The Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC), managed by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), has agreed a 4% wage rate increase with Unite the Union for small builders. The agreement, which comes into effect from today, also includes one extra day of holiday.
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Councillors have approved a new strategy that proposes significant improvements to sports and leisure facilities across the Falkirk Council area, including the creation of a £35 million centrally located leisure and wellbeing centre.
The team behind Lomond Banks has welcomed an updated positioning statement from SEPA, outlining that it would review its objection should Loch Lomond and the National Park confirm the categorisation of the land as being previously developed.
Work on an extension at Haddington’s Aubigny Centre is about to get underway.
The winners of the special category awards of the 2024 Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Awards have been announced. James Brimble of architecture practice Page\Park was one of five special category awards winners for the North Gate Social Housing project in Glasgow.
The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has strengthened its non-executive board with the appointment of highly experienced and influential industry leaders Neil Logan and Allan Cook CBE. The duo bring extensive leadership in engineering, manufacturing and digital entrepreneurship to th
An Aberdeen sheriff has ordered a property developer to discharge a £1.15 million standard security granted in his favour by another developer after ruling that all the conditions of discharge had been complied with.
A new award for Excellence in Accessibility and Inclusion, which was sponsored by Horizon Housing, was presented to Fife homebuilder Campion Homes in partnership with Kingdom Housing Association at the Scottish Home Awards last week. Located in the heart of Alloa, the winning Primrose Stre
James Jones & Sons Ltd is celebrating the 25-year anniversary of its Timber Systems Division based in Forres.
An innovative pilot scheme that supports people living in shared ownership properties to carry out essential maintenance and repairs has delivered successful results, a Perth & Kinross Council report says. The Missing Shares Scheme, launched in 2021, aims to make it easier for people who live in
Moray Council has opened a ‘Call for Sites’ for the Local Development Plan 2027.
Glasgow City Council has approved the disposal of the former schoolhouses at Broomhill Primary School and Gadburn Primary School to local housing associations. The former schoolhouse of Broomhill Primary School at Beechwood Drive - a three-bedroom 1970s detached bungalow with driveway
Inverness-based investment group GEG Capital has acquired a stake in architectural practice Bracewell Stirling Consulting. The addition of this award-winning consultancy will bolster GEG Capital's existing portfolio of planning, design, environment, and construction capabilities across Scotland and
Property development company S Harrison has appointed long-standing Scottish construction company Thomas Johnstone Ltd to build a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project in Edinburgh, with work starting this month.
An electrician has told of how she earns $200,000 a year off social media posts about her job.