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The UK Government’s Budget presented a mixed picture for the Scottish construction sector yesterday with extensions to coronavirus recovery support and new guarantees on 95% mortgages, though the tax cut for house buyers in Scotland will end as planned on April 1, despite an extension in Chanc

Construction has started on £7 million state-of-the-art replacement for Cedarbank School in Livingston.

Purchasing managers indicated a return to growth in February for the UK construction sector after lockdown had caused it to contract in January for the first time since last May.

There has been a significant rise in the number of workers furloughed in the construction sector this year, with 244,100 people on furlough at the end of January.

Robertson Partnership Homes has started work at Rothes Drive in Glasgow to deliver 22 new homes for Maryhill Housing Association.

CALA Homes (West) has started work on a new development on the outskirts of East Kilbride.

Moray Council has agreed a multi-million-pound investment plan for the upcoming year in a budget worth over £215 million.

GHA, part of Wheatley Group, is transforming two derelict sites in the southside of Glasgow - bringing 48 new affordable homes to the city. The new homes in Carnwadric and Pollok will all be for social rent.

A five-year plan which sets a net-zero target for Aberdeen City Council assets and operations has been approved.

A new standard for 'zero carbon' social housing, a quarter of a million-pound investment in electric vehicles and the restoration of peatlands are to be among the first projects launched as part of Renfrewshire Council's £1 million investment to tackle climate change.

Mears has announced plans to take on 20 new apprentices in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council. The successful applicants will get the opportunity to start a career repairing and maintaining thousands of tenanted properties and public buildings in their home towns.

Taylor Wimpey has released a video from some of its employees in Scotland to highlight the life-changing opportunities that apprenticeships offer young people, and the wider benefits they provide for the housebuilding industry and the country as a whole.

At just 17 years old, Ryan MacIsaac already has big plans for his career. The apprentice plumber has his sights on a top job at Stewart Milne Group as he marks Scottish Apprenticeship Week (1st – 5th March, 2021). Ryan, who started his apprenticeship with the independent home builder and timbe

Anyone looking for a satisfying career, whether a school-leaver or someone contemplating a career change, should consider the benefits of undertaking a plumbing apprenticeship, according to SNIPEF chief executive, Fiona Hodgson. To mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week, which runs from 1-5 Mar

A bridge over the Dighty Burn in Dundee looks set to have a second phase of restoration works costing almost £700,000.