Browsing Tag Scotland
EC Harris Wins Major Lloyds Banking Group Commission
By phillaw at May 8, 2012 | 09:41 | 0 Comment
ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, today announced that its subsidiary EC Harris, the global Built Asset Consultancy, has been appointed by Lloyds Banking Group, the UK's largest retail bank, as its single source Professional Services Provider (PSP) for the next three years, beginning in April more...
Scotland’s Small Building Firms Hit Rock Bottom
By phillaw at April 23, 2012 | 10:39 | 0 Comment
WORKLOADS for Scotland’s small building firms operating in social housing have hit rock bottom, industry leaders warned today, in a hammer blow for the ailing construction sector. Publishing its latest State of Trade survey, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) said the SME building sector had now been in recession for four years. The UK-wide report, which more...
Revealed: High Speed Rail Link could be Built in Scotland.. BEFORE Link North from Manchester
By phillaw at January 27, 2012 | 12:12 | 0 Comment
A HIGH-SPEED train line could be built in Scotland before the completion of the English leg of the railway, Infrastructure Secretary Alex Neil has said. The minister highlighted findings in a report published today that looked into the potential routes connecting Glasgow and Edinburgh to the line south of the border. The UK Government has already agreed to work on a more...
Scotlands Construction Future Looking Up
By phillaw at January 25, 2012 | 10:45 | 0 Comment
The Scottish construction industry will continue to contract this year but is expected to return to growth in 2013, according to a new report. The Construction Skills Network (CSN) also suggested employment was set to grow at an annual average rate of 1.1% between 2012 and 2016. This was almost twice the rate of the UK as a whole (0.6%). Strongest growth in more...
80 new Edinburgh-based jobs will be created when care home opens in spring 2013
By phillaw at January 24, 2012 | 11:13 | 0 Comment
Work is under way on a pioneering new s10 million nursing home in Edinburgh which will bring 80 new jobs when it opens in the spring of 2013. Care UK's latest nursing home will provide residential and dementia care for 90 residents. The home, on the city's Redford Road, was designed by Richard Pollock, of Edinburgh-based practice Burnett Pollock more...
Asda Unveils Plans to Create Three New Stores in Scotland
By phillaw at January 23, 2012 | 13:26 | 0 Comment
Asda unveils plans to create three new stores in Scotland. The UK's second biggest supermarket chain, Asda, has unveiled plans to create three new stores across Scotland. Twenty five Asda supermarkets are to open across the UK, creating around 5,000 jobs. The three new Scottish stores will be in Inverness, Tain in the Highlands and in Larkhall, South more...
Parklea Pavilion
By phillaw at November 18, 2011 | 11:02 | 2 Comments
Work Well Underway as Football Focus Takes Shape Work is well underway to transform an Inverclyde site into a centre of excellence for football in the West of Scotland. The £6.2 million scheme at Parklea near Port Glasgow has already seen a new 3G all-weather pitch with floodlights installed, access to the site improved and drainage work carried out on eight more...
