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A loss of momentum in housebuilding and civil engineering has slowed the pace of growth in Britain's construction industry, according to a survey published today. The monthly Markit/CIPS UK construction purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to 57.1 after hitting a four-month high of 58.1 in June.

West Lothian Council has won two appeals against decisions to reject planning applications in Burghmuir and Clarendon. Scottish Government Ministers upheld the council's decision to reject permission for approximately 320 new houses on the sites in Linlithgow.

Glasgow’s skyline will change forever when the Red Road multi-storey flats are brought down later this year. Owner GHA said the six remaining blocks will be demolished in a one-off controlled explosive demolition within months but has yet to reveal the date.

Aberdeen Sheriff Court A secretary who embezzled thousands of pounds from an Aberdeen building firm will have to wait until later this month to learn her fate.

Andy Monteith By Andy Monteith, head of construction at Baker Tilly

Jillian Nelson (middle left) and Jacqueline Cassidy (middle right) of Robertson Group, collect their IIYP award from Annabelle Ewing Robertson Group has been recognised for its commitment to the training and development of young people.

Natalie Antonelli Planning expansion for Savills in Scotland

9 George Square Plans have been unveiled for a Grade A refurbishment of one of Glasgow’s most iconic and centrally located buildings.

Hinkley Point C will provide 25,000 job opportunities during its construction Three Scottish companies have today been announced as preferred bidders for the contract to build the first UK nuclear power station in more than 20 years.

Work on the first new leisure facility to be built by South Ayrshire Council in almost two decades could get underway soon, following the submission of the planning application for the new leisure and community facility at Girvan Harbour. Less than two weeks after all the capital funding was confirm

Work is about to get underway in earnest on the new Anderson High School and Halls of Residence at the Staney Hill in Lerwick after the project reached financial close. The move signals the go-ahead for the £55.75 million, which will be funded in large part by the Scottish Government through the Sc

Aberdeenshire Council has accepted a tender from Bancon Homes to complete a £3 million affordable housing development in Inverurie which temporarily stalled earlier this year. The council terminated its contracts with Dundee-based Muirfield (Contracts) Ltd after the company went in to administratio

Vaughan Hart The latest figures from the Insolvency Service are encouraging, showing a 20 per cent decline in the number of Scottish building companies forced into compulsory liquidation during the 12 months to June 2015. In total, 119 Scottish construction businesses failed during that period, down

Mike Quinton More retirement homes were registered to be built in the UK in the first six months of this year than the whole of the previous year, according to new figures released by NHBC.

Donald MacDonald Ogilvie Construction has once again received a Gold Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in this year’s Occupational Health & Safety Awards.