Falkirk

Falkirk Council has announced ambitious new social housing plans with over 1,600 additional homes planned over the next five years.

INEOS Grangemouth has announced a planned further investment of over £1 billion towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions at its site to net zero by 2045. The chemicals firm said its Road Map will deliver a reduction in excess of 60% in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 through a series of inve

More than 15,000 Falkirk Council homes will soon benefit from an eight-year programme to replace doors and windows.

Petrochemicals giant Ineos has unveiled plans to develop Scotland’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) system at Grangemouth.

Stewart Milne Timber Systems has unveiled plans to build a new factory in Falkirk.

NHS Forth Valley is to develop a new masterplan for Falkirk Community Hospital that will set out the vision for how existing services could be developed, improved and expanded services across the site. The move comes after the hospital was identified as one of a number of community facilities in the

GL Roofing Architectural and Cladding Systems has been awarded the contract to design, supply and install the roof and wall cladding on the new Lidl store in Kemper Avenue, Falkirk. The old store on Arnot Street was closed in January 2021, with demolition works commencing the same month.

An application lodged for 82 houses and a visitor centre next to the 18th century Dunmore Pineapple near Airth will have “a hugely adverse impact on the site” and pose a threat to wildlife, according to the National Trust for Scotland (NTS).

A massive spend in Falkirk Council’s housing stock has been agreed with £332 million committed over the next five years for improvements to existing homes and provision of additional homes. In 2021/22 alone, £23.4m will be spent on improvements to around 5,000 properties with &poun

A project to restore the historic Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk cannot proceed as planned due to the partial collapse of a bonded warehouse on the site.

The UK Government is to provide £11.7 million from its Port Infrastructure Fund in support of new and enlarged border infrastructure at Forth Ports' key import/export hubs at Grangemouth, Tilbury and Tilbury2.

Tartan Commercial, the company behind the highly successful The Lighthouse business centre in North Berwick, has expanded its portfolio by acquiring the Falkirk Business Hub. The £1.925 million acquisition from Bellair Scotland will see Tartan Commercial retain all the employees at the hub as

The Port of Grangemouth is aiming to cement its position as the key strategic freight and export/import hub for Scotland with a  multi-million-pound investment in its rail freight offering.

Loretto Housing Association is building 111 affordable homes on three sites across central Scotland. The new homes – in Cardonald in Glasgow, Bishopton in Renfrewshire, and Falkirk – will all be for social rent, bringing much-needed housing for local people in the three communities.

More than 600 new homes are set to be built by Falkirk Council over the next five years.