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A delay to the implementation of the domestic reverse charge for building and construction services should not prevent affected businesses preparing for the new scheme as soon as possible, an Aberdeen accountancy firm has said. The change to VAT collection arrangements that was due to come into

Plans to breathe new life into Banff's Bridge Street by making it an attractive, welcoming route connected to the wider area have been submitted by Aberdeenshire Council. The Bridge Street Public Realm Improvement Scheme being led by the council's delivery team will link up strategic projects and ke

Glasgow architectural design company Hoko Design has been announced as the winner of a competition run by serviced office provider Orega. Danny Campbell of Hoko Design (centre) with judges (from left) Bruce Walker, Zach Douglas, Alan Mahon and Nick Cohen 

Mactaggart & Mickel’s Building Communities Fund has contributed £750 to the North Section of Stingrays Swimming Club based in Kilmarnock and surrounding areas to help support young swimmers at the club to compete at the highest level.

Scientists have used the latest robotics technology to develop fully autonomous robots that are able to inspect damaged wind farms.

The director of a building company has been jailed for ten months after an excavator bucket he was operating killed an employee in Blantyre. Robert Harvey, sole director and employee of Front Row Builders Ltd, was sentenced after Nicholas Hall was crushed to death by an excavator bucket which Harvey

Cemex UK Operations Limited has been fined £1 million after a worker suffered fatal injuries when he was struck on the body by a centering machine lifting mast in West Calder.

Scotland Excel recently completed a two-year Scottish Government-funded project, which explored and benchmarked how housing associations procure goods and services. This first phase of the initiative finished in April 2019 with one third of Scotland’s housing associations completing the audit.

Registered social landlord Thenue Housing has appointed Cruden Building to carry out a £12.7 million project in Glasgow’s East End.

Instances of ‘critical’ financial distress in Scotland’s construction sector increased by 30% during the third quarter of 2019 compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest Red Flag Alert data from insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor. Monitoring the UK’s fi

The construction of a new pharmacy in Galashiels ground to a halt last week after medical syringes were found to have been planted around the site.

MAST Architects has unveiled Paul Lessing as its latest recruit. Mr Lessing, who joins in a senior architect role, brings a wealth of experience from work in practice in Glasgow and beyond.

The completion of snagging works on the Queensferry Crossing has been pushed back until December.

Fiona Maguire has been appointed as the new asset and development manager for Rural Stirling Housing Association. Ms Maguire has taken up the newly created post as the housing association undertakes a significant programme of building homes.

A Treasury rate rise which led to fears that major housing and infrastructure projects could be delayed has been labelled by Moody’s as “credit negative” for local authorities as it will increase the cost of capital on new borrowing in the short term.