The construction sector needs urgent leadership and support from the Scottish Government or proposed new standards could have negative consequences for the built environment and the nation’s most vulnerable households, writes Jocelyne Fleming – policy and public affairs officer Scotland
In this month's CIOB Column for SCN, policy and public affairs officer Jocelyne Fleming argues that draft cladding legislation has highlighted Scotland’s wider built environment safety challenge. Everyone deserves a safe place to sleep at night.
CIOB CEO Caroline Gumble brings this year's monthly Scottish Construction Now column to a close by looking back over the past 12 months. Readers of Scottish Construction Now will know how busy this year has been for CIOB. In this article, I want to reflect on a couple of our 2023 highlights, althoug
Jocelyne Fleming, policy and public affairs officer for CIOB in Scotland, explains why the Scottish Government is missing a trick in its efforts to support social housing providers. I recently had the privilege of sitting down with representatives from Scottish housing associations and the contracto
A student “annoyed” at wasteful plastic hotel toothbrushes launched a business providing recyclable bamboo products as part of their MSc in Entrepreneurship at Aston Business School.This was just one example of how students who want to turn their ‘eu