Appointments

Housing solutions provider Mears Group has appointed a new employee director Jay Whistler.

Construction cost consultancy Soben has expanded its EMEA team with the appointment of Robert McQueen and Max Elswood as project directors for Soben Consultancy UK & Europe as part of its targeted plans for growth. A quantity surveyor for 17 years, Robert joins Soben from Robinson Low Francis, w

Cruden Building has appointed Stewart Shearer as its new partnership director following the group’s strategic move to combine its construction businesses across the Central Belt of Scotland. In his new role, Stewart will be responsible for identifying development led affordable housing opportu

Having spent more than three years as part of Civic Engineers’ Glasgow studio, Craig Turner has been promoted to associate director to help enable further growth of the company's Scottish operations.  Craig initially joined the firm in September 2018 as a senior engineer before being prom

Balfour Beatty has recorded a £2 million in its UK construction division following £46m of write downs on three residential jobs in London. The result is an improvement on the £26m loss previously, and follows an 18% rise in revenue for the division.

Chartered surveying firm DM Hall has appointed experienced property professional, Kirsten Nicolson, as a director based in the Edinburgh office. With 16 years’ experience of the capital’s property sector, Kirsten worked initially as an estate agent for Simpson & Marwick and Stru

The Cruden Group has reinforced its ambition to grow and develop its workforce amidst the sector’s chronic skills shortages by making a key new appointment. Cruden has recruited learning and development specialist, Amy Hand, to support its HR team and take a lead role in the future d

Heriot-Watt University has today announced the appointment of Jen Henderson as head of talent partnerships, a significant strategic new role that will drive further business engagement and industry partnerships to reduce the skills gap in key growth sectors of the Scottish economy.  Announced a

Savills Scotland has announced 22 promotions within its commercial, residential and rural property divisions, and across multiple offices spanning Dumfries to Aberdeen. The promotions, which include the creation of four new directors, will take effect from 1st March 2022.

Stewart Lynes is to succeed Chris Endsor as chief executive officer at Miller Homes, the housebuilder announced today. Assuming responsibility for the overall management of the business from the end of March, My Lynes joined Miller Homes 15 years ago and has held various senior positions d

Ryden has recruited Shahid Ali as a partner to support the growth of its Scottish planning team. Earlier this year Marc Giles, a partner in Ryden’s Planning team for 10 years and with over 20 years of industry experience, moved from Edinburgh to head up the Glasgow planning department. The str

Specialist glamping site design consultancy Glampitect more than doubled its sales team in January as it targets a record-breaking year of business. David Fleming Lewington, Callum Moffat and Sam Gryckiewicz

As part of its restructuring plan for growth, DJ Laing Group has made new operational director appointments as it aims to strengthen its current structure and develop its business in the future. Gavin Watson has been promoted to contracts director and will continue to lead and manage the firm's

CCG (OSM) Ltd has commenced its recruitment drive for 2022 with the appointment of two new trainees. Based in Glasgow, OSM is a division of the CCG (Scotland) Group, a key contributor to skills development and replenishment in the Scottish construction industry.

Portakabin (Scotland) is targeting continued growth across the public and private sectors with the appointment of Rory Robertson as its new divisional managing director. Rory Robertson, who previously headed up the company’s enterprise project management office, takes up the post in Scotland a