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Profits at Fife building firm Muir Group soared by almost £10 million last year after it successfully sold off three major development sites in Aberdeen. Results for the year ended January 2015 saw turnover accelerate to £114,676,000, a rise of over £40,000,000 on the previous year.

The University of Glasgow has submitted plans to transform an old Southern General site into a pioneering new medical research facility. Situated on Langlands Drive, the old neurosurgical block could house technology never used before in the UK, according to STV.

Stephen Billingham Balfour Beatty has appointed Stephen Billingham as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Helge Hansen The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre has announced the appointment of Helge Hansen as its business development manager for the North of Scotland region.

Clydesdale Bank is being sued by a property developing couple who claim the Glasgow lender charged them more than £400,000 for an overdraft, which if true would make it the most expensive overdraft facility ever granted by a high street bank. Clydesdale granted Andy and Moira Pearson, who run award

A section of the new link road passes between Perth Crematorium and McDiarmid Park A small community council has warned that bulldozing land near a crematorium to make way for a new road could breach the human rights of relatives of the dead whose ashes have been scattered there.

Ryden to dispose of major Glasgow city centre site Ryden has won the mandate to dispose of a significant development site in the heart of Glasgow city centre.

Aberdeen and Edinburgh property developer Drum has announced the flotation of a £31.9 million real estate investment trust (Reit). The firm it is targeting “significant” growth through its Drum Income Plus Reit, which will initially be concerned with commercial property assets valued at between

The former Willowbank Primary School Work is underway to create over 400 new student apartments in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Balfour Beatty has sold its 50 per cent interest in its UK signalling supplier Signalling Solutions Ltd (SSL) for an undisclosed price. The sale to joint venture partner Alstom, makes Alstom the sole owner of the company.

Lend Lease has rebranded and changed its name to the single word Lendlease in a move it said “heralds an exciting new chapter” for the firm. The Australian developer has also launched a new logo which it calls ‘the fold’, replacing its previous 20-year-old blue canopy logo.

A CGI of the Montrose Woods homes Skye based house builder R.House has launched its largest multi-unit development to date with four units dedicated to social housing.

FES, the building services company who are part of the GLQ Consortium, has become the 100th business to receive the Investors in Young People (IIYP) accreditation for its commitment to employing young people. Coinciding with Scottish Apprenticeship Week (18-22 May), the organisation was presented wi

Tilting structure suggested for River Ness art project A structure that would tilt gently up and down as people walked on it has been put forward as an idea for public art on a Scottish river.

Vaughan Hart A decoupling of output and jobs in the Scottish construction sector could threaten the long-term sustainability of the industry’s recovery, industry body the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) has warned.