Scottish Building Federation

Glasgow-based building contractor Fourply is buzzing with excitement following its success in recent national industry awards. Its innovative 'The Apprentice & The Bee' programme lifted the Training Initiative title at the Construction Awards of Excellence 2024 held recently in Nottingham.

Members of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) gathered in Glasgow on Friday 1 November to hear minister for business Richard Lochhead address the construction industry’s concerns about the challenges they are facing. The event came in the wake of a public statement by SBF president, Euan C

Euan Clark, president of the Scottish Building Federation, warns that the construction industry in Scotland is facing a daunting combination of challenges. Within the Scottish construction industry, we are growing increasingly concerned about the constrictions facing the sector.

Two of the UK’s leading and longest-running construction trade associations have today announced that they plan to become ‘one organisation’ in the future.

The Scottish Government has been urged to "back words with action" and reverse the "hammer-blow" £196 million affordable housebuilding cut after it declared that Scotland was in the midst of a housing emergency. Cabinet secretary for social justice Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP revealed yesterda

The Scottish Building Federation has announced new leadership as long-term managing director Vaughan Hart steps down and hands the baton on to the next generation. Paul Mitchell has been promoted to the position of operations director and joined the SBF board, replacing Vaughan Hart who departs the

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) and the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) have signed an accord which will see much closer working between the two organisations, for the benefit of building contractors and house builders in England, Scotland, and Wales. The NFB and the SBF, widely perceiv

The Scottish Building Federation (SBF) has announced Euan Clark as its new president. The commercial director of Ashleigh (Scotland) Limited, based in Prestwick, replaces the outgoing president Greig MacLeod of MacLeod Construction in Lochgilphead, who has held the post since 2021.

The Scottish Building Federation is to host its annual conference, 'Building Scotland’s Future' tomorrow at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. The event will bring together industry experts and leaders to discuss some of the key issues facing the construction industry today. Attendees will ha

Members of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) have voted in favour of the Consensus Proposal for a new Levy Order to encourage training in the construction industry. 74% of SBF members endorsed the Levy Proposal for 2022 – 2025 put forward by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)

The Scottish Building Federation (SBF) has announced Greig MacLeod of Lochgilphead firm MacLeod Construction as its new president. Currently working at the firm set up by his father and late uncle in the 1970s, Greig MacLeod takes up the role immediately replacing Alan Morris of Fourply who has held

Scotland’s construction-led economic recovery is threatened by a combination of sharply rising prices, disrupted supply chains and a chronic shortage of labour as the consequences of a no-deal Brexit coupled with the impact of the Covid pandemic.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has echoed calls for the industry to “play its part” during lockdown ­and has urged workers to keep following vital health and safety guidance. The industry collective reminded contractors to observe new rules after the Scottis

Cooperation and collaboration, greater worker welfare and a top-to-bottom revolution of the construction sector are all top of the Christmas wish-list for members of the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum).

Euan Clark is to join the Contractors Legal Group (CLG) at the Joint Contractors Tribunal (JCT), the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) has confirmed. A commercial director at Ashleigh (Scotland) Limited, Mr Clark has been a director of SBF since earlier this year.