Scottish Building Federation

The Scottish Building Federation AGM is taking place on Thursday 21 May in the Trades Hall of Glasgow. Before the formal AGM proceedings get underway, we will hear a series of short, sharp business update presentations. Further details and registration⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/business-upd…

New SBATC apprentice rates of pay, which take account of the incoming changes to the National Living and Minimum Wage rates, will be effective from Wednesday 1 April 2026. The new apprentice rates of pay can be downloaded here ⬇️ scottish-building.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

The @cicvforum has scheduled an online hustings event ahead of the forthcoming Scottish Parliament election. The hustings will take place on Wednesday 25 March from 6:30-7:30pm and SBF Members can participate for free. Please register here ⬇️ forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

The 5th edition of our 'Building and Construction Scotland' magazine has been published with a cover story picturing Thom Macleod of Compass Building & Construction Services receiving the Industry Excellence Award The full publication can be read here ⬇️ scottishbuildingmag.co.uk/issue5/

SBCC releases updated minor works suite scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/sbcc-…

Leading trade bodies call for Scottish minister for construction and infrastructure @SBF1895 @FMBScot_Gordon projectscot.com/2026/02/leadin…

📢 SBF Members: join us on a choice of two webinars to discuss the challenges that employers will face during the implementation of the Employment Rights Act 2025. Please get in touch directly to register your participation.

Scottish Building Federation MD Paul Mitchell recently sat down with Project Scotland editor Gary Moug to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the sector ahead of a pivotal year @SBF1895 projectscot.com/2026/02/new-sb…

We want to hear your views on new incentives and initiatives to speed up the delivery of new homes to help tackle the housing emergency. Our consultation closes on April 30. Have your say here ow.ly/7Lmt50Y9cl6

SBF Members can benefit from a promotion with our partners at TradePoint this weekend with a 10% discount on everything available in store and thousands of products online. SBF Members will also receive their usual 10% discount on top of this offer with their TradePoint card.

A very happy new year from everybody at the Scottish Building Federation 🎉 Some thoughts on the year ahead are detailed in the article below from @projectscot which looks forward to an interesting and prosperous 2026 for the Scottish construction industry.

The team at SBF would like to wish all of our Members and supporters a very Merry Christmas, a joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year! We will close for the Christmas holidays at 4pm on Friday 19 Dec 2025 and reopen on the morning of Monday 5 Jan 2026 at 8:30am 🎅🎄❄️

Paul Mitchell has been appointed Managing Director of the Scottish Building Federation. scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/paul-…

Paul Mitchell: Uncertainty is undermining Scotland’s building industry scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/paul-…

Construction sector cashflow is important all year round and imperative at the festive shutdown. We strongly encourage all contracting authorities and businesses in every public works contract supply chain to fully comply with relevant provisions of SPPN 2/2022 and CPN 9/2020.

Congratulations to Thom Macleod, MD of Compass Building & Construction Services on receiving the Industry Excellence Award at the Highland Construction and Property Dinner on Friday 21 November - well deserved recognition 🏆

Project Scotland recently asked a number of key construction sector stakeholders would they would like to see from the upcoming UK and Scottish budgets projectscot.com/2025/11/uk-and…

Congratulations to two SBF Members from Orkney who won prizes at the UK-wide Construction Awards of Excellence 2025 🏆 Alfred Flett Ltd won the Best Builder (under £30M) category and Paul Hewison from Casey Construction Ltd won the Outstanding Tradesperson award 🥇

Scottish Building Federation President's Lunch 2025 - Celebrating SBF's 130th anniversary 🍾 🥂 Date: Friday 28 November 2025 Time: 12:30 - 3:30pm Location: The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh, Reservations: eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-bui… Supported by @PeoplesPartnership

📢 SBF Members: A webinar has been scheduled with @biztradegovuk tomorrow at 10am to discuss their critical Late Payment and Retentions Consultation - please get in touch directly to participate The full consultation can be read here: lnkd.in/ef_d7ei7