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The new Broadford Hospital on Skye has been officially opened by the cabinet secretary for health and social care, Humza Yousaf. It is one of two new community hospitals delivered by hub North Scotland on behalf of NHS Highland in a £40 million project. The other hospital, the Badenoch and Str

One of CIOB’s most popular guides, the Code of Practice for Project Management for the Built Environment, has now been updated and a sixth edition published. The updates are important reflections on how the practice and processes in construction have changed, and the increasing pressures on th

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated £1,000 to support the completion and maintenance of the new urban woodland site planted at Nelson Park in Armadale as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy project to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The donation to West Lothian Council’s

Industry collaboration body the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) has worked to develop a new suite of free-to-use continuing professional development (CPD) modules focused on digital construction, net zero and retrofitting. Working with Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (B

Strategic real estate advisor Avison Young has promoted Paul Broad and Andrew Renouf to principal in its Glasgow office as the firm continues to expand its transactional and consultancy services in Scotland. Mr Broad has been with the business for six years joining from Cushman’s in 2016. Sinc

The Supplier Development Programme is to hold the 13th annual Meet the Buyer event online on June 15 with headline partners, the Scottish Government and Scotland Excel.

Bellway Homes' regional health and safety manager recently visited pupils at High Park Primary School in Ruchill Park to provide a presentation ahead of the housebuilder starting work locally on a new residential development. As part of the school’s daily assembly, Willie Jeffrey was invited t

An appeal by a Scottish landfill operator against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal that material used in the construction of landfill cell walls should be taxed at the standard rate has been partially successful. Barr Environmental Ltd raised the action in the FtT challenging Revenue Scotland&r

Training is the number one barrier to achieving net zero across the construction sector, a report commissioned by Housing, Construction & Infrastructure (HCI) Skills Gateway has highlighted.

Renewable energy sector industry body Scottish Renewables has welcomed three new directors to its board.

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Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has completed 10 hew homes for rent in Inveraray. The development was built by Mull based construction company, TSL, and officially opened by Councillor Robin Currie, leader of Argyll and Bute Council. He was accompanied by the children of Inveraray Primar

Stephen Lewis, managing director of HFD Property Group, will be appointed as chair of the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) at the organisation’s annual conference in Edinburgh today. Stephen Lewis succeeds Kevin Robertson, managing director of KR Developments, who has chaired the SPF since A

Renfrewshire Council is to embark on a major new social housing retrofit programme that will see up to 3,500 local authority dwellings renovated to either Enerphit or the AECB Retrofit Standard over the next four years.

Operators across the UK and Ireland are being invited to put their machinery skills to the test by Kubota UK, as part of the business’s ongoing celebrations to mark 25 years as the country’s biggest selling mini-excavator manufacturer. The #Kubota25Challenge is encouraging operators to s