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A safety training academy headquartered in East Ayrshire has doubled its workforce, moved into new premises, and expanded its digital offering after receiving support from Scotland’s national business advisory service. Training First Safety is a UK-wide specialist training provider, working wi

Contractor GRAHAM has welcomed 16 new starts to its Building North division as the firm underlines its ambition to be an industry leader in fairness, inclusion and respect. In a strategic partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), nine Ukrainian refugees have been employed as gener

Monthly construction output is estimated to have increased by 0.8% in volume terms in October to record the fourth consecutive monthly growth, according to new data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning.

Plant hire firm Morris Leslie has posted record pre-tax profits of £12.7 million, in its latest accounts made up to 30 April 2022. The results, the highest in the Perthshire business' 48-year history, have been attributed to a post-Covid resurgence in the construction industry along with a maj

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has today announced the appointment of Martin Samworth FRICS to chair the new RICS board effective immediately. Martin has experience in real estate and the built environment spanning nearly 40 years, working in the UK and in broad international ro

Angus Council is being asked to participate in a Scottish Government pilot to provide short-term modular accommodation for people from Ukraine, displaced due to the ongoing conflict in their home country. The proposal could see Angus selected by Ministers as one of a small number of pilot areas in S

The Grampian Housing Association Group in partnership with Barratt & David Wilson Homes North Scotland has handed over the keys to the final 20 new homes to delighted tenants who will move into Osprey Heights in Inverurie before Christmas. The final phase of this balanced community project is th

A landmark Wheatley development of 300 new homes is transforming a site in the west of Edinburgh. Wheatley chief executive Steven Henderson was joined by City of Edinburgh Council housing convenor Councillor Jane Meagher and others to see how work was progressing on 300 new homes Wheatley is buildin

The outgoing governor of Arizona has been spending his final days in office by frantically, and illegally, attempting to fill in sections of the incomplete wall on the US-Mexico border with shipping containers. Republican Doug Ducey, who will hand the keys of his office to his Democratic s

Full planning permission has been granted for a new £12 million whisky and gin distillery and visitor centre on the Isle of Barra.

Doosan has launched a new Waste and Recycling Kit for the company’s DL-7 range of wheel loaders.

Caroline Dearden and Mark Sneddon have been promoted to the board of directors at Anderson Bell & Christie (ABC) as the practice takes its next steps on the employee ownership journey. Both Caroline and Mark have been promoted internally from the ABC senior leadership team, reflecting

The Clyde Metro is one of the key priorities for future transport investment to be included by the Scottish Government in the publication of its second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).

Plans have been revealed for a new health, wellbeing and social hub at the Abertay University city centre campus in Dundee.  Should enough money be raised, the institution hopes to provide a space that can be used for teaching and research linked to academic programmes in areas such a

The outcomes of the prestigious 2022 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were announced last night at a celebratory presentation event in Glasgow’s Voco Grand Central Hotel. SURF was delighted to be joined by over 260 guests to celebrate the 24th annual SURF Award programme