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UK skills shortage sees firms hiring £1k-a-week foreign bricklayers
Building companies in the UK have hired Portuguese bricklayers on £1,000-a-week wages because of a ...
Published 9 December 2014
John Laing mulls over new Balfour Beatty approach
John Laing Infrastructure Fund (JLIF) has said it is still in the hunt to acquire Balfour Beatty’s ...
Published 8 December 2014
What does new quarterly reporting to tackle false self-employment mean for construction?
From April 2015 employment intermediaries will have to send HMRC quarterly reports that contain de ...
Published 8 December 2014
Glasgow firm wins industry apprentice accolade
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has awarded the Large Employer of the Year (Scotla ...
Published 8 December 2014
Builders Merchants' Federation meets SNP
The Builders Merchants' Federation (BMF) met with the Scottish National Party to give government m ...
Published 8 December 2014
Building Briefs – December 8th
New 125 bed hotel planned for Lerwick The former NHS Shetland headquarters in Lerwick look set to ...
Published 8 December 2014
Charity loses liability challenge in windfarm planning decision
An environmental charity which is seeking to challenge a decision to grant planning permission for a ...
Published 8 December 2014
RJ McLeod wins £31m Selkirk flood protection contract
RJ McLeod has been announced as the successful bidder for main construction works on Selkirk's £31. ...
Published 8 December 2014
Morrison Construction boss named Forth Replacement Crossing project director
Former chief engineer of Morrison Construction, Michael Martin, has been named as project director ...
Published 8 December 2014
Robertson begins new distillery & visitor centre for The Macallan
Robertson Group has begun work on a new £100m iconic distillery and visitor centre at The Macalla ...
Published 5 December 2014
Galliford Try reclassified as house builder
Galliford Try has today said it has been notified by FTSE Client Services that the Group will be rec ...
Published 5 December 2014
Building Briefs – December 5th
Plans to expand Edinburgh trams network to Leith Councillors are set to consider whether the tram n ...
Published 5 December 2014
Joiner who could not remember fall from ladder awarded damages after employer found liable
A joiner who suffered a head injury and a broken wrist in a fall at work has been awarded more than ...
Published 5 December 2014
Site selected for new East Renfrewshire high school campus
Work on the new Barrhead High School in East Renfrewshire is to start next year after a new site was ...
Published 5 December 2014
RGU sells Schoolhill building to luxury hotel chain
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has announced it has sold part of its Schoolhill premises in Aberde ...
Published 5 December 2014
