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Kier has appointed Rachel Warren as its group finance director for transformation and to spearhead its financial shared service centre. Rachel, who joins Kier this month, is a seasoned financial leader with extensive experience in leading change and action plans to support company strategies and gro

Members of the National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) recorded zero operative fatalities in 2025, according to the 2026 NASC Safety Report, which also shows accident rates remain among the lowest in its recorded history.

Renewable energy developer Apatura has submitted ambitious plans to Falkirk Council to develop a major new green data centre.

City Building has announced a record-breaking rise in apprenticeship applications after partnering with yattle, the youth-focused jobs app connecting early-career talent with employers across the UK. The Glasgow-based construction and maintenance company, which employs more than 230 apprentices, wor

Multi-disciplinary design, engineering and project delivery company BakerHicks have been appointed to the Scotland Excel Engineering and Technical Consultancy Framework to support the delivery of infrastructure projects worth up to £160 million.  The renewed four-year, multi-discipli

Local residents and road users are being invited to view and have their say on updated route options designs for bypasses for the villages of Springholm and Crocketford on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway as initial design and assessment work progresses.

Progress is being made to bring Cowdenbeath Town House back to life, as work continues to transform the historic building into a vibrant community space.

The site of the Robert Burns Mural at the corner of John Dickie Street and Strand Street in Kilmarnock will be undergoing a makeover in June, as work starts on a brand new public feature and events space, named Poets' Corner.

Rebalancing a share of planned offshore wind towards onshore wind after 2030 would deliver a lower-cost energy system for Scotland and accelerate progress towards energy security, according to a new report.

Scotland's residential property market has reached its highest ever total value, with sales topping £24.3 billion in 2025-26, according to the annual Property Market Report published today by Registers of Scotland (RoS).

Full construction has now begun on the South Street regeneration project following completion of preparatory works, marking a significant milestone in one of Elgin’s most important town-centre regeneration projects.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has secured an Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning consent from Fife Council for the development of land in the Kingswood area of  Dunfermline.

A bronze and limestone fountain by German sculptor Georg Kolbe has sold for a record €4 million (c. £3.5m) at Villa Grisebach in Berlin, 85 years after it was looted by the Nazis from its original owners.

Zentia Limited and Zentia Profiles have fallen into administration, with around 170 staff being made redundant.

A more cautious and selective approach to buying land is emerging across Scotland’s rural land market, according to a new report published by the Scottish Land Commission. The Rural Land Market Insights Report 2026, produced in partnership with SRUC, suggests the rapid growth and speculative a