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CALA Homes has adapted its Construction Academy of Excellence with the introduction of new online courses and virtual instructor-led training alongside traditional classroom-based learning.

The Scottish housing market saw a rebound in interest and activity during July but surveyors remain cautious about the months ahead due to the uncertain economic outlook. 

Plans for 36 flats for social rent have been drawn up for the site of a landmark B-listed former church in Glasgow.

SELECT has helped shape a new Occupational Qualification Structure by the Fire, Emergency and Security Systems (FESS) industry that will lead to Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) Card recognition. Aimed at promoting high standards and skills, the new structure has been developed by an indu

Lovell Scotland has received a RoSPA Gold Order of Distinction Health and Safety Award for the 16th consecutive year for the company’s work to ensure its staff and contractors are safe. The company is currently working on sites in Kinghorn in Fife, as well as Glassford and Larkhall in Lanarksh

The Scottish Government has announced that it will be investing £60 million in a Youth Guarantee to give all young people access to work, training or education. An implementation plan for Scotland’s Youth Guarantee is currently being developed. Funding will come from the additional &poun

The brand new Jedburgh Grammar Campus welcomed its first pupils yesterday.

Billions of euros handed to Italy by the EU to restart its crippled economy could be used to build a tunnel from the country’s mainland to Sicily, prime minister Giuseppe Conte has said.

Energy and services group ENGIE has announced plans to "review the future direction" of its Scottish construction and regeneration business in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement follows what had been a year of growth for the company, which has recently been involved in regenera

Morris Leslie has sold its modular buildings division to a new company formed by its former employee David Brown. Mr Brown, who developed and grew the Perth-based company's modular buildings and container sales business for 25 years, has formed DB Modular Buildings Ltd, which has now acquired Morris

Muir Construction has started work on a £4.7 million project to build a bespoke operations and maintenance facility and associated office accommodation for Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd.

The UK Government has announced the completion of its new flagship hub in Edinburgh, designed to accommodate around 3,000 civil servants.

The housing team at the Scottish Futures Trust has written a report highlighting the wider role Scotland's councils could play in the housing market, building and selling homes or making them available for market rent.

Surplus Property Investments has submitted plans to build an apartment block containing 20 two-bedroom homes in the Yorkhill district of Glasgow at the corner of Gilbert Street and Teviot Street. If approved, the building would have five storeys with a rooftop amenity space and a lower ground floor

Plans to build four new houses in Clydebank could fall through because the developer hasn't paid an outstanding £5,400 fee, according to reports. West Dunbartonshire Council granted planning permission in summer 2018 for the homes on land adjacent to Three Acres, off Cochno Road in Faifley.