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ISG has promoted Zoe Price to replace Gordon Kew as chief operating officer (COO) for its UK Construction business. Ms Price has more than eight years of experience at ISG, most recently as group director for public sector frameworks.

Potentially hundreds of flats in high rise blocks across Scotland may be effectively unsellable due to a lack of certification for cladding, it has been reported. New guidance issued by mortgage lenders revealed that properties over 18 metres high with any cladding must now provide written confirmat

Legal & General Affordable Homes (LGAH) has confirmed its commitment to invest £750 million to new affordable housing projects throughout the UK - increasing its development pipeline to nearly 3,500 homes across 41 projects.

The £750,000 refurbishment of Cumnock Bus Station will soon be under way following the appointment of the project team by East Ayrshire Council.

BAM Properties and fund manager Hermes Investment Management joined invited guests to celebrate the topping out of Edinburgh’s largest speculative office building. (from left) Dougie Peters - BAM Properties, Ewan Alexander - Pinsent Mason,  Lord Provost, Nick Scott – Brodies, A

Bespoke home builder and contractor AGB Scotland is planning for expansion with the launch of a new Dundee office. The Bankfoot firm has opened new premises in the McGill Business Centre in the city’s Harrison Road.

The head of Scotland’s largest trade association has highlighted a major European report on the importance of electricians to an increasingly digital-dependent society which strongly reinforces the sector’s campaign for recognition of electricians as a profession. The first ever Europe-w

Councillors in Edinburgh and south-east Scotland are considering proposals to establish a regional growth framework following strong partnership working as part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal.

A strong summer performance and a broad range of homes available has helped CALA Homes (East) secure more than 100 reservations within a single quarter. The developer, which is currently selling homes in East Lothian, Midlothian and Edinburgh achieved its record three month period in July-September,

The discovery of human bones during work to renew Kingussie’s water network has yielded new evidence of the Badenoch capital’s beginnings as a religious centre.

Timber Project Solutions Ltd has been fined £8,000 after admitting responsibility for an industrial accident which left a mill worker without the use of his hand.

The City of Edinburgh Council has appointed Clark Contracts to complete the £1.3 million internal and external refurbishment of Roseburn Primary School.

Rounding off a fortnight of reporting following Scotland Excel’s ‘Accelerating Delivery of Affordable New Homes’ conference, category manager Jenny Bowles highlights the potential for generating social value in construction. In the Scottish Government’s recent Annual Procurem

South Lanarkshire Council has submitted revised plans for a care hub, homes and centre of excellence in Blantyre following extensive public engagement.

Tender prices for social housing in Scotland fell by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter of 2019 but rose by 4.3% compared with the same period a year earlier, according to new figures.