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Housebuilder Persimmon has hailed the “resilience of the UK economy” for helping drive an 11% surge in forward home sales since the start of the year. In a trading update issued this morning for the period from 1 January 2017 to date, the group said total forward sales, including legal completio

Alan Brown MP The case for the introduction of a Bill to safeguard and release cash retentions in the construction industry was made to MPs at Westminster yesterday.

Artist’s impression of the completed development Construction work has begun on a £16 million student accommodation development in Aberdeen.

Partner Doug Gardner and acquisition surveyor Paul Richardson from Ryden Work to demolish an Aberdeen office that has lain vacant for almost two years is underway after development and investment firm West Coast Estates secured planning permission to transform it into a drive-thru Costa Coffee.

CALA Homes (West) has partnered with The Prince’s Trust and City of Glasgow College to deliver an initiative that aims to provide disadvantaged unemployed young people an opportunity to develop new skills and get hands-on experience. Twelve local people have successfully taken their first steps in

(from left) Iain Hughes from programme funder CITB; programme graduate Rian Smith from Grange Academy; and Michael McBrearty, CEO of hub South West For the second year in a row, hub South West is providing life-changing opportunities for Ayrshire school leavers to progress in the construction indust

Tammi Jo Burrows, Joe Ham and Vittorio Pelosi Boxing champion celebrates Scottish title with employer City Building

Positive feedback from a three-month trial has led Osborne to extend the use of protective site clothing that features solar-charged lights.

The New Falkirk Campus is due to commence construction this year Infrastructure projects worth almost £6.4 billion will be under construction throughout Scotland in 2017, a new report has revealed.

The Scottish Government has upheld a decision to reject plans for 150 new homes in the Broughty Ferry area of Dundee. Kirkwood Homes had applied to build the Balgillo Heights development at Linlathen Village to the East of the city last May.

Stefano Smith RTPI Scotland is taking forward five gamechanging ideas for the Scottish planning system in new papers published today.

Ian Godden Shopfitting and interiors business Havelock Europa has described 2016 as a “challenging” year despite returning to profit following a restructuring exercise.

The delivery of a new community facility for Auchinairn is picking up pace after main contractor Robertson Group was appointed to construct the £4.95 million building. Heras fencing is now being installed around the site in the lead up to construction work beginning early next month.

Five new maintenance contracts totalling over £2 million per annum have been awarded to Clark Contracts. Mydentist has awarded the firm’s Maintenance Division a new contract to deliver planned and reactive maintenance to 42 branches across Scotland.

(from left) Professor Lorne Crerar, Paul Wheelhouse and David Bone Paul Wheelhouse MSP, the minister for business, innovation and energy, said the strengths of the Highlands and Islands renewable energy industry are central to the Scottish Government's strategy to meet future energy needs.