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Nearly three quarters (72%) of the Scottish workforce sees more time with family, more time for themselves and a better overall work life balance as the overwhelming primary benefits of being given the work flex balance asked for from employers, according to a new study by office fit-out and co

Rugby union legend Gavin Hastings OBE talks to SCN about his playing career, being a qualified surveyor and his new role as a business consultant for The Shore Group in Scotland. For the uninitiated, and possibly SCN’s younger readers, Gavin Hastings is recognised as one of the outstanding rug

Stenhouse Mill Wynd, a multi-let industrial estate in Edinburgh, has changed hands in a deal worth around £8.5 million. The site was sold by Telereal Trillium, the property company, to an undisclosed buyer.

Output growth in the UK construction sector reaching its strongest since September 2014, according to new data.

Alasdair Steele, head of Scotland commercial at Knight Frank, discusses the investment appeal of retail parks in the UK. About a year ago, at the height of the first lockdown, few people might have predicted that the humble retail park would be among the ‘winners’ – for lack of a b

Take-up for the Glasgow office market totalled 289,209 sq ft in the third quarter of the year, the highest quarterly total since Q4 2019, according to the latest office market figures released by real estate advisor CBRE. The figure marks a 234% increase from Q3 2020.

With a multi-million-pound turnover and forty one employees to its name, contracting firm Webster Developments has reached ten years in business.

Burness Paull partner Chris Mackay reveals whether courts can be used to recover documents relating to adjudication. Can you use the courts to recover documents from another party for the purposes of adjudication in Scotland?

In an exclusive interview with Scottish Construction Now, Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) chief executive Tim Balcon has praised Scotland’s employers for leading the way when it comes to construction apprenticeships. Historically there are two sectors that provide a good indication

There were 18,974 all-sector new build homes completed in Scotland in the year to end June 2021, according to quarterly statistics on housebuilding and affordable housing supply published today by Scotland’s Chief Statistician. This is an increase of 10% (1,751 homes) on the 17,223 completions

New Tolsta - a traditional, early 20th century croft house in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis – has been crowned the winner of 2022’s Scotland’s Home of the Year in the finale of the popular BBC Scotland series. Home to artist Tom Hickman, New Tolsta is a truly unique home filled wi

Real estate developers in the UK should brace for further increases in construction costs that will impact the viability of planned projects, as labour shortages, Brexit red tape and war in Ukraine maintain pressure on prices, Turner & Townsend has warned. The global professional services firm&r

The Scottish investment market has seen a pre-summer flurry of activity despite growing headwinds, according to a review of the second quarter of 2022 by property advisory firm Lismore Real Estate Advisors. Following a strong start to the year, Q2 has continued the momentum with transactio

Top construction trainees from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been named as competitors at the SkillBuild National Finals 2022. SkillBuild is delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) in partnership with WorldSkills UK, often dubbed the ‘skills Olympics&r

Property advisory firm Lismore Real Estate Advisors has released its review of the Scottish investment market for the final quarter of 2022, along with predictions for 2023.