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Sector body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the shortlist for its 2024 awards programme, this year focused on how its members are meeting the housing needs of everyone living (or who wishes to live) in Scotland. With the awards seeking to showcase the many examples of best practice and innova

Raith Rovers Community Foundation has been given a boost after banking a major donation from homebuilder Persimmon through its Community Champions scheme.

Buccleuch Property has appointed KPS Limited to construct a 5,250 sq ft Co-op retail store including six IONITY electric vehicle (EV) High-Power charging (HPC) stations at Shawfair Business Park, Edinburgh.

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has invested £100,000 in its members with a Tenstar simulator and bespoke trailer. This state-of-the-art training equipment is designed to make it easy for SPOA members to visit schools, businesses and colleges across Scotland to encourage young peo

P1 Contractors Ltd, a landscape construction company based in Edinburgh and Linlithgow, has announced the opening of a new office in Glasgow.

Tradesmen who destroyed a concrete driveway after their client refused to pay them said they were left with no other choice.

Plans to create a new conference centre that would double capacity at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow have been agreed in principle by the local authority, according to the venue's chief executive.

Network Rail has successfully demolished the bridge over the railway on Shields Road in Glasgow.

Multi-disciplinary engineering firm Clancy Consulting has promoted Ross Taylor to associate with responsibility for running the day-to-day operations of its Prestwick office. A highly driven and experienced structural engineer, Mr Taylor is skilled in managing large-scale projects in a wide variety

A new prison in Inverness that has been given the final go-ahead will arrive six years late and cost more than four times its original estimate.

Scotland’s largest independent specialist timber merchant MGM Timber continues to invest in its growth with the launch of a new online service for trade customers.

Plans are on course for Papa Westray to get a new airfield terminal building and car park. Planning consent has been approved by Orkney Council’s Planning Authority subject to a number of conditions being met, and it is hoped that work will be able to start on site this summer.

Clark Contracts has now opened applications for trainee and apprentice positions following its 8th annual Careers Events.

Businesswoman and television personality, Sara Davies MBE is ready to breathe fire into UK Construction Week London (ExCeL, May 7th-9th), as the latest high-profile speaker to be announced at the UK’s biggest event for the built environment. The entrepreneur and founder of Crafter’s Comp

Castle Douglas-based James Gordon Ltd (Gordons), the authorised dealer for Develon for the whole of Scotland and the county of Cumbria in England, is showing the Develon range for the first time at the ScotPlant 2024 Exhibition.