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Engineering consultancy Amey Consulting has officially launched a workplace wellbeing app. The move follows a successful large-scale pilot involving 300 employees that generated nearly 1,300 in-app conversations about mental health and a 22% increase in social connectedness over the pilot perio

Scotland’s cabinet secretary for net zero and energy, Michael Matheson, has officially opened the Gordonbush Extension onshore wind farm in the Highlands.

Family housebuilders Mactaggart & Mickel welcomed MP Allan Dorans to its Greenan Views development in Ayrshire last week as he congratulated site manager Stuart Gillespie on his recognition from the National House Building Council (NHBC). Ayrshire-based Stuart was praised after he added a f

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has thrown its weight behind the new Scotland Loves Local gift card campaign – and has urged businesses and the public to sign up and help support tradespeople in their area. Designed to revitalise grassroots communities hit by COVID-19,

Community groups, organisations and businesses can now bid for a share of Fife Council's Levenmouth Reconnected Programme (LRP) which includes a £10 million fund.

A councillor has vowed to get answers about a puddle of unidentified liquid in Cowdenbeath which was originally believed to be pineapple juice. Although pineapple juice has been ruled out as the cause of a mysterious puddle, local councillor Darren Watt has refused to give up on finding out the caus

Plans for a new film and TV studio to open in Glasgow's Kelvin Hall have been given the go-ahead.

Kirkwood Homes is to create a new timber frame business as part of a £2 million expansion of its Aberdeenshire manufacturing facilities.

Fife College has appointed Balfour Beatty to construct its new Dunfermline Campus.

Scottish mechanical and electrical engineering consultant XBuro UK has opened an Edinburgh office to develop its East Coast projects and client base. Leading the company’s Edinburgh expansion will be Niall Ryan who has joined the company as a director after more than a decade with WGM Consulti

Deputy commander of operations, Air Marshal Mayhew CBE MA RAF yesterday cut the turf at the site of RAF Lossiemouth’s brand new Crash, Fire and Rescue Station. The £9 million investment is the next stage in the Lossiemouth Development Programme and will enable firefighters to reach any p

Miller Homes has announced the launch of an 86-home development in Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire. With the first homes ready for completion in early 2022, Evergreen Manor will see Miller Homes venture back into Ayrshire for the first time in several years, as the housebuilder extends its reach across the

The Cruden Group has recruited nine new modern apprentices in its yearly intake as it continues its commitment to developing Scotland’s future workforce against the backdrop of a widening skills gap in the sector. The new modern apprentices will become part of the 60-strong team of apprentices

Campion Homes has been shortlisted in the Homes for Scotland Awards 2020/21 for its development on behalf of The Gannochy Trust. Nominated in the Development of the Year - Medium category, this development saw the extension of the current Gannochy Estate with 48 new homes.

An under-threat Fife community project is now due to open its doors thanks to a crew of groundwater specialists from Groundwater Dynamics.