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Property and investment firm Osborne+Co has submitted plans to create a mixed-use development in Glasgow city centre which would include the refurbishment of the Met Tower to create 120,000 sq ft of Grade A office space and a new 260-bed hotel.

Morgan Sindall has stopped work on its Sighthill project in Glasgow after the Scottish Government ordered the immediate closure of sites unless they are supporting crucial work during the coronavirus pandemic.

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is to make advance payments to self-employed subcontractors under a new scheme aimed to help workers forced to stay home by the coronavirus lockdown. The company has allocated £5 million to its ‘Pay It Forward’ scheme which will pay out £600 a month

More than 400 staff at BAM Construct UK have been placed on furlough while the board and senior management have agreed to reduce their salaries by 20%. As its construction work declines with the coronavirus lockdown measures, BAM said it needs to “protect the future sustainability” of it

The contraction in Scotland's construction sector could be as high as 40-50% if the government-imposed coronavirus restrictions remain in place for three months, the University of Strathclyde's Fraser of Allander Institute has estimated.

Fife’s flagship Industrial Innovation Investment programme has secured planning permission for seven single storey business units within Dunnikier Business Park in Kirkcaldy. 

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has supported a plea to the UK Government to instruct construction clients to release £4.5 billion currently being withheld from contractors in the form or retention payments.

Savills Planning has welcomed the provisions being put in place by the Scottish Government to “keep the wheels of the country’s planning system in motion” during the current hiatus caused by COVID-19. 

Around 70 participants registered to take part in a “highly successful” online event held by hub South West via Microsoft Teams this week. Companies in construction and related sectors based in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway heard about hub South West’s take on the

The Scottish Parliament’s economy, energy and fair work committee has issued a call for views from Scottish businesses and workers on the current COVID-19 crisis.

CALA Homes (West) has donated vital personal protective equipment (PPE) from its construction sites to help NHS staff on the frontline of coronavirus in Glasgow.

An essential shuttle bus service has been provided for the residents of Countesswells following the number 44 Stagecoach route being temporarily stopped due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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The Scottish Government has made clear that work on construction sites should stop immediately unless it is supporting crucial work during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has appointed Anne Johnstone as a member of the governance board.  A partner at international, independent building consultants Hollis, Ms Johnstone has two decades of experience advising on the impact of environmental liabilities within the co