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Keith Brown Work to remove a notorious bottleneck on the A96 in the north-east of Scotland moved closer today with the award of a multi-million pound contract.

Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish Government will shortly be inviting bids for a contract, worth up to £224 million over seven years, to deliver a new national fuel poverty scheme from 2015.

Public sector procurement specialist LHC is hosting a series of free seminars for kitchen and bathroom installers looking for work on public sector contracts. The seminars will introduce LHC’s new kitchen and bathroom installation framework, due in 2015, and will help kitchen and bathroom firms un

The R&A has unveiled plans for a new equipment testing centre at Kingsbarns Golf Links near St Andrews. A planning application has been prepared by architects Wellwood Leslie and lodged with Fife Council. The new 22,750 sq. ft facility is to be located to the north of the practice area at Kingsb

NHS Highland’s board has given its approval to proposals to build a new community hospital and resource centre in Aviemore. The issue will now go to cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing Alex Neil for a final decision. If the preferred option is approved then planning for the new facilities a

Wind farms with potential to power 1.4 million homes given green light Four offshore wind farms that could provide enough energy to power over 1.4 million homes have received development consent, energy minister Fergus Ewing announced today.

John Swinney Finance secretary John Swinney delivered a budget yesterday which pledged to provide £4.5 billion of infrastructure investment in 2015-16.

John Muir The Fife based Muir Group has continued its steady advance with another year of solid results and improved land positions.

The UK construction industry has witnessed the first year-on-year contraction in output since May 2013 following a sharp dip in August, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Total construction output for the month dropped by 3.9 per cent on the previous month, with

A joiner who was injured at work when he fell off what he claimed was a faulty stepladder has had an action for £25,000 damages refused, after a judge in the Court of Session ruled that he failed to prove that the ladder was defective. Charles McInally, 53, suffered an injury to his left shoulder i

Eamonn McGarvey Keepmoat has won a further £10.9 million sustainability contract with South Lanarkshire Council which will benefit a number of local communities through major energy efficiency improvements to people’s homes.

Bill McGinnis Five employer-led project groups in the UK offsite construction industry, including one from Edinburgh Napier University, are coming together to look at innovative ways to tackle current skills shortages.

A Heritage Lottery Fund grant of almost £10 million has been awarded for the ambitious Aberdeen Art Gallery redevelopment programme.

An average of twenty tradespeople die every week from asbestos related diseases, according to a new survey commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Tradespeople, including construction workers, carpenters and painters and decorators, could come into contact with deadly asbestos on aver

Marischal Square Plans have been approved for the redevelopment of the site of the former Aberdeen City Council headquarters.