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Derek MacDonald, joint managing director of Newton Property at Citadel Quay Newton Property strengthens Ayrshire presence with new contract win

A group of Russian grandmothers grew so tired of waiting for the local authorities to fix their road that they hired the necessary equipment and did the job themselves. After being told by officials that the pothole-covered road through the village of Svedniy Bugalish in the Urals was "fine", the gr

Colin Walker SES Engineering Services (SES) won the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) package on the new £1.35 billion Queensferry Crossing, which opened to traffic today. The two-year contract saw SES deliver MEP systems for the bridge’s North and South approach sections, the central cab

Gerard McMahon Esh Border Construction is poised to embark on a fresh chapter for the business after announcing the appointment of a new regional director for Scotland.

(from left) Stephen Hampshire from Expresso Property; Cllr Ian Campbell; Callum Purves, vice convenor environmental enterprise and infrastructure committee at Perth & Kinross Council with Nick Robinson and Ben Sherriff from Expresso Property Work to develop on a new landmark mixed leisure scheme

Current cashflow problems in the construction sector are “unsustainable” as small firms are increasingly having to rely on directors for funding, the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) has warned. The group, which represents SMEs in the construction engineering sector, said

Plans for the HALO Urban Park The Scottish Government is to invest £5.3 million to turn a former Kilmarnock bottling plant into a low carbon development which will include hundreds of affordable homes.

Steve Ashmore Plant and tool hire chain HSS has reported a pre-tax loss of over £30 million for the first half of 2017 as it continues to deliver a cost-cutting restructuring of the business.

Douglas Spowart, relationship director, social housing & commercial real estate, Bank of Scotland and Margaret Turner, chairperson of Forth Housing Association Forth Housing Association (FHA) has announced a £13 million, three-year plan to build 130 new homes, with support from the Scottish Gov

(from left) Ross Campbell, senior asset manager at Edinburgh House Estates; Rab Smith, chairman of Dumfries Retailers Association and Anton Dummigan, asset manager at Wirefox. Picture credit: Robert Perry Two major Dumfries retail landlords have joined the Retailers Association to urge planners to p

Louise Dunn, CALA Homes (West) meeting Shalinay Raghavan and team from Building Futures in Glasgow as she handed over their cheque for £1,000 £15k CALA Homes (West) bursary winners announced

A new school in Angus is to be installed with a frosted window after a neighbouring naturist won the right to continue “sunbathing in the buff”, according to The Sun. Muirfield Primary School will swap places with its playing fields in an £8.7 million move as part of the Arbroath Schools Projec

Final preparations are underway on the new £1.35 billion Queensferry Crossing which will welcome its first traffic tomorrow morning. The 1.7 miles (2.7km) crossing over the River Forth, which was delivered almost £250 million under budget, welcomed a procession of vehicles ahead of a handover cere

Mactaggart & Mickel Homes’ plans to expand into England have taken a step forward with the submission of detailed planning permission for a housing development at Milton-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire. With outline planning consent currently in place for 62 new homes, the development marks a ma

Artist’s impression of the tram at Ocean Drive The Outline Business Case (OBC) for taking Edinburgh’s tram service down to Leith and Newhaven has been published by the local authority.