Regeneration agency Clyde Gateway hopes to follow up on the widespread interest created by the 2014 Commonwealth Games by launching a search for new investors at MIPIM’s UK property show in London later this week.
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(left to right) Colin Forfar, Schneider Electric (category sponsor), lifetime achievement winner Dennis Coppola, Hamish Miller from Cannongate Communications (publishers of SELECT magazine CableTalk) SELECT, the campaigning trade body for the electrotechnical industry in Scotland, held a prestigious
As school pupils begin to choose their subject options and look ahead to their prelims, BAM Construction is urging Scottish school girls to consider taking up construction related university courses and apprenticeships in a bid to increase the number of women in senior roles in the construction indu
Coastal super quarry sees £30m investment in new facilities Europe’s largest granite quarry Glensanda recently celebrated the completion of a new £30 million upgrade of its operation and secured 500 Scottish jobs for the next 25 years.
Sarah Speirs By Sarah Speirs, director RICS Scotland
Mark Clare The Scottish Government needs to put more money into the Help to Buy scheme or risk dampening the housing market, the chief executive of Barratt Developments has said.
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