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A joint venture between international support services and construction group Interserve and Kajima Partnerships has achieved financial close on the project to build a new £33 million National Centre of Excellence for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) near Edinburgh.

Andrew Malcolm Renfrewshire-based logistics, construction services and waste management company, Malcolm Group has unveiled a two per cent rise in annual pre-tax profits to £6.68 million after taking an exceptional charge of more than £1m.

The BRE Trust, the largest UK charity dedicated specifically to research and education in the built environment, announces it is set to continue its investment in Centres of Excellence at four UK-based universities as well as one in Brazil. Today’s announcement secures the future of crucial resear

Martin Bell The increased property tax announced by the Scottish Government will hit many Scottish middle class families and could limit future building developments north of the border according to accountants BDO.

Domestic construction product sales continue to grow in Q3 The Construction Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey reports continued growth in UK sales of construction products in the third quarter of 2014.

The Glasgow School of Art is seeking an architect-led, multi-disciplinary design team to lead the restoration of the world famous Mackintosh Building to a fully functioning art, architecture and design school following the fire earlier this year.

Keith Brown Work to remove a notorious bottleneck on the A96 in the north-east of Scotland moved closer today with the award of a multi-million pound contract.

Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish Government will shortly be inviting bids for a contract, worth up to £224 million over seven years, to deliver a new national fuel poverty scheme from 2015.

Public sector procurement specialist LHC is hosting a series of free seminars for kitchen and bathroom installers looking for work on public sector contracts. The seminars will introduce LHC’s new kitchen and bathroom installation framework, due in 2015, and will help kitchen and bathroom firms un

The R&A has unveiled plans for a new equipment testing centre at Kingsbarns Golf Links near St Andrews. A planning application has been prepared by architects Wellwood Leslie and lodged with Fife Council. The new 22,750 sq. ft facility is to be located to the north of the practice area at Kingsb

NHS Highland’s board has given its approval to proposals to build a new community hospital and resource centre in Aviemore. The issue will now go to cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing Alex Neil for a final decision. If the preferred option is approved then planning for the new facilities a

Wind farms with potential to power 1.4 million homes given green light Four offshore wind farms that could provide enough energy to power over 1.4 million homes have received development consent, energy minister Fergus Ewing announced today.

John Swinney Finance secretary John Swinney delivered a budget yesterday which pledged to provide £4.5 billion of infrastructure investment in 2015-16.

John Muir The Fife based Muir Group has continued its steady advance with another year of solid results and improved land positions.

The UK construction industry has witnessed the first year-on-year contraction in output since May 2013 following a sharp dip in August, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Total construction output for the month dropped by 3.9 per cent on the previous month, with