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Scottish construction firm Orocco has appointed Aaron Bolton as its first brand manager as it targets sustained growth in the next 12 months. The Edinburgh-based company has established itself as one of the sector’s most forward-thinking businesses since its formation in 2012.

The former High School of Glasgow site could be redeveloped into a high-end hotel complex under new £20 million plans. Glasgow-based hospitality and leisure operator The Scotsman Group is applying for permission to turn the rundown historic campus into a 142-room hotel with 21 serviced apartme

Ardersier Port, situated near Inverness, has received an initial £300 million investment commitment from Quantum, a US investment firm that provides private capital to the global energy industry, to fuel the port's redevelopment into a major energy transition facility. The funding will acceler

Scottish bids and tenders specialist AM Bid has reported an increase in both revenue and net profit for H1 of its ninth trading year. The firm generated revenues of £626,337, for the period 1st October 2022 to 31 March 2023, marking a 17% increase from the £535,175 recorded for the

Muir Homes is to appeal a decision to refuse its application for almost 160 new houses on the west of Forfar.

Scottish architecture studio HAUS Collective has announced the promotion of Ewan Proctor-Mason to the position of associate. Ewan, a certified Passivhaus designer and graduate of the prestigious Mackintosh School of Architecture, joined HAUS in 2014. Since joining, Ewan has contributed to a wide ran

Highly energy-efficient windows are to be installed in 111 properties in Motherwell as part of a planned maintenance workstream led by Lanarkshire Housing Association.

The City of Edinburgh Council has partnered with community councils to ask residents, businesses and other interested groups how they think Seafield could be transformed and regenerated into a vibrant new 20-minute neighbourhood.

A town has announced an unusual plan to reduce crime by planting 1,200 trees. Local officials in Alief, a suburb of Houston, Texas, will spend $2 million (around £1.6 million) to plant the trees along 17 miles of road by 2025.

Aberdeen City Council officials have opened the door to the city's upcoming seafront regeneration going ahead without a new football ground to replace Pittodrie, new documents have revealed.

International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has appointed Ian Shearer as global chief information officer (CIO) to support its digital transformation journey, based out of the company’s UK headquarters. Ian joins the business from ITIS Consulting and brings with him over 30 year

The head of the world-leading source of expertise in civil engineering excellence has praised work being done to support the transition of the North East of Scotland into a globally integrated energy cluster. Dr Janet Young, director general of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), visited Aberd

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry will resume next week with a focus on various stages of the project to construct the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh.

Clark Contracts is currently on site constructing a new library and early years facility in Ratho for the City of Edinburgh Council.

Projects that encourage walking, wheeling and cycling in Glasgow are to receive a £3.6 million cash injection after the council secured funding from Places for Everyone - an active travel infrastructure programme funded by the Scottish Government and administered by Sustrans.