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SSE Renewables has announced two new appointments to its executive committee, as it continues to focus on accelerating growth and leading the transition to a net zero future. Heather Donald has been appointed director of onshore wind, solar, battery (GB & Ireland), taking on end-to-end responsib

Lloyds Banking Group is to make £2 billion of lending available to first-time buyers, increasing the amount prospective homeowners can borrow to up to five and a half times their income. Rising house prices, cost of living, high interest rates and affordability challenges mean conditions

The first phase of demolishing the Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow is due to begin. Members of Inverclyde Council’s environment and regeneration committee were told during a meeting on Thursday 29 August 2024 that nearly 140 flats, as well as the former school and church within the estate, w

Yorkhill Housing Association has been awarded funding from Scottish Enterprise for a feasibility study to explore innovative low-carbon heating solutions for its Overnewton Court retirement complex. As one of five public and voluntary organisations selected for the Can Do Green Heat Retrofit Innovat

Finlay MacDonald has been named as chief officer - property and assets for Highland Council as part of five new appointments at the local authority. Finlay has been the council's head of property and facilities management for the last 10 years and has worked in various property management roles acro

Online engagement has started to let people see the forthcoming improvements for the B999/C19C Shielhill Road junction in Aberdeen. They include improvements to the B999/Shielhill Road junction, removing the tight bend on the B999, and widening verges on Shielhill Road. In addition, a reduction in s

A £5.9m project to create a new whisky distillery within the former derelict mill at Castletown in Caithness has secured a £250,000 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Dunnet Bay Distillers Limited (DBDL) is leading the project, which will create 13 jobs. The project

Creating meaningful social value is at the heart of every project we deliver, but after attending recent events, the industry can do better when it comes to articulating how the construction phase of a project can build wealth and create lasting legacies for communities, writes Chris Boyle, framewor

The newly refurbished Carloway Community Centre was officially opened last week by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, who joined Iain Macaulay, Lord-Lieutenant of the Western Isles, for a tour of the upgraded facilities on the Isle of Lewis. Run by the Carloway Community Association, the new loc

Scotland’s Railway and members of the community celebrated the official opening of Uddingston station’s new multimillion-pound footbridge and lifts last week. Passengers can now safely walk or wheel over the railway via the footbridge, with the lifts providing step-free access to and fro

Plans are being progressed to re-open one lane of the original A816 road at Bealach Mor, Ardfern, which was catastrophically damaged during the 7 October 2023 storm.

The original furniture featured on the set of the hit TV show Friends is set to go up for auction.

Senior associate Sammi Johnstone speaks to Colin Cardwell about her unusual route into construction, the influence of her father and the successful multi-disciplinary approach taken by Jones Hargreaves. Overseeing the tagging and microchipping of turtles in Tobago is an undeniably intrigui

Approval has been given for 19 new council homes at the site of the former McWhirter House and Nesbitt Day Centre in Larkhall.