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Interserve has reported a pre-tax loss of £111.5 million for last year, improving on the £244.4m it lost in 2017. Results posted today by the troubled contractor show an improvement in underlying operating profit – up 10% from £84.5m in 2017 to £92.7m in 2018 – on

Architecture practice Hawkins\Brown has launched a dedicated Scottish studio this week, expanding its presence in the UK beyond existing studios in London and Manchester. The firm will celebrate the opening of Studio Scotland with a launch party and exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh

Construction firm Morris & Spottiswood has strengthened its senior management team with two new appointments. The £100 million turnover company has hired Scott Grant and Paul Tutty to drive the firm’s Leeds and Edinburgh offices respectively.

A consortium led by Acciona has been named as preferred bidder for an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant in north-east Scotland. The £150 million Ness Energy project is a joint scheme for Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council and Moray Council. It will take non-recyclable waste from the thre

Scottish Power has revealed plans to spend up to £2 billion in the UK during 2019, its biggest ever investment in the country in a single year. The announcement came as the company updated its investment plans following the sale of its thermal generation business and transition to 100% renewab

A major milestone has been reached in Heriot-Watt University’s new £19 million Global, Research, Innovation and Discovery (GRID) project. Construction work on the state-of-the-art project has now been completed by building contractors Bowmer & Kirkland allowing the university to

The accountancy watchdog has announced an expansion of its probe into KPMG’s audit of Carillion for the second time. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) says it will now look into work on the collapsed contractor’s 2013 accounts but it did not say why it has wi

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called for the Scottish Government to prioritise alternative solutions, including self-build, in order to boost supply and affordability. According to the latest Housing Statistics for Scotland, the Scottish housing market’s chronic undersu

Due to the ongoing growth of framework contracts, City Building Engineering Services (CBES) is looking for subcontractors to join its supply chain in the Western Scottish Highlands. Subcontractors are particularly sought from the following trades:

Scottish housebuilder Barratt Developments has pledged to recruit sixteen new apprentices in Scotland this year as part of its ongoing commitment to bridge the construction industry skills gap. The 16 new trade apprentice roles, focused on bricklaying, joinery and plumbing, will work across Barratt&

Young People from Merkland School have been gaining valuable employability and vocational skills for their future careers thanks to Advance Construction Scotland. The pupils from the East Dunbartonshire school are currently progressing on their vocational training programme at the firm’s Train

Students from the University of Edinburgh are helping Robertson Group embrace change within the construction industry. Nine students are responding to a data-led challenge set by the infrastructure group which looks at ways to reduce waste in the construction industry – identified as a priorit

Architectural technology students from New College Lanarkshire have designs on a brighter future after completing work placements at companies across the central belt of Scotland. Twenty-four students of HNC and HND Computer Aided Architectural Design and Technology (CAADT) at the Motherwell Campus

A plan to name a new street after one of the most ruthless figures in Scottish history have been met with opposition from Highland councillors. According to The Scotsman, housebuilders Barratt Homes proposed that one of 12 new streets in a development near the Culloden battlefield be named after Wil

KPMG, administrators for Dundee-based building services firm McGill & Co, have found a buyer for the business. A company led by Dundee-based businessman Graeme Carling is now in exclusive talks about a deal, KPMG announced this morning.