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The Unite union is set to take legal action against Carillion after claiming that the collapsed construction and support services firm breached its legal obligations to give notice of redundancies. The company, which employs 20,000 people in the UK including thousands in Scotland, was placed into co

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) is working to transfer its repairs and maintenance work to a new contractor following the demise of Carillion. The construction and support services business, which was placed into compulsory liquidation yesterday morning, had been providing facilities man

Plans have been submitted to develop 49 homes on a former church site in North Glasgow on behalf of ng homes. Under the plans, 49 residential flats and two commercial units could be built on the corner of Keppochill Road and Millarbank Street in Springburn which was previously home to Springburn Pub

Bryce Stewart Planning and development consultancy Montagu Evans has appointed Bryce Stewart as a partner based at the firm’s Edinburgh office.

By Guy Marsden, director at Highbridge Properties PLC Ask any commercial property agent about the current market for Grade A office space in Glasgow city centre, and they’ll tell you that there’s high demand, low supply and no speculative new-build development.

An MSP is proposing to bring forward legislation to make the installation of sprinklers mandatory in all new-build social housing. David Stewart, a Labour MSP for the Highlands and Islands, is bringing in a member’s bill which would place a duty on local authorities and Registered Social Landlords

Members of Offsite Solutions Scotland meeting with minister for local government and housing Kevin Stewart MSP A group of senior construction industry specialists met with housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP last week to discuss how they can work with the Scottish Government to grow the unique offsit

Court of Session A former partner in a property letting department of a firm of chartered surveyors who was interdicted from soliciting business from any company clients with which he had dealings after he set up a rival agency has successfully appealed against a decision that he was in breach of th

Last year, the Construction Industry Helpline supported over 1500 construction families in crisis and over 400 families were granted £705,000 of emergency financial help. Of the 1500 calls into the helpline, 1100 of these were given advice and support on issues ranging from stress and depression to

Rangers lodges plans for Memorial Wall at Ibrox Rangers Football Club plans to erect a memorial garden on a section of surplus car park outside Ibrox Stadium in honour of the club's players and to remember victims of the Ibrox disaster.

A new start-up company has produced pioneering flooring with inbuilt sensors that allow retailers to track the movements of their customers. Scanalytics, based in the US city of Milwaukee, has developed paper-thin tiles, similar to a touch-screen, called a Sole-Sensor to track shoppers.

Construction and support services business Carillion was placed into compulsory liquidation this morning after talks with the UK government to save the company were unsuccessful. The UK’s second largest construction company, which had been in emergency financing talks with its lenders and the bank

Carillion is part of a coalition delivering the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) Clients and joint ventures partners of collapsed contractor Carillion have taken steps to begin contingency plans after the firm entered compulsory liquidation today.

Trade bodies and unions have called on both the UK and Scottish governments to ensure that appropriate lessons are learned for future decisions on the procurement of large scale construction projects following the collapse on the UK’s second biggest construction firm. Carillion was placed into com

How the Glasgow Queen Street Station will look once completed A partially constructed building that forms part of the Glasgow Queen Street Station project could be demolished as officials consider a larger development, according to reports.