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Administrators have executed a sale of Jex Engineering as a going concern to Glasgow-headquartered Edwin James Group, an engineering services business that operates across the UK. On 10 June 2019, Chris Petts and Sarah O’Toole of Grant Thornton UK LLP were appointed joint administrators of Wak

The latest statistics from Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report 2018-19 show that the value of residential property sales in the financial year 2018-19 was £18.2 billion, an increase of 1.6% when compared with 2017-18.

Kier are at the top of the contractors’ league table for May 2019, thanks to 12 contracts awarded with a total value of £397 million. Construction of the new HM Prison Wellingborough contributed £253 million, while the Paisley Town Hall regeneration also contributed £22 milli

Galliford Try has been granted a Bronze Award from the defence employer recognition scheme (ERS) run by the Ministry of Defence. The award recognises our ongoing commitment to the armed forces community and follows our 2016 signing of the Armed Forces Covenant – a voluntary pledge signed by b

Edinburgh has become a hotspot for investment in student accommodation, according to Knight Frank’s Global Student Property 2019 report. The independent commercial property consultancy found the Scottish capital was the third most popular destination in the UK for investment in purpo

Legislation to support people who struggle to pay their fuel bills, targeting those who need help the most, has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament.

The Scottish Government is on track to hit its ambitious target of 50,000 affordable homes by 2021 after new figures revealed a large increase in the total number of affordable and social rented homes.

The construction industry has come together to develop a mandatory licensing scheme for all UK construction companies to transform the sector into a high quality and professional industry, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has announced. A new Construction Licensing Task Force, supported by a

Linthouse Housing Association has started a £1.1 million project to extensively remodel a building that formerly housed a very sheltered housing complex in Govan.

Builders on one of the biggest developments currently underway in Bristol will be adding a green tick to their environmental credentials thanks to an innovative partnership with Brompton Bike Hire. Construction workers at the landmark Assembly Bristol project will saddle up on eight iconic Brompton

Temporary agency workers at a Robertson housing site in Dundee have been moved to PAYE following complaints by the Unite union.

Overall performance of the Scottish construction industry deteriorated during the first quarter of 2019, recording an annual decline of more than £1 billion, according to new data.

It will take nearly 200 years before gender equality is achieved in the construction industry, according to analysis from the GMB union.

Construction has commenced on the development of three retail units which form part of moves to address increasing demand from recent residential developments in the south western area of Forres.

Plans to install a huge "super battery" on the site of the UK's largest wind farm have been approved by the Scottish Government.