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Institutional investor Legal & General Group (L&G) has announced a new regeneration vehicle to provide £1.5 billion of investment into UK regeneration projects including housing and infrastructure. L&G is allocating £1.5bn to the vehicle, and working alongside investment partners plans

Derek MacKay Transport minister Derek Mackay visited Kincraig today to view the progress being made to construct the first stretch of the A9 Dualling Programme between Perth and Inverness.

The Queensferry Crossing is on target to open earlier than expected and below budget, it has been announced.

Trade bodies representing specialist subcontractors and major contractors have opened talks about creating a single body. The National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) and UK Contractors Group (UKCG) announced today that they are to explore the opportunity for the contracting supply chain to wo

Sustainable Rutherglen office block completes

Capita has been revealed as the successful bidder to acquire the assets of procurement and supply chain management service Constructionline for £35 million on a cash free, debt free basis. Through its database of over 23,000 companies, Constructionline cuts out red tape for the construction industr

Angela Constance MSP Three schools in Dumfries and Galloway will be rebuilt or refurbished by 2018 following a £21 million investment by the Scottish Government.

By Dundee Councillor Jimmy Black

Work underway on 31 new Fife council homes

Councillors in Dundee have approved a revised £80m budget for the city's flagship V&A museum project. City development director Mike Galloway and chief executive David Martin have now been handed formal responsibility for the development following a 90-minute meeting where councillors unanimous

Bob Speakman Foundation contractors Aarsleff has appointed Bob Speakman, as Safety, Training, Environment and Quality Manager (STEQ).

The Scottish government’s plans to give communities across Scotland greater access to purchase land for the benefit of local people must be scrutinised closely the Scottish parliament’s Rural affairs, climate change and environment committee has said. The committee’s comments come as it publis

Lord Smith of Kelvin Lord Smith of Kelvin, the chairman of the Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank and who chaired the Smith Commission on Scottish devolution, will now lead Clyde Gateway to deliver on the post-2014 Commonwealth Games legacy.

Phil Ford The Scottish construction industry is set for steady year-on-year expansion and requires an average 5,700 trades people annually as it continues to benefit from historic highs of infrastructure investment, according to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).