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The managing director of Scotland’s largest construction trade association has said “certainty and momentum” are the key ingredients if the industry is to successfully build on the outcome of the upcoming COP26 summit.  Alan Wilson from SELECT says it’s essenti

Scotland’s largest construction trade association SELECT has further enhanced the quality of its technical operation with the appointment of Bob Cairney as its new director of technical services. Mr Cairney will start his role next month, taking the reins from colleague Dave Forrester, wh

The managing director of Scotland’s largest construction trade association SELECT took to the airwaves last week to tell thousands of tradespeople across the UK that retentions “disproportionately penalise small businesses” in the construction industry. 

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has issued another in its series of engaging advice videos, reminding workers how to keep themselves and others safe as the COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed.

School leavers and other young people are being urged to consider engineering careers with the launch of a campaign that highlights the sector's offer of a chance to tackle the climate crisis and provide better living and working conditions for their communities.

International trade body EuropeOn and Martin Whitfield MSP have become the latest high-profile names to back the campaign for regulation of the electrical industry being spearheaded by SELECT.  The Labour politician and European voice of the electrical contracting industry are th

A Scottish Government working group has recommended a list of reforms to the outdated practice of cash retentions to protect sub-contractors from payment abuse and upstream insolvencies.

Scotland's electrical sector is expanding the remit and membership of its influential Local Authority Forum. Run by trade association SELECT, the ambitious recalibration to include housing associations, universities and NHS estates will help the Forum deliver its collective expertise

Construction trade association SELECT has welcomed the introduction of a new Single Certificate of Construction which is designed to help simplify the process of certification.

Campaigning trade association SELECT has welcomed a number of new additions to its Wall of Support which promotes its ongoing crusade for regulation of the electrical industry.

The president of SELECT has praised the “spirit of collaboration and co-operation” shown by the campaigning trade association and its members during the pandemic. Donald W Orr said Scotland’s largest construction trade body had “played a vital role” as it helped contrac

Construction trade association SELECT has welcomed the new intake of MSPs to the Scottish Parliament and pledged to continue working closely with politicians of all parties to help the country recover and rebuild. The campaigning organisation said that, as one of the country’s bigges

Increasingly long lead times for many products has prompted SELECT and ECA to issue a joint alert to members, warning them about extended delays and urging them to plan ahead and order early. The advice by the electrical trade associations comes hot on the heels of a recent warning by BEAMA that dem

Construction trade associations SELECT and the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) have held talks to discuss common key strategies and priorities and how they plan to continue their close collaboration to help build a brighter future for the UK’s post-COVID electrotechni

Campaigning trade association SELECT has welcomed the results of the latest consultation on regulation of the electrical industry in Scotland, which again shows an overwhelming majority of respondents in favour of legislation. The outcome of the latest Government consultation, which c