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Bellway has been awarded a 5-star status from the Home Builders Federation for a fourth year.

Aberdeen’s office market enjoyed a healthy start to 2020 with a total take-up of 170,500 sq ft for the first quarter, representing a 362% increase on the Q1 2019 figure and a 72% increase on the five-year average for Q1, research by CBRE has revealed. There were a total of 19 deals, averaging

Office take-up in Edinburgh showed resilience in the first quarter of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold, according to analysis from Knight Frank. The commercial property consultancy reported 124,004 sq. ft. of office space was leased across Edinburgh between January and March, with mo

Interserve Construction will today complete the new Nightingale Hospital Birmingham supported by 60 Gurkhas who are providing essential labour and distribution delivery, as well as helping to put the beds in place.

Property and investment firm Osborne+Co has submitted plans to create a mixed-use development in Glasgow city centre which would include the refurbishment of the Met Tower to create 120,000 sq ft of Grade A office space and a new 260-bed hotel.

Morgan Sindall has stopped work on its Sighthill project in Glasgow after the Scottish Government ordered the immediate closure of sites unless they are supporting crucial work during the coronavirus pandemic.

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is to make advance payments to self-employed subcontractors under a new scheme aimed to help workers forced to stay home by the coronavirus lockdown. The company has allocated £5 million to its ‘Pay It Forward’ scheme which will pay out £600 a month

More than 400 staff at BAM Construct UK have been placed on furlough while the board and senior management have agreed to reduce their salaries by 20%. As its construction work declines with the coronavirus lockdown measures, BAM said it needs to “protect the future sustainability” of it

The contraction in Scotland's construction sector could be as high as 40-50% if the government-imposed coronavirus restrictions remain in place for three months, the University of Strathclyde's Fraser of Allander Institute has estimated.

Fife’s flagship Industrial Innovation Investment programme has secured planning permission for seven single storey business units within Dunnikier Business Park in Kirkcaldy. 

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has supported a plea to the UK Government to instruct construction clients to release £4.5 billion currently being withheld from contractors in the form or retention payments.

Savills Planning has welcomed the provisions being put in place by the Scottish Government to “keep the wheels of the country’s planning system in motion” during the current hiatus caused by COVID-19. 

Around 70 participants registered to take part in a “highly successful” online event held by hub South West via Microsoft Teams this week. Companies in construction and related sectors based in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway heard about hub South West’s take on the

The Scottish Parliament’s economy, energy and fair work committee has issued a call for views from Scottish businesses and workers on the current COVID-19 crisis.

CALA Homes (West) has donated vital personal protective equipment (PPE) from its construction sites to help NHS staff on the frontline of coronavirus in Glasgow.