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A Scottish company specialising in creating spaces that help people work more productively is launching a competition to win a stress-free residency in its Glasgow office. Alpha Scotland, which opened a new state-of-the-art office overlooking the River Clyde earlier this year, is offering

Coatbridge steel firm Cairnhill Steel Solutions has agreed a deal to sponsor the Melrose Sevens in 2019, to the delight of rugby legend Doddie Weir, who won multiple Scottish championships with Melrose RFC. Cairnhill works throughout the UK offering a range of clients steel solutions to complex engi

Fife Council has unveiled the winning companies for a £4.6 million tender of plant hire contracts.

A Deeside charity which provides training for young adults with learning disabilities is to build a new office using straw bales. The management team at Beannachar Camphill Community, located on a farm set near Banchory-Devenick, currently works out of a garage building on the site which is no longe

Key infrastructure projects across Scotland worth billions of pounds to the economy face cumulative delays of more than a decade, it has emerged. In an update on its major capital projects yesterday, the Scottish Government revealed that a dozen scrucial developments such as hospitals, roads, rail a

Consultancy and construction company Mace has appointed former Jaguar Land Rover senior executive Colin Harvey to lead its property consultancy business in the North of England and Scotland. Colin will hold responsibility at Mace for strategic and operational management of a property team of nearly

North Lanarkshire Council has included recently approved additional projects to provide more, modern and affordable new homes for the region’s residents into its next Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) which has now been submitted to the Scottish Government. The SHIP for 2019-20/2023-24

Plans for a major redevelopment of Aberdeen’s indoor market and former BHS store have been displayed for public consultation. Developer PATRIZIA said it is working on a planning application that will offer a long-term, sustainable solution for the site.

A further extension to the Brexit transition period would be “hugely unhelpful” to the construction and building services sectors, according to the president of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). Tim Hopkinson told the Association’s 2018 National Conference that

Scarlett Land and Development Ltd (SLD) has acquired two adjoining sites in central Edinburgh on London Road for private client Summix Capital Limited. The acquisitions end a successful first years’ trading for SLD, which amounted to a total of c. £78 million in deal value.

More than 200 representatives from the Scottish public sector gathered to celebrate procurement excellence within the housing sector at the first ever Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) Awards ceremony. The inaugural awards event was held in the Grand Ballroom at the historic Grand Central Hotel in

The King's Theatre in Edinburgh is to close for two years for a £20 million redevelopment to safeguard the 112-year-old building for generations to come. Opened in 1906, the grade A-listed theatre welcomes over 200,000 visitors every year and is the only surviving operational theatre by archit

Construction and utilities specialist Develop Training Limited (DTL) has announced two new appointments at its Linlithgow training centre. Gary Oliver has been hired as key account manager covering Scotland and Northern Ireland, and Brian Leckie is the new centre manager at Linlithgow.

Building services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has completed a turnkey M&E solution for the major refurbishment and fit out of Kintore House located in Edinburgh. Led by main contractor GHI Contracts, the former extended townhouse has been upgraded to create 82 serviced apartments including

The Highland Council and partners HITRANS and NHS Highland have welcomed £1.6 million awarded from Transport Scotland’s Low Carbon Travel and Transport (LCTT) Challenge Fund. The funding has been warmly received by partner agencies for their Low Carbon and Active Travel Hub project in In