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East Lothian is to share in a £6 million investment geared towards developing skills in the construction sector. The Housing, Construction and Infrastructure (HCI) Skills Gateway is a £6m investment backed by the Edinburgh and South East Scotland Region City Deal.

A flagship postgraduate student bursary scheme from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has received a major financial boost from the Scottish Government. Speaking today at the Scottish Young Planners’ Conference in Dundee, Kevin Stewart, minister for local government, housing and plannin

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has completed work on the Caird Hall bar and restaurant in Dundee city centre for St Andrews Brewing Company. Now open to the public, the 7,500 sq ft premises are situated in the basement of Dundee’s Caird Hall, occupying two units in the fo

Merchant Homes has secured planning permission for a proposed new residential development in the coastal village of Inverkip. Langhouse Gardens will be a collection of 32 contemporary homes comprising a mix of three-bedroom semi-detached and three and four-bedroom detached homes, all of which have b

Construction works at CALA Homes (West’s) £100 million Jordanhill Park site has now surpassed 100 working days with more than 400 homes on track to be delivered by 2023. Since work commenced in October last year, more than 180 operatives have been inducted to date, with an average of app

More than 40 Aberdeen school children gained an insight into a career in the construction industry thanks to two team-building sessions held by local not-for-profit group, Grampian Construction Training. The events, which were held at Fernielea Primary School yesterday, saw pupils come together to b

Chartered surveyors DM Hall has secured the sale above the asking price of an investment opportunity in the heritable interest of 65 Bruntsfield Place, a 10,028 sq. ft. property in the Bruntsfield-Morningside district of Edinburgh. The property, a substantial traditional detached two storey B Listed

Glasgow could be in for a major economic boost after it was revealed today that Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg has been granted permission to film his latest movie in Glasgow. Scenes for his World War One drama 1917 will be shot at the city’s A-listed Govan Graving Docks.

Civil engineering company Story Scotland has promoted Craig Lafferty to operations director, while also announcing a recruitment drive for new quantity surveyors and estimators following a period of multi-million-pound business growth. Craig’s appointment to operations director acknowledges th

Kier Group has today announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as chief executive. Mr Davies will join Kier on April 15, more than a year after he was left stranded by the demise of Carillion.

Sir Robert McAlpine’s group commercial director Martin Pitt has left the firm. Documents filed at Companies House revealed that Mr Pitt, who had been with the business since May 2015, stepped down as a director yesterday.

A property management company has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision that a burden requiring homeowners in a housing scheme to contribute to the costs of maintaining open ground in the estate owned by the maintenance company was void because it created a “monopoly”. The S

Industrial developer Saltire Business Parks has started construction work on sixteen units of flexible industrial space in Dundee. Due for completion this summer, the units will deliver a total of 16,000 sq ft of good quality industrial space offering versatility to deliver a range of units from 1,0

Offering promotions to staff to prevent them from leaving is a growing trend in construction and could harm your business, write Mactaggart & Mickel Homes director, Marion Forbes. Most of us have heard about imposter syndrome – where an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a fea

Energy regulator Ofgem has today approved a subsea electricity cable linking Shetland to the mainland but said it is minded to turn down a similar application for the Western Isles. Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN) proposes to build a 600MW subsea electricity transmission link from