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Ministers have concluded there is no legal route for either the Scottish or UK governments to provide engineering firm BiFab with the guarantees it would need to secure its contract with Saipem in the absence of a shareholder guarantee provided by BiFab’s majority shareholder JV Driv

Work on the construction of the Garnock Visitor and Community Hub which forms part of a major regeneration project at Lochshore will begin next spring, North Ayrshire Council has confirmed. Image courtesy of Nathan Cunningham

The Clyde Gateway regeneration programme will today break ground in Dalmarnock to install one of the country’s most innovative and sustainable heating systems – helping to reduce fuel poverty in the area following £2.1 million funding from SP Energy Networks’ Green Econo

Investment proposals that would see over 3,800 new affordable houses built in Fife before 2026 were discussed by Fife councillors yesterday. Fife Council's Strategic Housing Investment Programme (SHIP) will now be submitted to the Scottish Government in a bid for funding to help subsidise the total

Almost £20 million of improvement works are set to get underway across Scotland’s canals this winter. The capital investment from the Scottish Government will see major works and essential upgrades take place throughout the canal network, safeguarding the heritage assets for the future.

A new £6.5 million development of affordable homes has been delivered in Govanhill.

Work is to begin on a major development to deliver South Lanarkshire’s new health and social care hub and 45 new council homes.

The Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (SHFCA) to help both bodies deliver their aims efficiently on behalf of their members. The move closely aligns the i

Construction, property development and manufacturing business Heron Bros has been crowned the Investors in People Platinum Employer of the Year 2020. Investors in People is the international standard for people management, defining what it takes to lead, support, and manage people successfully to ac

Work is progressing on Clyde Valley Housing Association's (CVHA) conversion of a historic Airdrie church into new flats for social rent.

Works have been completed at the Charleston Academy campus in Inverness to improve the indoor sports facilities and to create a new accessible reception area in the main school building.

Skanska UK has taken an important step towards its target to become carbon neutral by 2045 with the introduction of a radically new electric vehicle (EV) company car policy.

The Scottish Government has given its approval for plans to develop 245 flats at Aberdeen's historic Rubislaw Quarry.

Developer Alba Developments is seeking potential buyers for the first phases of its £210 million Edmonstone development in Edinburgh, adjoining the city’s BioQuarter scheme.

Scotland’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has prosecuted Network Rail for allowing trains to travel at more than 100mph over a badly storm-damaged viaduct in South Lanarkshire following an investigation by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).