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Social housing landlords will be able to make their properties more energy efficient after the Scottish Government unveiled a £3.5 million decarbonisation fund. Local authorities and housing associations will be able to use the fund on projects that improve energy efficiency and decarbonise heating

North Lanarkshire Council has agreed proposals to invest £32.75 million over the next five years to begin to transform its town centres into “modern, vibrant communities where people live, work and socialise”. Forming part of a long-term economic regeneration delivery plan for the area, the tow

A long-running heritage watchdog has objected to plans for a capsule hotel in Edinburgh’s Old Town and called for a moratorium to be placed on any such developments in the capital’s historic quarter. The Cockburn Association claims the historic character and vitality of the Old Town is being put

Following up on successful supplier engagement activity at All Energy 2018, NorthConnect is now organising two Meet the Buyer days more locally to the project site location in Scotland. NorthConnect is a project set up to develop, consent, build and operate an HVDC electrical interconnector between

Greater protection for customers could be on the way after an interim report from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) suggested that consumers in the district heating market are not getting value for money. The CMA study – which began in December – set out to establish whether heat netwo

Affordable housing project gets off the ground in Ayr A new affordable housing development is being created on behalf of Ayrshire Housing to help address the substantial unmet need for high quality affordable housing in the town of Ayr.

The noise and distraction of open plan workplaces are preventing employees from focusing on individual tasks requiring high levels of concentration and minimum disruption, according to new research. The findings come as part of global design firm Unispace’s research of more than 11,000 workers in

Plans by South Ayrshire Council to develop a new office block in Ayr’s High Street have been unanimously rejected by councillors. The four-storey block, which would have housed up to 350 of its own staff, was voted down unanimously this week by members of South Ayrshire's regulatory panel.

Businesses from across the Scotland will today meet with HS2’s direct contractors at their largest supply chain engagement event to date. Held in Birmingham, businesses will discuss supply chain opportunities available as part of the £7.5 billion civil engineering contracts to deliver Phase One o

James Wimpenny BAM Construct UK has reported another year of “solid, stable performance” in 2017.

Work to build a new £3.8 million business centre, which is being developed by East Renfrewshire Council, is now underway. The project, which will create Greenlaw Business Centre in Newton Mearns, will enable the council to increase its support for small businesses.

Construction output in the UK has continued its recent decline falling by 2.7% in March 2018 on a three-month on three-month basis. Figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that the decrease, the biggest fall seen in this series since August 2012, was driven by fal

(from left) Nathan Watson, Sam Clark, Jim Johnstone (community skills manager at Morrison Construction), Tommy Easton (managing director at VQ Construction), Manpreet Singh and Ryan Cochrane VQ Construction has hired four apprentices from the collapsed Carillion business after a call was put out by

Ian Manson, CEO of Clyde Gateway, with Speirs Gumley owner Lorraine MacDonald Historical property management company Speirs Gumley is moving its 70-strong Glasgow workforce from its Bath Street headquarters to the new Red Tree Magenta building at Clyde Gateway.

Urban Union submitted plans for Bedford Street in Laurieston Regeneration company Urban Union is gearing up for an ambitious year with plans to build more than 250 homes across Scotland.