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Scottish construction accountancy firm Empowered By Cloud has achieved a record £1 million turnover, 45% up from the previous year's £692,000, according to financial reports for the year ended 30 April. This marked growth for the Glenrothes-based firm, established in 2018, comes alongsid

Kilmac has been awarded a groundworks package for the new Monifieth Learning Campus by Robertson Construction Tayside.

An opening ceremony has taken place for Prestwick North Education Campus.

Inverness-headquartered investment firm GEG Capital Ltd has secured a majority shareholding in multi-disciplinary consultancy IKM Consulting Ltd. The acquisition is expected to enhance GEG Capital’s abilities in engineering and environmental sectors and fortify its role in the UK's energy tran

A new development in Bathgate can deliver millions of pounds of investment in the local community and create more than 200 new jobs if approved by West Lothian Council later this year, according to the developer behind the plans.

Persimmon Homes is consulting the local community on proposals for the next stage of development at the South Stirling Gateway site which could deliver 364 energy-efficient new homes.

The representative body for the home building sector has called on the Scottish Government to introduce a new National Outcome for housing if progress is to be made in providing enough homes for the people of Scotland. National Outcomes are part of the National Performance Framework, describing what

Minister for zero carbon buildings, active travel and tenants' rights Patrick Harvie MSP visited Scotland’s largest Passivhaus development in Dundashill with West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) and contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd. Located on the site of the former Diageo Distillery, the

Residents at a new housing development in Bearsden were treated to a culinary masterclass on their own doorsteps by Scotland’s only female Michelin Star chef, Lorna McNee. The former Scottish National Chef, who is head chef at restaurant Cail Bruich, won Glasgow’s first Michelin Star in

Warmworks has been successful in its bid to deliver the next phase of the Scottish Government’s £728 million national programme to improve the homes of people living in fuel poverty, following a competitive open tender process. The contract, which has a maximum value of up to £728m

Edinburgh-based developer Whiteburn Projects has submitted a detailed planning application for the residential development-led, mixed-use regeneration at March Street in Peebles. 

A group of scientists from the University of Kitakyushu in Japan has come up with an unusual solution to a messy problem. They’ve taken dirty nappies and used them to replace some of the sand needed to build a house with concrete.

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Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has welcomed two new senior appointments to its West Scotland board of directors, with Craig Benson as finance director and Martin Findlay as technical director joining the team based in its regional office in Paisley. Graeme Smith, former finance director, has been promo

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced plans to undertake an exemplar of reuse and retrofit of an existing building to create a new state-of-the-art home for its archives.