News

Planning permission has been granted for a new mixed-use quarter including 400 new homes in central Glasgow. The masterplan for Central Quay, a seven-acre site on the western edge of Glasgow city centre, also includes over 300,000 sq. ft. of offices, a 150-bed hotel, food and retail units and an ext

Alan Brown Housebuilder CALA Group has set a new long term target of building over 3,000 units a year after revealing it is on track to deliver a sixth straight year of record revenue and profits.

Darrell Matthews Scotland’s electrotechnical trade organisation SELECT has appointed Darrell Matthews as its new managing director, replacing Newell McGuinness who has been in post for more than 13 years.

Michael Scanlan Clark Contracts has been re-appointed to hub West Scotland’s supply chain as a primary contractor following a supply chain reshuffle.

A new hub for charging electric vehicles in Dundee A £60 million fund to help new technology and low carbon solutions be developed in Scotland is now open for business.

A Glenrothes-based kitchen manufacturer has gone into liquidation with the loss of almost 40 jobs. The employees at Murray and Murray Limited were made redundant with immediate effect after directors took the decision to wind up the company amid huge debts.

Murdo MacLeod, who co-founded MacLeod Construction with his twin brother Kenny in 1975, has died aged 70. Mr MacLeod died at his Achnaba home on Wednesday November 29.

Clark Contracts is holding a free SME Advice Event at Saltcoats Town Hall on Thursday 25th January between 9.30am and 12pm. Small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) are invited to this event for free advice from leading construction contractor, Clark Contracts.

Dane Ralston, director at iOpt Assets An internet of things (IoT) initiative underway in Renfrewshire is helping to tackle fuel poverty in social housing and could save local authorities millions of pounds on property management and repair bills.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a global competition calling on young people to come up with new ideas to find the best solutions to help Glasgow tackle its high levels of homelessness. Glasgow, Manchester and London are among 24 global cities chosen for the competit

Queensferry Crossing from Port Edgar Maria. Image reproduced courtesy of Transport Scotland Queensferry Crossing to become motorway next month

A trial is being developed to finally paint the Forth Road Bridge’s main truss deck in its entirety for the first time since it was finished in 1964, Transport Scotland has revealed. The work, which has previously been estimated at costing around £65 million, is expected to take more than 10 year

The UK government’s Work and Pensions Committee has launched an investigation into the collapse of Carillion. The Committee has published an initial set of questions to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the pension scheme trustees on the demise of the firm with a "giant pension deficit and a mounta

A group of Scottish architects have launched their five-point plan for the reform of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). Presented today by A New Chapter, an independent association of around 150 Scottish architects formed to galvanise support for “a new progressive future”

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it is offering a range of “flexible options” to support impacted small business customers in Carillion’s supply chain, providing payment holidays and assistance with their overdraft to help manage any short-term cashflow challenges in the wake of the c