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John Swinney At least £1.3 billion of investment in shovel-ready projects is being put at risk by indecision by the UK Government over major funding decisions, say Scottish Government Ministers.

Pete Wishart A £1.5 billion pension scheme is a ‘ticking timebomb’ of debts and liabilities for the plumbing profession, an SNP MP has told the House of Commons.

Scottish SMEs have an ‘enormous opportunity’ to develop wind farm technology and exploit global markets thanks to a new programme giving access to the country’s leading researchers and testing facilities.

On assignment in Calgary: Scottish Water’s Jim Conlin (left) and John Carty.  

An Aberdeenshire gravedigger had a more intense Halloween experience than he was probably hoping for yesterday when the walls of a plot he was digging collapsed and trapped him inside.

Accountants handling the winding up of the affairs of collapsed Dundee building firm Muirfield Contracts have warned that the process could yet still take “some considerable time”.

The Construction Products Association’s latest forecasts highlight a mixed picture for the construction industry over the next two years due to the impacts of the uncertainty following the EU referendum.

https://videopress.com/v/qaOsUWDm Almost 600 people have had their say on how the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site should be managed.

Aberdeenshire Council has announced “ambitious plans” to create more than 2,500 affordable homes by 2022 at a cost of £135 million.

A Midlothian golf club has received a crucial injection in funds as work gets underway on a new residential development.

CMS Window Systems, the windows systems company based in Cumbernauld, has just won a prestigious European Business Award for the Environment (EBAE).

Often, businesses measure their growth by looking at revenue year on year.

Scotland’s population increase over the next 25 years is likely to be unevenly spread across the country, according to a report issued by the Registrar General for Scotland.

Historic Edinburgh observatory in £4m culture and science hub in restoration plan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_fUKDmI8bU They may have been constructed to be "indestructible" but increasing numbers of shopkeepers are refusing to accept new polymer bank notes because customers have taken on such claims as a challenge and are ruining them.