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Mark Rafferty, managing director at Bernard Hunter Mobile Cranes Ltd (third from left) collects the Transport News award for Scotland’s Top Training Operator 2018 from Vito Ronzano, managing director of category sponsor Wilcox. Also present are event compares and TV personalities, Des Clarke and M

Housebuilder Redrow has teamed up with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and Coleg Cambria, one of the UK’s largest colleges, to establish the UK’s first dedicated Housebuilding Degree. LJMU have also validated the qualification.

Keith Brown on a visit to the AWPR site last year Cabinet secretary for the economy, jobs and fair work, Keith Brown, has moved to reassure MSPs that disruption and job losses caused by Carillion’s collapse would be minimised in Scotland, though the minister stopped short of giving an opening date

Skanska has revealed it is to cut around 3,000 jobs across its global operations as part of restructuring plans to improve profitability. The Swedish group said this morning that the comprehensive restructuring, which follows a strategic review initiated in autumn 2017, will involve quitting the US

Shares in the construction and services firm Interserve fell this morning amid reports that its financial health is under special scrutiny from the UK Cabinet Office. Stock was down as much as 15% in early trading on the London Stock Exchange after the Financial Times said a small team had been put

The Carnegie Library and Galleries in Dunfermline Calls for entry are now open for the prestigious annual Edinburgh Architectural Association (EAA) awards.

Abertay Housing Association has unveiled proposals to deliver 43 new homes on the former site of a primary school in Dundee. Detailed plans submitted to Dundee City Council’s planning department indicate that the homes, situated at the former Charleston Primary School on South Road, will be a mix

Lews Castle Contractors are being sought for the first phase of the Lews Castle Grounds Regeneration Project.

CMS Window Systems has shared its business experience and insights at the highest level after being invited to a special SME Parliamentary Reception in London organised by the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The Glasgow-based company was represente

Edinburgh and Midlothian charity Home Link Family Support has received a donation of £1,000 from housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Homes’ Building Communities Fund. Home Link Family Support provides help to struggling families with young children who are not coping for a variety of reasons inc

The teams participating in the Construction, Housing & Property qualifying events for a business five-a-side tournament have been announced, with time still available for companies to get involved. Supported by Scottish Construction Now, Scottish Housing News and the Scottish Property Federation

(from left) Stephanie Carr, head of Glasgow office; Karen Fulton, Partner and head of residential property in Glasgow; Lindsay Darroch, Board member and head of property Blackadders appoints new partner to head up residential property in Glasgow

A former construction worker turned singer is to return to the UK for a number of shows. Rod Picott returns to the UK in March with a new album, Out Past the Wires, and a book of poetry, God in His Slippers.

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