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Scottish Ministers have rejected controversial plans to build a trotting track for harness racing on the historic site of the Battle of Bannockburn, a decision that has been widely welcomed by heritage bodies and conservationists.

Persimmon apprentices Ricky Booth and Casey Gardner have been rewarded by Glasgow Clyde College. A first-year apprentice painter and decorator from Drumchapel, Ricky Booth has been named First Year Painting and Decorating Apprentice of the Year at Glasgow Clyde College’s 2025 Faculty of Future

Critical electrical work in the turbine room at Glen Finglas dam near Stirling in Scotland has ensured the continued safe operation and maintenance of Scottish Water’s hydroelectric dam.

The latest Civil Engineering Operative students to graduate from CECA Academy Scotland were told they would be entering an industry with ‘unprecedented’ opportunities when they celebrated their success at a special ceremony at UHI Inverness. Michael Butler, Euan Greig, Aiden Moore, Dunca

Balfour Beatty has appointed Nick Rowan as managing director of its UK Construction Services Regional Scotland business, effective from 4 August 2025. Nick’s appointment is testament to the company’s commitment to attracting, training and retaining its employees, having joined the compan

AS Homes (Scotland) has secured planning permission from East Renfrewshire Council to deliver 12 new homes for social rent on behalf of Barrhead Housing. The small development on derelict urban land at Cross Arthurlie Street, near Barrhead Park and Barrhead train station, will comprise a four-storey

Two turf-cutting ceremonies marked the start of new investment and homes in the west of Dumfries and Galloway by Wheatley Group last week. 

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today launched its Construction Workforce Outlook 2025–29, a refreshed and forward-looking report that sets out the workforce needs of the UK construction sector over the next five years. Previously named the Construction Skills Network repor

An entire residential building in Perth city centre needs to be immediately demolished in the aftermath of a fatal fire, engineers have said. Emergency services were alerted to the blaze in the early hours of Saturday, June 14, when patrolling officers spotted flames engulfing the four-storey reside

Scottish commercial property company HFD has raised almost £130,000 for good causes in Glasgow and the surrounding area through its sell-out annual golfing fundraiser. Organised by the HFD Charitable Foundation, the event took place on 23 May and welcomed over 170 players from Scotland’s

Renfrewshire Council is inviting local residents, businesses and partners to have their say on proposals for a public garden on the site of the former Brown Institute in Renfrew.

North Lanarkshire Council, working in partnership with Amey and Safetytech Accelerator have launched the Barriers to Decarbonising Roads Sandbox (BDRS) as part of the ADEPT Live Labs 2 programme’s Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads.

Scotland’s newest green waste water treatment works has won a prestigious sustainability award from The Royal Academy of Engineering. Owned and operated by Scottish Water, the £35 million waste water treatment works, which was officially opened in October 2024, has been designed to serve

A team from Taylor Wimpey East Scotland have raised £7,410 for charity after taking part in the Taylor Wimpey Challenge last month.   The homebuilder’s annual fundraising event, now in its 11th year, sees teams from across the UK work together to raise money to support the Youth Adv

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a stark warning to homeowners about the "freemen on the land" movement, a group promoting the pseudolegal theory that individuals are not bound by mortgage contracts they do not consent to. This conspiracy theory, gaining traction through social media