Dundee

A council laid off six labourers before offering five of them new contracts in a bid to get rid of one of the employees, The Courier has reported. Dundee City Council's environment department made the workers redundant because of what bosses called a “downturn in current workload”.

The High School of Dundee has launched its campaign to create a centre of excellence for performing and visual arts. A gala dinner at the Palace of Westminster gave those in attendance the chance to learn more about the school's plans to transform Dundee's prominent former Head Post Office, acquired

The first major milestone in the construction of Dundee's £80.11 million V&A museum has been reached with the completion of a coffer dam in the River Tay. Beginning the construction of the museum in March, BAM Construction has now completed the temporary watertight structure built around the pa

Plans for an £8.1 million new school in Dundee have been recommended for approval. Dundee City Council’s city development committee will be asked to approve a tender submission by Willmott Dixon Construction Limited for the new project to replace Sidlaw View Primary and Jessie Porter nursery.

Dundee City Council has approved plans for a major new Sports Direct shop and gym in the city, despite city planners recommending that the £5 million scheme should be refused. Sports tycoon Mike Ashley’s company had lodged plans for the unit in a former nightclub at The Stack Leisure Park in Loch

Sandy Adam Springfield Properties has revealed that it is prepared to partially fund a new school as part of its proposed Western Gateway development on the outskirts of Dundee.

Dundee energy contractor Sustainable Energy Scotland (SES) has called in administrators after mounting debt and market volatility. Managing director Callum Milne told The Courier that the voluntary step to bring in Begbies Traynor, which has resulted in the loss of 40 jobs, had been taken with “re

Students from Dundee and Angus collage are shown round Robertson's chassis Academy site in Dundee by Nick Horn (Left) A group of 40 Dundee students were invited by Robertson to gain experience on a live major construction site as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week.

Whiteburn Projects is planning to transform a former Dundee college into a vibrant mixed-use community providing 110 flats, workspace and a new café. The property developer submitted a planning application for its Vox Dundee development to Dundee City Council on Friday.

Hadden Construction has been tasked with taking over the conversion of a former Dundee primary school following the collapse of Muirfield Contracts. Tor Homes (Scotland) Ltd appointed the contractors to create 27 luxury apartments from the Eastern Primary School in Broughty Ferry.

Brian Cox Dundee looks set to win the race to build Scotland’s first major purpose-built film studio after developer Studio City Scotland announced it is going ahead with plans to develop a £120 million studio and entertainment complex in the city.

Springfield Properties has received full approval for its bid to bring 595 new homes to Dundee after councillors previously blocked one half of its planned development. The developer had to submit two applications for the proposed £150 million Dundee Western Gateway village as it spans land owned b

BAM Construction’s regional director Doug Keillor has hailed the timely completion of NHS Tayside’s new CAHMS care unit in Dundee last week. Designed and built by BAM in the grounds of Dudhope House and surrounded by parkland and gardens, the new £5 million facility will provide round the clock

Work on redeveloping an old Dundee asylum could be delayed until 2017 after the plans were called in by the Scottish Government. Plans were finally approved on December 18 to convert the former Strathmartine Hospital into 222 new homes following years of debate and an initial failed application to r

The derelict Venue nightclub at Stack Leisure Park Sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley is set to launch Scotland’s first Sports Direct retail outlet and gym in Dundee.