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Cruden Group managing director Kevin Reid Construction and residential development firm Cruden Group has exceeded the £200 million turnover mark for the first time as the business recorded an eighteenth consecutive year of profitable trading.

John Cole CBE Housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced two leading experts as the chairs of the groups that will take forward a review of Scottish building standards in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

SES Engineering Services (SES) has secured a £3.9 million mechanical and engineering (M&E) contract for the University of Strathclyde’s Sports, Health and Wellbeing Centre. In its first collaboration with Graham Construction on a Scottish project, SES will design and deliver full M&E serv

A development of 115 new homes in the Leith area of Edinburgh has been granted planning permission. The approval of Barratt Homes’ planning application will result in a mix of one, two and three bedroom apartments and colony homes to the north of the city, an area sought after by both families and

Plans for the Newbattle Community High School replacement Midlothian is to embark on a major school building and extension programme after councillors approved 17 recommendations to improve facilities and tackle capacity challenges.

David Ritchie The chief executive of troubled interior fitter Havelock Europa has resigned as the company announced a large loss in the first six months of the year.

Glasgow-based geotechnical, civil, foundation and structural engineering solutions provider Aspin Group has unveiled a new corporate identity as part of ambitious growth plans to double turnover to reach £85 million by 2020. The changes will see the business amalgamate its eight companies and five

Proposals to overhaul the planning system in Scotland are unlikely to have any positive effect in meeting the demands and aspirations of communities and the development industry, councillors have told the Scottish Government. Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure services committee (ISC) has writ

Rural affairs secretary Fergus Ewing has announced a new Innovation Challenge that will encourage the Scottish timber technologies sector to innovate and develop new products and systems for the construction industry. Run as an open competition, the Challenge seeks to drive innovation by offering su

Angus set for 600 new affordable homes as councillors agree strategic plans More than 600 new homes will be built by Angus Council and local housing associations in the county over the next five years, with the support of a £25 million Scottish Government funding package.

The owner of a construction business is among the candidates seeking to win investment from Lord Sugar in the next series of The Apprentice. The 13th series of the show starts on BBC1 next week with 33-year-old Michaela Wain, director and co-owner of Bolton-based Optimise Build Ltd, among the contes

Chairman Scott Hadden (left) with new managing director Steven Brady Hadden Construction has recently welcomed Steven Brady as its new managing director.

Brian Berry The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has called on the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to better recognise Scotland’s “high-quality” construction apprenticeships as it backed the continuation of the training body.

An alliance of ten organisations from the planning and placemaking sector in Scotland has launched a new campaign to help influence new planning guidelines ahead of the upcoming Planning Bill. The Scottish Alliance for People and Places, which includes RTPI Scotland and RICS Scotland, has come toget

Henry McLeish Former First Minister and town planner Rt Hon Henry McLeish on the launch of the Scottish Alliance for People and Places.