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Glasgow could be in for a major economic boost after it was revealed today that Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg has been granted permission to film his latest movie in Glasgow. Scenes for his World War One drama 1917 will be shot at the city’s A-listed Govan Graving Docks.

Civil engineering company Story Scotland has promoted Craig Lafferty to operations director, while also announcing a recruitment drive for new quantity surveyors and estimators following a period of multi-million-pound business growth. Craig’s appointment to operations director acknowledges th

Kier Group has today announced the appointment of Andrew Davies as chief executive. Mr Davies will join Kier on April 15, more than a year after he was left stranded by the demise of Carillion.

Sir Robert McAlpine’s group commercial director Martin Pitt has left the firm. Documents filed at Companies House revealed that Mr Pitt, who had been with the business since May 2015, stepped down as a director yesterday.

A property management company has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision that a burden requiring homeowners in a housing scheme to contribute to the costs of maintaining open ground in the estate owned by the maintenance company was void because it created a “monopoly”. The S

Industrial developer Saltire Business Parks has started construction work on sixteen units of flexible industrial space in Dundee. Due for completion this summer, the units will deliver a total of 16,000 sq ft of good quality industrial space offering versatility to deliver a range of units from 1,0

Offering promotions to staff to prevent them from leaving is a growing trend in construction and could harm your business, write Mactaggart & Mickel Homes director, Marion Forbes. Most of us have heard about imposter syndrome – where an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a fea

Energy regulator Ofgem has today approved a subsea electricity cable linking Shetland to the mainland but said it is minded to turn down a similar application for the Western Isles. Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN) proposes to build a 600MW subsea electricity transmission link from

Crucial road safety training is to be delivered to 120 apprentices and staff in the construction industry to help protect them from dangerous road accidents on their daily commute to work on Highland roads. ‘Safe Driving in the North’ is a health and safety focused-event in Inverness, or

Six West Dunbartonshire school pupils are gaining on-site work experience at Queens Quay as part of their Foundation Apprenticeships. Available to senior school pupils, Skills Development Scotland developed Foundation Apprenticeships in partnership with education and industry, with support from the

A handsome bronze war memorial commemorating employees of Carrongrove Paper Company who fought in The Great War has been unveiled in its new home at Carronbank House in Denny - with the support of Mactaggart & Mickel. The memorial, which dates from 1920, was originally erected in the entranceway

Lucky pupils at East Milton Primary School in South Lanarkshire are set to benefit from a donation made by construction and manufacturing company CCG (Scotland) Ltd. The building firm is working with South Lanarkshire Council to deliver 30 affordable homes on a site adjacent to the primary school.

Aggregate Industries has helped to bring the ‘world’s first skyscraper’ – the grade 1 listed Main Mill at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings in Shropshire – back to its former glory, after it lay derelict for decades. Working with partners SMC Minimix Concrete, Aggregate Indu

Interserve has been bought out of administration by a consortium of its lenders. The contractor filed for administration on Friday after shareholders voted down a deleveraging plan put forward by the Board to rescue the firm.

Interserve was handed £660 million worth of public contracts in the months before facing collapse, the GMB Union has claimed. The construction group was forced through a pre-pack administration at the weekend after its largest shareholder, the US hedge fund Coltrane, opposed restructuring