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The UK and Scottish Governments have today announced a new agreement for Great British Energy to work in partnership with Scottish public bodies to support clean energy supply chains and infrastructure. UK energy secretary Ed Miliband MP will visit Aberdeen with Great British Energy chair Juergen Ma

Potential economic benefits from Middlerigg battery storage facilities to construction companies in the Lothians have prompted the opening of formal supplier registration, allowing them to register interest in the project. Businesses across the Lothians are being actively encouraged to register thei

Canadian decarbonised heating specialist Noventa Energy has acquired three innovative heat from wastewater assets from Scottish Water Horizons located in Glasgow, Stirling and Campbeltown. These assets, the first of their kind in the UK, will be partially repowered to benefit from Noventa’s pr

SGN has announced that Simon Kilonback will become its new chief executive officer. Simon joined the energy network business in September 2023 as Chief Financial Officer. He will take over from Mark Wild who is leaving to run the high-speed rail project HS2.

Organisations are being encouraged to apply to Historic Environment Scotland (HES) grants and funding schemes which aim to showcase the importance of heritage assets through projects that promote and protect Scotland’s tangible and intangible historic environment. HES offers grants and funding

Having attended Build Your Future events in the past with NFRC raising the profile of the careers in the roofing industry, Sue Webber MSP took the time to visit a site to learn more about roof apprenticeships and challenges faced both by employees and apprentices. The Lothian region representative j

Universal Interiors was founded in the Autumn of 1999 by Andrew and David Welsh a father and son business who recognised there was a gap in the market for wardrobe furniture to be supplied to the housebuilding industry.

Councillors have voted through plans for a small housing development in the Kinross-shire hamlet of Carnbo.

Planning permission has been granted for an affordable housing development to be built on agricultural land in Kirkmichael. Twelve homes have been earmarked for land across from 42 to 46 Bolestyle Road.

Strathaven Women’s Rugby Club is celebrating the unveiling of their new training kits, thanks to a generous £5,000 donation from homebuilder Persimmon West Scotland. Persimmon, which is actively developing new communities in the surrounding areas, has stepped up as the primary sponsor, p

Lovell recently welcomed schoolchildren from Lawfield Primary School to Oakwood Edge in Mayfield to learn about the importance of safety on construction sites ahead of the school holidays. Oakwood Edge is a mixed-tenure development with 156 new energy-efficient homes for the area. A total of 39

The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, Scotland’s only dedicated consumer exhibition for self-builders, home renovators and improvers is returning to SEC, Glasgow on 10-11 May 2025 and the organisers have announced a second Scottish show for 2025, taking place at the Royal Highland

A state-of-the-art fire station has burned to the ground because it had not been equipped with a fire alarm.

Bellway has agreed a deal which could see a further 200 new homes delivered at Blindwells, the sustainable new town in East Lothian.

Cabinet secretary for transport Fiona Hyslop has announced the allocation of a further £10 million of Scottish Government funding to help make walking, wheeling and cycling easier for shorter everyday journeys. Local authorities and regional transport partnerships from across Scotland have app