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Salaries for Scottish property professionals have increased to a ten year high, according to a new survey. The 2018 Salary Survey by RICS and Macdonald & Company found that the base salaries grew on average by 11% to £50,969 across Scotland.

(from left) Founding director Stephen O’Malley, founding director Julian Broster and finance director Alistair Topping Civil and structural engineering practice Civic Engineers has reported a strong year of growth and announced the appointment of a new finance director.

An architect from Inverness is among ten UK housing professionals and others to have been awarded prestigious Churchill Fellowships offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel the world and research cutting-edge solutions to important topical issues in housing. Awarded in a partnership betwe

Shannon Glen Design and architecture company HLM has provided Glasgow resident Shannon Glen with an apprenticeship experience through Glasgow Guarantee.

New chairman and vice-chairman for renewable energy body Scottish Renewables has announced the appointment of its new chairman and vice-chairman, as well as several new directors.

A construction company has offered jobs to the same thieves who stole from its store by highlighting some "good" qualities in the robbers from waking up early to being a team player. The owners of Smith Crane & Construction in New Zealand put up a post on Facebook to find the offenders — but a

Balfour Beatty is to end operations at its Kintore substation design office by the end of the month with 25 employees set to lose their jobs. The company said a challenging last two years was to blame for what was a "difficult decision".

The procurement process for Glasgow City Region City Deal public realm infrastructure projects contracts in Glasgow worth up to £130 million is now underway, with individual contracts anticipated to range in value from £5m-£20m. Glasgow City Council will be seeking main contractors that can deliv

Ten Scottish sites are in the running to host a logistics hub which will participate in the off-site construction of a new runway for Heathrow Airport, generating 16,000 new jobs in Scotland. Representatives from Heathrow Airport will head to Scotland to progress its search for the Scottish hub, whi

Allan Callaghan Cruden Building has repeated its call for moves to help increase the number of people working in construction as latest figures revealed a further drop in output in the sector.

Aberdeen City Council is to develop plans for the delivery of 2,000 new council homes following this week’s annual budget meeting. Elected members have instructed the director of resources to report back to the city growth and resources committee with self-financing business plans, in conjunction

The Highland Council has agreed a capital programme of £482 million over the next five years. The local authority serves the largest geographical area in Scotland (over 30%) and has just under £2bn of assets on its balance sheet comprising, amongst other things, 203 operational schools, over 6,700

Ross Cameron Ross Cameron looks at whether a recent English case could curb “smash and grab” adjudications.

Work has begun on Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre in Inverness due to be completed late 2019. As well as providing modern court and tribunals facilities, a range of justice and support organisations will be based in the centre providing integrated facilities for victims, witnesse

Plans to develop 256 homes and a park on the banks of the River Dee in Torry have been submitted by the Aberdeen Harbour Board. A proposal of application notice has been lodged with Aberdeen City Council for the development on a strip of land between the river and South Esplanade West ahead of the p