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The winners of the 2015 Homes for Scotland Annual Awards were announced in front of some 900 guests at the organisation’s Annual Lunch Recognising the efforts made to ensure the strongest possible platform for recovery within the new build market, the winners of trade body Homes for Scotland’s p

More construction apprenticeships will be available for young people in the Highlands thanks to a ground breaking scheme, launched in Inverness today. The Shared Apprenticeship Scheme (SAS) is a partnership between the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), the Highland Council and local const

Barratt Homes is recruiting 20 new apprentices in Scotland this year as part of its ongoing commitment to bridge the skills gap in the construction sector. The Barratt Academy – Barratt Homes’ apprenticeship programme – is a four year course which combines education and paid employment to buil

MSP visits £9m scheme to transform homes in Greenock Stuart McMillan MSP has praised a £9 million scheme to make 500 homes more energy efficient in Greenock.

Gordon Matheson A procurement strategy has been agreed upon to take forward Glasgow’s £1.13 billion City Deal, paving the way for work to proceed on 20 ‘major infrastructure projects’ across the city region over the next 20 years.

Boroughmuir High School The old Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh is to be turned into major residential block with around 100 apartments after councillors decided to sell the site to Cala Homes.

The City of Edinburgh Council has agreed that its Local Development Plan should be moved on to be examined by the Reporter appointed by the Scottish Government, before the final plan is agreed. The long-awaited plan allocates land around the city for the next 10 years, and has been driven by Scottis

Six sites are to be put up for sale after being were declared surplus to requirements by Clackmannanshire Council. The decision came as the local authority approved plans for the development of land in the local area over the next 20 years.

A project to restore and transform Lews Castle in the Outer Hebrides has been thrown a multi-million-pound lifeline. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) will provide £1.7 million and the local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CnES) will add £1.5m to complete the project.

Engineer teaching apprentices to use tube bending machine An extra £500,000 has been pledged to help attract a greater number of women and people from minority groups on to modern apprenticeship schemes.

The Constructing Your Future bricklaying workshop Young people from around the Highlands had a taste of a career in construction at an event called Constructing Your Future held at the Black Isle showground on May 7.

Applications are now open for the 16th annual Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland (VIBES) Awards and Scottish construction businesses are encouraged to apply for their chance to join the country’s environmental elite. The awards scheme recognises and rewards businesses that contribu

(from left) Alastair MacGregor, ACHA chief executive, Gerald Cotton whose son is moving into St Oran’s Place, Mike Brown, ACHA’s chairman, John Finnie MSP, new resident Kelly MacColl with piper Angus MacColl and the Achaleven Primary School pupils ACHA completes first new Connel homes for rent s

Leo Quinn Balfour Beatty is still taking action to deliver its two-year financial target, chief executive Leon Quinn said this morning.

Tony Fry The sustained success of its civil engineering business has seen Robertson Group continue to diversify into new sectors such as flood alleviation, bridge construction and marine work.