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A snapshot of good and bad manual-handling practices on construction sites across Great Britain has been revealed in six weeks of inspections.

Big-hearted staff at homebuilder Cala Homes (East) have donated toys and Christmas stocking fillers to families in South Queensferry facing financial struggles this Christmas.

Energy regulator Ofgem has approved the need for the strategic electricity transmission reinforcements required to deliver the UK Government’s 50GW offshore wind by 2030 target, set out as part of the regulator’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework.

City Building has breathed new life into Glasgow City Chambers Santa’s Grotto by utilising its apprentices to refurbish the attraction.

Throughout 2022, Clark Contracts has welcomed nineteen new employees to its award-winning academy in a range of roles including trainee, trade apprentice and office-based apprentice positions. The contractor has welcomed three new trainee quantity surveyors, two of whom are currently studying for th

A multi-million-pound deal has been agreed to build a new road salt storage facility to support Scotland’s road network for future winters.

Campaigning electrical trade association SELECT has issued an urgent appeal to Deputy First Minister John Swinney, asking him to allocate additional funding for apprenticeships to prevent a shortfall in essential training. Scotland’s voice of the electrical industry is calling on Mr Swinney to

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland recently went back to school to give the children in Haddington and Ratho Station some reminders about health and safety. As construction of new homes at Taylor Wimpey East Scotland’s developments of new homes at Letham Meadows in Haddington and Lauder Grove in

Housebuilder Dandara East Scotland has donated £500 to help support Edinburgh SW Food Bank. In addition, Dandara staff packed boxes with cereal, soup, pasta, rice, tinned tomatoes, beans, fruit juice and biscuits and delivered them to the bank in Gorgie Road, which is run by the Trussell Trust

For the third consecutive year, staff at Cruden Group have come together to collect vital food, toy and cash donations to give back to local communities across Scotland at Christmas. Cruden’s annual foodbank campaign was launched in November. Since then, staff members working on-site and in of

The derelict Prestonhill Quarry in Inverkeithing is once again the subject of a bid to deliver around 180 new homes. Under the new plans, the quarry pond, where four people lost their lives in accidents in the last 50 years, would become a residential development of 180 houses, plus h

Political turmoil in the UK and shifting monetary and fiscal policies in the UK and Scotland over the last three months have accelerated housing market fluctuations already evident due to the economic consequences of the Russia-Ukraine War, according to new analysis by Rettie & Co. Des

A timber frame specialist in Aberdeenshire has designed and built a factory that will be powered exclusively by renewable energy thanks to an ingenious heat-capturing design.

A significant milestone was reached at Meiklefield Road, Dingwall last week, as the Highland Council received the keys to its new housing development.

Edinburgh’s ambitious plan to regenerate Granton Waterfront into a new coastal community has received UK-wide recognition at the Future Cities Forum Winter Awards.