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A new scheme to support the local construction industry recruit and sustain suitably skilled employees has got off the ground in Orkney. The industry, in common with many other sectors, have been finding it difficult to recruit and this is another tool designed to help.

Brechin High School is securing a lease of land from Scotia Homes to develop an allotment and food forest for the school and local community to offer rural learning and improve wellbeing and sustainability opportunities.

Aberdeenshire Architectural and Landscape Design Awards (AALDA) were established in 1997 as a means of raising the profile of good innovative design. Taking place every two years, the awards provide a benchmark for the quality of recent development and the effectiveness of planning policies.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to a convenience store in Bathgate and its customer Cameron Clark, who around 12 months ago started a campaign to install and maintain an external defibrillator outside the Usave Shop on Falside Crescent to benefit the commu

A homeowner who spent five years building a secret underground cavern in his garden despite not having planning permission may have to demolish the structure. Now an application for retrospective permission for the cavern has been made by the resident in Sefton, who is creating the garden structure

RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: JKR Contractors Ltd 

Integrated engineering design, energy, and sustainability consultancy Hydrock has secured a pivotal role in the latest phase of the transformative redevelopment of Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Situated on the banks of the Tummel, and Scotland's largest of its kind, the cultural gem is renowned for it

Springfield Properties has announced sponsorship of amateur Highland golfer Summer Elliot to help her achieve her ambitions of turning professional. From Inverness, 17-year-old Summer Elliot first started golfing at the age of eight and is the number 1 Junior girl in the Scottish Golf Order of Merit

Joint administrators from PwC for Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd, along with its subsidiaries wilko Ltd and wilko.com Ltd, have confirmed the closure of two Scottish stores – Irvine and Clydebank – resulting in a loss of 38 jobs.

The funicular railway at Cairngorm Mountain near Aviemore could be back in service before the end of this month. The popular 2km ride between the Cairngorm base station and the UK’s highest restaurant was withdrawn on Friday 25 August to enable a series of snagging works to be carried out.

Fife Council has granted detailed planning consent for a new 50,000 sq ft industrial and logistics unit at Queensferry One in Rosyth which will kickstart the development of the wider 120-acre project. Scarborough Muir Group (SMG), a joint venture between UK real estate company, Scarborough Group Int

At least 30 schools in Scotland found to contain the potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) have been named by councils. The Scottish Government confirmed last week that work is underway to fully understand the presence of the material after it was found in at least

Fife College principal Jim Metcalfe welcomed the new education minister Graeme Dey MSP to the site of the new Dunfermline Campus to check progress of the construction project.

The operations director at JR Scaffold has been shortlisted for the highly coveted National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) President’s Awards. Kellyanne Conway joins just three others across the country to be considered for the top accolade.

The contract notice for the construction of the £150 million A9 Dualling: Tomatin to Moy project has been published, although work is not expected to be completed until 2027.