not with bricks and mortar but with football. Alongside his day

City Legacy, the developers of the Athletes’ Village in Glasgow as part of the Commonwealth Games, presented a cheque for £30,000 to the Brick by Brick Appeal yesterday. The appeal is raising funds to build a new home for Glasgow’s Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice.

Building maintenance services company, Alba Facilities Services Ltd, has streamlined its business with an efficiency-boosting software system thanks to a third round of funding from UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE).

Mactaggart & Mickel Homes, the award-winning family housebuilder, has announced its support for inspiring Glasgow-based organisation, The Depressed Cake Shop. The company will donate £1,000 as well as providing support in kind throughout the year as part of its commitment to supporting local go

Scotland is storming ahead of the rest of the UK in building new homes, according to new figures from the Scottish Government. SNP Housing Minister Kevin Stewart confirmed that the rate of housebuilding in Scotland last year outstripped figures for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The UK’s renewable industry could receive a dual boost from Brexit, according to planning experts at legal firm Pinsent Masons. Over-regulation which stifles new onshore and offshore wind developments could be watered down, while removing State Aid rules could encourage greater manufacturing of th

Loretto Housing Association is investing £54 million in building new homes and improving existing properties across central Scotland. The housing association – which is part of Wheatley Group – has revealed that, over five years, it is spending £46m on building more than 450 new affordable hom

The regeneration of the centre of the Fife town of Lochgelly has been awarded first place in two categories at the Planning and Placemaking Awards which took place last week in London. The regeneration of Lochgelly which lead to the winning of the Promoting Economic Growth and overall Scottish Regio

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland is calling for infrastructure improvements to be placed at the heart of Scotland’s programme for government to significantly boost local growth, environmental sustainability and quality of life – all backed with the right investment, frameworks a

FirstGroup director joins Kier board Kier Group has appointed FirstGroup director Constance Baroudel to its board.

Proposals for a mixed-use development on a vacant city centre site have been given the green light by the City of Edinburgh Council. Set for at King’s Stables Road in the Grassmarket area, the development aims to create a landmark development that breathes new life into a neglected part of the cit

The UK construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to its weakest overall performance for exactly seven years, new statistics have revealed. Markit/CIPS figures published today show that the index fell to 46.0 in June, down from 51.2 in May. This marks the first time since April 2013 that t