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BRE has been recognised at the 2017 Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards for its Innovation Park in Ravenscraig. The research organisation has been shortlisted in the hotly contended ‘Excellence in Innovation’ category at the annual awards which acknowledge the success of locally based busines

Dundee-based bespoke joinery manufacturer and interior fit-out specialist, Bentleys Shopfitting Ltd, has announced it is the latest Scottish business to adopt an employee ownership model, with 50 staff now given the opportunity to become owners. Established in 1987, the Dundee-based company speciali

The City of Edinburgh Council’s new Local Development Plan provides a clear framework to manage the capital's growth, says Councillor Ian Perry. Edinburgh is a hugely successful city which is expected to grow by about 10 per cent in the next decade.

Plans for King Harald Street DITT Construction appointed to new Lerwick housing developments

Vittorio (left) and Santino Pelosi City Building’s instructors are seeing double with this year’s intake of modern apprentices, thanks to twins being amongst the talented group.

Confidence amongst Scottish construction employers has been rated positive for the second consecutive quarter, though the vast majority have called for the skills test element of construction apprenticeships to be retained. A quarterly survey of the membership of industry trade association the Scott

Contractors are being sought to bid for a four-year framework for the provision of new build and refurbishment works for schools and community buildings. The Scottish Procurement Alliance has released the £800 million building works framework for tender.

A planning application has been lodged by Buccleuch Property for a residential-led mixed-use development as an extension to Salter’s Park in Dalkeith. The development, which can be brought forward without undue delay, will comprise up to 400 homes (included 25 per cent affordable housing), as well

Jeremy Blackburn The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has praised the Scottish Government for “taking the lead” in providing the reassurance needed to tackle the country’s chronic housing shortage and infrastructure deficit.

Gordon Nelson The Federation of Master Builders Scotland (FMB Scotland) has called on the Scottish Government to give the construction industry priority access to the £10 million Flexible Workforce Development Fund.

Ian Godden A former director is to return to the Board of Havelock Europa with a vote of confidence for the company in the form a £300,000 investment.

An increase in central housing investment has allowed Midlothian Council to announce plans to step up its affordable home projections. Councillors yesterday approved plans to deliver 1,441 new affordable homes through the Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2017/18-2021/22 (SHIP), a significant increa

Plans for a new additional secondary school in Musselburgh have been approved at a meeting of East Lothian Council. Designed by JM Architects, the new school will be built in Wallyford and will take pupils from the Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School and Wallyford Primary School catchment areas.

Springfield gives early Christmas gift to Nairn Dunbar Golf Links Springfield Properties is teaming up with Nairn Dunbar Golf Course and Ground Water Dynamics to address the links course’s water retention concerns as part of an early Christmas present for the club.

An artist's impression of the proposed canopy A huge canopy could be installed over the High Street of the rainiest town in the north.