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Specialist excavator attachments supplier Sandhurst has created a new Scottish hub with the opening of a new depot in Livingston.

The UK Government has delayed the introduction of new IR35 tax rules by a year as part of a package of measure to help business cope with the impact of the coronavirus.

The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has written to the UK Government outlining a series of strategic interventions to help the industry see through the economic impact of COVID-19.

Persimmon Homes North Scotland has successfully secured the land for a £9.3 million new development in at the 4.79-acre Kingspark School site in Dundee. The developer will build 62 new homes at the site.

Scottish Water is to begin work on a £3.2 million investment to improve the waste water infrastructure in Eyemouth to protect against flooding.

A planning application has been submitted for 30 houses and cottage flats for the Arden area of Glasgow.

Aberdeenshire Council is preparing its public consultation as part of an eight-week consultation on its Proposed Local Development Plan 2020 (LDP). The authority formally agreed its Proposed LDP earlier this month and will submit its proposals to Scottish Ministers for examination later this year, f

Cruden Homes was pleased to welcome back its site manager Phil Purves from a recent trip to Rwanda where he, along with a team of volunteers from various football clubs, used the power of sport to help improve the lives of children.

Hart Builders lent its support to transform the outdoor area of a Midlothian leisure centre. Ladywood Leisure Centre, based in Penicuik, offers a variety of sports and social clubs for the local community. The area outside the centre was previously overgrown and unsuitable for holding outdoor activi

Councillor Judy Hamilton, convener of Fife Council's community and housing services committee, marked the start of construction of nine new council houses in Leslie by performing the sod-cutting ceremony. Ryan Scott, (Robertson site manager), Shaun Henry, Fife Council, Councillor

A facility used for testing nuclear submarine reactors in Scotland is to be demolished by the 2030s, the BBC has reported.

A planning application has been submitted for a new office and depot building for Wernick Group in Dundee. The modular building supplier plans to deliver a large workshop and new high-tech offices on an industrial brownfield site on Baird Avenue.

Given the developing situation regarding coronavirus, BESA, ECA and SELECT have launched a joint engineering services industry survey.

The campaigning body for the electrotechnical industry in Scotland has added its voice to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the use of cash retentions in construction. In a detailed response on the practice, SELECT has firmly stated its long-held view that Holyrood should introduce a s

Independent property specialist Graham + Sibbald has continued to hire to strengthen its UK-wide credentials in the petroleum and roadside sectors. (from left) Cathy Noble, Stephanie Walker, Calum Campbell and John Docherty of Graham + Sibbald (Image by Stewart Attwood)