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Moves by the UK Cabinet Office to exclude late payers from government contracts have been applauded by the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group). The contractor representative body said that such measures were “long overdue” and urged the government to act upon it.

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has promoted two residential surveyors who rose through the ranks of its graduate recruitment programme to office management roles. Luke Doyle takes over the management of the firm’s Kilmarnock branch while Michael McDade assumes the same position in its Greenock o

A landscape construction contractor which puts 100% of its profits into its charitable arm has received a financial boost from CITB funding. Lanark-based CCI Scotland provides a foot in the door to people who want to work in construction, but aren’t quite ready for mainstream employment.

More landlords who rent out their homes on ‘Airbnb-style’ websites spend their takings on holidays than reinvest their earnings in home improvement projects, according to new research. A study by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) into the spending patterns of landlords who use shor

A former Citizens Advice Bureaux office in Inverness has been converted into four 1 bedroom flats for rent from the Highland Council.  The project at 103 Academy Street was developed by ARK Estates while WGC Scotland was the main contractor.  

A modest Glasgow flat struggled to find a buyer after property website Rightmove accidentally listed it with a price tag of nearly £8 million.

Cosmos Projects has expanded its roofing division with the appointment of Alistair Timms as roofing contracts manager. Alistair is a certified advanced roof slater and tiler with more than 11 years of experience of all types of slating, tiling, liquid systems and lead work including accreditation fr

The responsibility for maintaining Edinburgh’s tram infrastructure is set to be transferred to the service operator. A new operating agreement containing the long-planned transfer from the City of Edinburgh Council to Edinburgh Trams Ltd is set to be confirmed by councillors this week. 

Revised plans have been lodged for a marine life visitor centre in Aberdeen after a new location was selected for the project. The Greyhope Bay project, which was originally planned for construction around the corner of Greyhope Road, closer to Girdle Ness Lighthouse, is now planned to be based at T

A topping out ceremony was held on the site of Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre in Inverness yesterday. The Inverness Justice Centre is being delivered by Robertson in partnership with Wilmott Dixon.

Located on the west coast of mainland Shetland, Scalloway Fishmarket is due to begin works next week on the construction of a new market facility. Over recent years, the harbour has seen an increase in the volume of fish landed and the new facility will increase economic benefits from the island&rsq

Almost £8 million is to be allocated for the repair of the private sector housing stock and adaptation works for disabled people in Glasgow for the financial year 2018/19. Approved by a Glasgow City Council committee yesterday, the funding from the council's Private Sector Housing Grant (PSHG)

A contractor has been appointed to deliver a flood protection scheme for Stonehaven which will offer comfort and security to local residents and businesses. McLaughlin and Harvey Ltd will carry out the work on behalf of Aberdeenshire Council following the agreement of an ‘NEC option C target c

The landmark Erskine Bridge has been listed as a Category A structure. The crossing, one of only three bridges in Scotland with a main span exceeding 300 metres, was awarded the status by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) after it was recognised as being of special architectural interest.

Scottish Enterprise will lead work to transform the future of the Michelin Dundee site under a new plan agreed by the Scottish Government, working group partners and Michelin management. The tyre manufacturer confirmed earlier this month that it is to cease tyre production at the site in 2020 due to