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Glasgow-based City Blinds & Shutters has closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The store has immediately ceased trading with over 60 employees losing their jobs. 

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and Unite the Union have agreed a temporary solution to cover wages paid to operatives in the building engineering sector during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Those buying or selling private residential homes in Scotland are urged to delay moving to a new home while stay-at-home measures are in place under new guidance from the Scottish Government.

Unions have emerged from their latest meeting with the Scottish Government with major ongoing concerns over the regulation of non-essential businesses and the “flouting” of government guidance to gain a competitive advantage.  Ahead of yesterday’s meeting with cabinet secretar

The Scottish Government has confirmed it will invest a further £40 million in Allia C&C’s Scottish Charitable Bond programme for 2020/21, to help continue to deliver its social housing targets. Allia C&C has been supporting the vital development of affordable homes across Scotlan

The charity that supports construction workers and their families is launching a crisis appeal so that it can respond to the needs of workforces as a result of COVID-19. The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is dedicated to the health and wellbeing of construction workers and their families i

Specialist advisory firm MAMG Consultancy has promoted Darran Muir to oversee the day-to-day operations of the company. With more than 20-years’ experience in the industry, new interim director of advisory services Mr Muir has been with MAMG since its inception back in 2014 and steps into the

Chartered accountancy and business advisory firm Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has bolstered its team of directors with three new appointments. AAB has promoted three members of staff to the position of director with the aim of further augmenting their team of expert and trusted advisors durin

Association for Project Safety CEO Lesley McLeod focuses on coronavirus and what it means for the construction industry. What’s happening in construction during COVID-19? Currently, as long as good hygiene arrangements are in place, and people scrupulously maintain their social distance, peopl

Westpoint Homes has submitted plans to Glasgow City Council to convert a former police station on Argyll Street into 84 flats.

Kingdom Housing Association has received a donation of almost £4.9 million from the Scottish Government through the Scottish Charitable Bond programme managed by Allia C&C for the development of 60 homes for social rent at Primrose Street, Alloa.

Dundee City Council has approved plans to convert The Hotel Broughty Ferry into flats.

Climate change secretary Roseanna Cunningham has announced that the Scottish Government will not be publishing the Climate Change Plan update at the end of April. The decision has been taken in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

A well-known office building in the heart of Edinburgh has traded in a deal worth more than £5 million.

A new virtual fitness club has been set up by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) for its members and staff to maintain their fitness, actively improve their mental health and stay connected to others while social distancing.