Kieran Findlay

Two construction workers take their own lives every working day. For Trevor Steven, that statistic, heard by a friend on the radio in 2019, set in motion a seven-year journey that has taken him to building sites across the UK, and now to a charter that he hopes will change how the industry looks aft

The Acorn carbon capture project at St Fergus, near Peterhead, has been dealt a major blow in yesterday’s UK Budget, with the UK Government cutting £200 million from carbon capture capital grants to help fund increased defence spending.

The number of new homes added to Scotland’s housing stock has fallen to its lowest level since 2014-15, excluding the pandemic period, according to official statistics published today.

The Scottish Construction Summit has closed its doors after a busy day that welcomed more than 2,000 delegates from across the built environment.

The build-up is well underway at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, where Hall 5 is filling with exhibition stands ahead of the Scottish Construction Summit 2026.

A programme of keynotes, panels and presentations covering the issues facing Scotland’s built environment sector will feature across three stages in a free-to-attend Scottish Construction Summit at the SEC Glasgow on 22 October.

As construction grapples with an ageing workforce and a persistent skills gap, David Reid's appearance at the Scottish Construction Summit offers the sector a chance to hear a case for rethinking not just where it looks for talent, but how it talks to the people it's trying to reach. David Reid, co-

Ahead of this year's Scottish Construction Summit, SCN editor Kieran Findlay sat down with Lynsey Breen, who heads up AC Land Regeneration, one of the Advance Group Divisions, a sponsor of this year's event, to discuss the company's growth, its approach to land regeneration, diversification into em

A coalition of Scotland's major business organisations has renewed pressure on the Scottish Government to overhaul the country's planning system, publishing a joint report that argues that slow and inconsistent decision-making is holding back investment at a critical economic moment.

A veteran Scottish planning consultant has formally resigned his membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) after branding the body's defence of accepting sponsorship money from energy giant SSEN "absolutely insulting." Ian Kelly, a member of the institute for more than 50 years, first r

Ahead of ScaffEx26 this week and its sponsorship of October's Scottish Construction Summit, the National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) says it is seeing a marked shift in how Scotland's construction industry engages with the scaffolding and access sector, with Tier 1 contractors and

Scottish Construction Now editor Kieran Findlay has appeared on The Hard Hat Talks podcast to showcase the benefits of attending next month's Scottish Construction Summit. The free-to-attend event will take place at the SEC Glasgow on October 22nd.

The Scottish Government is to establish a major projects office to accelerate progress on nationally and strategically significant investment and private capital projects. Unveiled by the first minister during his Programme for Government announcement yesterday, the new initiative would unblocking b

Two of Scotland’s best-known legal names are coming together for this year’s Scottish Construction Summit, with Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) and Axiom Advocates confirmed as joint legal sponsors of the event, which moves this year to the SEC Campus in Glasgow. The decision to co-spon

Scottish Construction Now, in partnership with sponsor HF Group, recently brought together senior leaders from across the country's construction sector for a candid roundtable on one of the industry's toughest challenges: strategic leadership. Those in attendance at the event hosted at Glaschu in Gl