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Bio-based construction materials manufacturer Industrial Nature Ltd has secured a follow-on investment of £2 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank. The £2m investment comes after the Edinburgh-based firm successfully established the IndiNature Mill in the Scottish Borders an

Temporary site service company WysePower, which emphasises the use of carbon-neutral building solutions, has been acquired by the RSK Group. Founded as WysePlant in 1958, the company began by providing temporary electrics, hoists, cranes, cabins and general plant. Today, WysePower has more than 260

Uig Harbour is to close on Monday 16 January 2023 for eight weeks to allow for the next phase of works to safeguard future ferry services, the Highland Council has confirmed. The planned and programmed outage is required for works to replace life expired infrastructure. The works during this st

Doosan has launched the new DX85R-7 8 tonne mini-excavator, the latest addition to the company’s next generation range of Stage V mini-excavators.

The public are to be given the chance to view initial proposals by Cruden Homes for the delivery of 76 homes for social rent on the site of the former Howdenburn Primary School in Jedburgh.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to a small sub-group of volunteers within the Monifieth Patient Advisory Group, who around 18 months ago started a campaign to install and maintain external defibrillators to benefit the community in the immediate local area

Euan Miller has been appointed as managing director of BAM Properties, with effect from January 1st 2023. Mr Miller joined BAM Properties, the development business for BAM UK and Ireland, 16 years ago as Legal Director and has been acting as interim MD for several months.

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has kicked off its 110th anniversary year with the appointment of Joe Madden to help drive forward its UK-wide growth agenda. Mr Madden, most recently former managing director of independent property and construction consultancy PMP has been appointed

Scotland’s largest independent awards initiative for the housing industry is now underway with the launch of the 2023 Scottish Home Awards programme, sponsored by Ross & Liddell. This year, the Scottish Home Awards celebrates its 16th anniversary as the first and foremost national awards c

Planning approval has been granted nine new homes on a former farm steading site in the Angus village of Inverkeilor. The site off Kirkton Road on the east edge of the village sits beside the road leading to popular Lunan Bay beach.

The Local Flood Risk Plans for Highland & Argyll and Findhorn, Nairn & Speyside that focus on understanding the risks from all sources of flooding and setting out planned measures to reduce this risk have been published. It covers the period from now up until 2028.

Another new build housing development for North Lanarkshire Council is now onsite at Berwick Street, Coatbridge.

Plans have been submitted for a series of pop-up structures to be sited alongside the existing 1930s Police Box on Leith Walk in Edinburgh.

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Contractors working at the GSK plant in Irvine will start strike action in a dispute over bonus payments from today. Around 40 workers employed by contractor Kaefer Limited are seeking a bonus payment of £2.37 an hour, the maximum allowed under the National Agreement for the Engineering Constr