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Independent housebuilder Stewart Milne Group has increased its in-take of apprentices to help meet the growing shortage of tradespeople as it embarks on eight new developments in the next six months. The firm has recruited nine new apprentices into its expanding homes division in Central Scotland to

Sites at Longannet and Hunterston have been shortlisted as potential homes for a factory for specialised rolling stock engineering company Talgo that could employ up to a thousand people. Mainly focused on designing, manufacturing and servicing technologically differentiated, fast, lightweight train

JCB wins deal worth more than £13m from Lomond Plant Lomond Plant has bought more than 250 JCB models in a deal worth in excess of £13 million – including a fleet of the brand new JCB X Series excavators.

A proposal to transform the site of the former headquarters of East Dunbartonshire Council into social housing is one step closer. The proposed plan for the Kirktintilloch site is for 98 affordable homes including a mixture of one, two and three bed flats, two bed cottage flats, of which four are wh

Architectural lighting company branches out into Scotland With the increase in demand of architectural feature lighting throughout the construction industry, Studiotech has appointed a new team based in Edinburgh to help increase their presence in Scotland and surrounding areas.

A young trainee site manager had the honour of handing over the keys for the new Bellfield Centre, the flagship part of the new £37 million Stirling Health and Care Village. Kieran Day, a 21 year old trainee with Robertson, was one of hundreds of construction staff involved in the building.

The new face of a £20 million hotel built on a key gap site in Edinburgh’s historic city centre has been unveiled after more than two years hidden under scaffolding. The frontage of the 98-room design led Market Street Hotel situated right in the heart of Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage and O

Mechanical and electrical services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has successfully been appointed to a City of Edinburgh Council school contract on behalf of Maxi Construction Ltd.

Councillors have appointed Graham Construction to build the new state-of-the-art Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh. A report to the City of Edinburgh Council’s finance and resources committee yesterday recommended the contractor as the preferred bidder to demolish the existing building and con

Plans have been formally submitted to “significantly expand” the visitor centre at Lowlands distillery Glenkinchie. Diageo’s plans centre around the renovation and conversion of Glenkinchie’s traditional red brick warehouse buildings into a multi-levelled visitor experience, which will inclu

TPA Portable Roadways (TPA) has marked strong growth in demand for its temporary access solutions with a £4 million investment in new products, vehicles and the expansion of its operations in Scotland. Part of the Vp plc group, TPA offers an extensive range of portable roadways, walkways and ground

House of Fraser buys 'Harrods of the North' for £95m House of Fraser today vowed to create the 'Harrods of the North' after announcing a £95 million deal to acquire the freehold of the iconic Frasers building in Glasgow.

A planning application has been submitted for the demolition of several town centre properties in Hawick and the development of a new business incubator centre. It is proposed that the former Armstrong’s department store building in Oliver Crescent and two former church buildings in Teviot Crescen

Angus Council has issued a call for entries as it launched a region-wide search to find the Building of the Decade in its Angus Design Awards 2018. The council wants to hear from building owners and designers about new developments, restoration or conversion work that has been completed between 2008

Building more co-living developments and micro-homes in urban areas top the list of people’s preferred solutions to the housing crisis according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), while building on the greenbelt is the least favoured solution. The FMB asked 2,000 home owne