Appointments

Property, construction, and infrastructure consultancy Perfect Circle has announced that director and sector specialist Richard Whitehead will return to the role of chair. Picking up the baton from fellow Perfect Circle senior management board representative Duncan Green, Richard will be taking on t

Civil engineering heavyweight Simon Wright OBE has taken a role with energy storage business Gravitricity as an independent advisor to the board as the company advances its commercialisation plans. Gravitricity specialises in gravity energy storage and last summer successfully commissioned and teste

Collective Architecture director Jude Barber has been named by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in its 2022 intake of Fellows, joining other names from the arts, business, public service, and civil society as well as academia from Scotland and beyond. The 80 new appointments will be joining the

Savills has further expanded its Edinburgh residential sales team with the appointment of two new associate directors following what it describes as a "remarkable" period of housing market activity in Scotland’s capital. Laura Mathieson joins Savills after five years working in the prime Edinb

A progressive firm of architects has appointed a renowned sustainability specialist as part of its drive to help commercial clients adapt to stringent new environmental standards. Scottish-headquartered Halliday Fraser Munro (HFM) has pledged that all seven of its UK offices and every project it und

Real estate advisor CBRE has announced a restructure of its leadership team in Scotland following a strategic review of the business, to drive growth over the next five years.  Executive director Miller Mathieson will take on a new strategic operational role looking at growth across a number of

JLL has appointed Edinburgh-based Janey Douglas as head of sustainability for UK national investment as new figures point to unprecedented demand for ESG-related products and consultancy from corporate, institutional and private equity clients. Janey, who joined JLL through the firm’s graduate

Housing solutions provider Mears Group has appointed a new employee director Jay Whistler.

Construction cost consultancy Soben has expanded its EMEA team with the appointment of Robert McQueen and Max Elswood as project directors for Soben Consultancy UK & Europe as part of its targeted plans for growth. A quantity surveyor for 17 years, Robert joins Soben from Robinson Low Francis, w

Cruden Building has appointed Stewart Shearer as its new partnership director following the group’s strategic move to combine its construction businesses across the Central Belt of Scotland. In his new role, Stewart will be responsible for identifying development led affordable housing opportu

Having spent more than three years as part of Civic Engineers’ Glasgow studio, Craig Turner has been promoted to associate director to help enable further growth of the company's Scottish operations.  Craig initially joined the firm in September 2018 as a senior engineer before being prom

Balfour Beatty has recorded a £2 million in its UK construction division following £46m of write downs on three residential jobs in London. The result is an improvement on the £26m loss previously, and follows an 18% rise in revenue for the division.

Chartered surveying firm DM Hall has appointed experienced property professional, Kirsten Nicolson, as a director based in the Edinburgh office. With 16 years’ experience of the capital’s property sector, Kirsten worked initially as an estate agent for Simpson & Marwick and Stru

The Cruden Group has reinforced its ambition to grow and develop its workforce amidst the sector’s chronic skills shortages by making a key new appointment. Cruden has recruited learning and development specialist, Amy Hand, to support its HR team and take a lead role in the future d

Heriot-Watt University has today announced the appointment of Jen Henderson as head of talent partnerships, a significant strategic new role that will drive further business engagement and industry partnerships to reduce the skills gap in key growth sectors of the Scottish economy.  Announced a