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Forfar builder Guild Homes has lost a bid for a £50 million expansion of its 245-home development at Strathmore Fields near Forfar Community Campus. Guild Homes challenged Angus Council's non-determination of its application for the development. However, a Scottish Government reporter has dism
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Unite the union will hold a meeting this week to help workers made redundant by construction firm McGill. The Dundee business went into administration on Thursday after weeks of speculation about its future.
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The world’s first recyclable turbine blade was handed a top award by Scotland’s renewable energy industry last week. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy was announced as winner of the Technology & Business Innovation Award for its revolutionary RecyclableBlade which is giving recovered w
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A renewables company has failed in its bid to overturn a decision to refuse planning consent for a wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway. NLEI Ltd had sought to develop a wind farm at a site on the Queensberry Estate near Crawfordjohn, Sanquhar and Wanlockhead. The Scottish Ministers refused to gr
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More than 40 jobs have been created following a major refit of one of Scotland’s largest food ingredient manufacturers, Macphie, with output on track to exceed pre-pandemic levels before the end of the year. Macphie’s Tannochside facility has restarted full-scale production for the first
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The emergence of fossils at a construction site in Florida has sparked a wave of trespassing by fossil hunters keen to get close to the ancient discoveries. Workers using heavy machinery at a major development called Wellen Park in Sarasota Count, have discovered shark teeth and fossils.
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The energy crisis will only worsen unless we offer a balanced smart transition where consumers decide their own energy future, says John Forster from the Forster Group. Energy prices skyrocketing, rising inflation rates and a potential year-long recession, the immediate economic picture for the UK l
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LAR Housing Trust has applied for permission to remove the façade of a listed Glasgow building undergoing redevelopment after revealing the structure cannot be saved due to safety grounds. The housing charity was granted permission last year for 37 mid-market rent flats at the old I
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The final phase of the Crown Street Regeneration has officially been completed thanks to a multi-utilities package provided by Arc-Tech MU. Undertaken over a period of 30 years, the Crown Street Regeneration forms a significant part of the development of the Gorbals and now, its final phase has been
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Housing a growing population in homes made out of wood instead of conventional steel and concrete could avoid more than 100 billion tons of emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2 until 2100, a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research shows. This equates to around 10% of the remain
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The Climate Emergency Response Group (CERG) has today launched a report outlining the practical, immediate actions the Scottish Government must take now to avoid the devastating consequences of climate change on communities and livelihoods in Scotland, whilst simultaneously tackling the energy crisi
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A rare opportunity to acquire an A-listed 17th century castle with links to some of Scotland’s most renowned royals is being offered by Thorntons. Powrie Castle, one of five remaining castles in Dundee, has come on to the market following extensive renovations by the current owners over the la
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A developer has submitted revised plans to construct a block of flats near Broad Hill in Aberdeen two months after scrapping previous unpopular proposals. Alexander Bonner previously lodged plans for 47 flats on Park Road in September 2021. He intended to construct a combination of one and two-bedro
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Convery Prenty Shields Architects, West of Scotland Housing Association and Maryhill Housing have launched a three-week consultation over plans for a revised residential development in Kelvindale. The consultation concerns 1.5 acres of vacant ground opposite 35 Dalsholm Road, surrounded by railway l
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The Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) has continued its growth plan with the appointment of Dougie Bell as its first operations director. Dougie was most recently with Ideal Heating and brings a wealth of experience to the new role having worked in the industry for 19 years, holding senior positions in
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