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Bank underwriters have been forced to buy shares in Kier Group after just over a third of the firm’s £250 million rights issue was taken up by investors. Kier had hoped the rights issue would help accelerate its programme to reduce its £650m debt mountain.

Interserve has merged its Citizens Services division with its Support Services division in a move which will see a managing director depart at the end of the month. Citizens Services, which embraces justice, Interserve Learning and Employment and Interserve Healthcare, has merged with Support Servic

Construction of a new care home in Ayrshire is to begin in late January 2019 after a contract was awarded to Mactaggart & Mickel. Following a competitive tender, the firm’s contracts division signed a contract with care home provider Meallmore Ltd to build a 52-bed, two storey care home se

South Ayrshire Council is working with partners to deliver approximately 1,000 new affordable homes across the region by 2021. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) outlines that Scottish Government funding of around £62.5 million for 2019-2023, will be used along with council and priva

A&J Stephen has submitted plans for the first phase of a housing development on the edge of Scone. The developer wants to build the first 42 homes on the west side of the Scone North site, which will eventually be home to 700 new properties.

Inveruie-based agriculture cooperative ANM Group is expanding the Thainstone Business Park with the support of a £5 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland. One of the largest producer-owned farming, food and finance business in Scotland, ANM Group was established in 1872 and has m

The Edinburgh Architectural Association (EAA) has issued a call for submissions to its EAA Awards 2019. The annual awards showcase and celebrate the very best architecture in the chapter area and beyond, which enhances the built environment and people's lives, regardless of size, form or budget.

A brand new social housing development has been completed in Kilwinning by Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA) and CCG (Scotland) Ltd. The site was previously owned by North Ayrshire Council and CHA acquired the site from the council in March 2016.

Morrison Construction paid a visit to New College Lanarkshire to give pre-apprentices an insight into the career opportunities available in the construction industry. Economic performance manager Jim Johnstone and assistant community skills manager Caitlin Quinn from the contractor visited the Mothe

A Paisley charity that aims to tackle mental health issues and offers learning and skill sharing received an early Christmas present of a brand new base to call home thanks to Cruden Building. The generous contractor, in partnership with Link Housing Association, responded to a cry for help from St

Some of Scotland largest contractors figure prominently in our first segment of the 30 most read stories of 2018. Here are numbers 30-16.

The newest - and greenest - addition to Scottish Water’s vehicle fleet has taken to the road to help reduce carbon emissions and combat the effects of climate change. A fully electric-powered Renault Kangoo ZE. 33 will be used by water samplers in the Highlands in an effort to fuel green energ

A planning application for the Coul Links golf course at Embo in the Highlands could be under threat by a team of animal charities and a super rare fly. Golf tycoon Mike Keiser and his business partner Todd Warnock want to build the new course on protected dunes along with the erection of

The first tranche of investments in a series of transformative projects in Edinburgh and South East Scotland have received approval as part of the City Region Deal. Combined funding of £384 million was approved this week by the City Region Deal’s Joint Committee for five projects aimed a

Construction work on a new energy-from-waste plant in Grangemouth is due to commence next year after the £210 million project reached financial close. Specialist green energy project developer and investor Green Investment Group (GIG) and energy-from-waste (EfW) owner and operator Covanta yest