A Glasgow-based construction firm has become the largest business in Scotland to transfer its entire shareholding to an employee ownership trust.
Founded in 1974, Tough Construction employs more than 500 staff and directly employed on-site personnel. It works mainly on projects for house builders throughout central Scotland, Perthshire, Fife and Ayrshire.
Shareholders Bob Leishman, George Duncan and Kenny MacKenzie took over the business in a management buyout in 2007.