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The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has invested £100,000 in its members with a Tenstar simulator and bespoke trailer. This state-of-the-art training equipment is designed to make it easy for SPOA members to visit schools, businesses and colleges across Scotland to encourage young peo

P1 Contractors Ltd, a landscape construction company based in Edinburgh and Linlithgow, has announced the opening of a new office in Glasgow.

Tradesmen who destroyed a concrete driveway after their client refused to pay them said they were left with no other choice.

Plans to create a new conference centre that would double capacity at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow have been agreed in principle by the local authority, according to the venue's chief executive.

Network Rail has successfully demolished the bridge over the railway on Shields Road in Glasgow.

Multi-disciplinary engineering firm Clancy Consulting has promoted Ross Taylor to associate with responsibility for running the day-to-day operations of its Prestwick office. A highly driven and experienced structural engineer, Mr Taylor is skilled in managing large-scale projects in a wide variety

A new prison in Inverness that has been given the final go-ahead will arrive six years late and cost more than four times its original estimate.

Scotland’s largest independent specialist timber merchant MGM Timber continues to invest in its growth with the launch of a new online service for trade customers.

Plans are on course for Papa Westray to get a new airfield terminal building and car park. Planning consent has been approved by Orkney Council’s Planning Authority subject to a number of conditions being met, and it is hoped that work will be able to start on site this summer.

Clark Contracts has now opened applications for trainee and apprentice positions following its 8th annual Careers Events.

Businesswoman and television personality, Sara Davies MBE is ready to breathe fire into UK Construction Week London (ExCeL, May 7th-9th), as the latest high-profile speaker to be announced at the UK’s biggest event for the built environment. The entrepreneur and founder of Crafter’s Comp

Castle Douglas-based James Gordon Ltd (Gordons), the authorised dealer for Develon for the whole of Scotland and the county of Cumbria in England, is showing the Develon range for the first time at the ScotPlant 2024 Exhibition.

In response to the growing demand for greater low-carbon skills, employers and apprentices have taken a leading role in conducting a comprehensive review of Scotland's Plumbing Heating Apprenticeship programme.

Investment in Scotland’s commercial property market has experienced a notable rebound during Q1, as inflation comes under control and a cut to interest rates looks more likely, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS), the Fife-based specialist flooring contractor, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with plans to increase its workforce by more than 25% in the coming year. The company has enjoyed consistent annual growth since forming in the early part of 2014 and with signifi