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Global temporary power company Aggreko has successfully completed a £4.5 million sustainably-resourced low-carbon expansion of its production facility in Dumbarton.

The next oral hearing of the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry is set to begin on May 9 with the focus on the role of ventilation in a hospital setting and the early planning stages of Edinburgh’s new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (RHC

The Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV) has reassured clients that ongoing price rises for projects are caused by global events not “profiteering” and said any increases only reflect the spiralling costs that are affecting the whole construction industry. Clients have voiced co

McGill has been appointed to carry out electrical upgrade works at one of Dundee's Caird Hall.

Nairn-based timber processing firm Gordon Timber (GT) is set to increase production and company turnover after securing £95,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), to help pay for the cost of installing new automated equipment for handling materials.

Confida FM, an Ayrshire-based business, specialising in commercial facilities management, has grown three-fold after pivoting its business model during the pandemic, thanks to a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland.

Property firm Bowman Rebecchi has added a new arm to its business operations with both the launch of Bowman Rebecchi Estate Agents and a new contract to oversee the sale of 22 new homes in Gourock. The new business will be led by Linda Swan, who joins the firm as sales director with an initial focus

Following an Approval of Matters specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning consent in February of this year from South Lanarkshire Council for the provision of 203 private new homes, Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has confirmed that it has acquired the land required for this development off Meikle Earno

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has officially opened its new development at Sgeir Ghlais, Breasclete on the Isle of Lewis.

A local charity has received a fourth funding boost from its charity partners at Maidenhill.

Backers of a proposed £100 million housing-led regeneration of the former IBM site in Greenock are considering an appeal to Scottish ministers following a dispute with a council over their planning application for the project.

Community views are being sought on updated plans for the regeneration of Shawlands Arcade. The proposals are being brought forward by the Arcade’s owners, Clydebuilt LP, which is a property investment and development fund co-owned by Strathclyde Pension Fund and Ediston Real Estate.

Kingdom Works, the employability project hosted by Kingdom Housing Association, has successfully completed a construction academy in Cardenden, paving the way to a new career for 12 unemployed people in Fife. The training was designed to upskill and certify participants on the course so they were ab

A Japanese railway company has unveiled a giant worker robot that can be tasked to carry out jobs that are considered risky for humans. The robot has a human-like torso and a pair of hands to carry out a range of tasks, such as cleaning the power lines with a specially-designed multi-angle brus

Plans for 56 homes at Shawfair in Midlothian have made progress with Dandara East Scotland's appointment of JR Scaffold Services.