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Shoppers could soon find solar panels alongside the wetsuits and waffle makers in the middle aisle at Lidl, as the discount retailer works with the UK government to bring low‑cost “plug‑in” solar kits to market.
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Campion Homes has appointed Billy Bald as its new commercial director ahead of the retirements of long-standing employees. Current commercial director Alan Chalmers and Ali Graham, surveying director, will retire from the housebuilder later this year.
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Twenty-two Scottish businesses, two of which are construction contractors, are facing enforcement action from the UK Government for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
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Scottish entrepreneur Mark Glasgow has launched an AI platform which he believes will transform the way construction companies are run. Founder of the Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) and the Energy Training Academy (ETA), he says he has never been more excited about a business venture.
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The chair of an influential charity dedicated to protecting Scotland’s historic buildings has urged Edinburgh World Heritage (EWH) to reconsider its position on controversial plans for a large-scale capsule hostel in the city’s New Town. Jocelyn Cunliffe, chair of the Architectural Herit
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Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited has appointed McLaughlin & Harvey to carry out construction work as part of the upgrade to Port Ellen Ferry Terminal and marshalling area. The redevelopment project will deliver a modernised harbour and expanded landside infrastructure to support current and fu
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North Ayrshire Council is to share plans for new homes in Ardrossan. A total of six new homes will be built on the site of the former flatted blocks at Nursery Place.
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Creative pupils from St Bride's Primary School in Glasgow’s Southside have helped bring a touch of stardom to the major new affordable housing development, Queens Garage, by naming the site crane ‘Lana Del Crane’. AS Homes (Scotland) is currently on site delivering a new 50-home de
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Planning permission has been granted for the regeneration of the historic Watt Brothers store in Glasgow city centre by Sandy and James Easdale.
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A new report has set out how Scotland can strengthen the flow of new entrants into the construction and built environment workforce, helping ensure the sector has the people and skills needed to deliver against the country’s future ambitions.
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Good news really does come in threes for the community campaign dedicated to saving one of Scotland’s most historic homes.
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Alan Stewart examines the UK government's push for greater domestic steel use, arguing that while well-intentioned, the policy risks raising costs and constraining investment in steel-dependent sectors – particularly in Scotland. The UK government’s ambition to increase domestic steel us
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A Highland couple have announced plans to donate and ultimately bequeath their entire property portfolio to support efforts to tackle the region’s worsening housing shortage. Retired construction businessman Don Michie, 75, who lives in Onich near Fort William, has built up 14 rental propertie
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Scotland’s largest construction trade body, SELECT, has welcomed this week’s announcement by the Scottish Government that there will be a review of the contribution rates for Modern Apprenticeships (MAs). The review into current public funding for the MA programme, which is due to start
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Muir Construction welcomed BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) to its Quarterly Senior Management Meeting at the company’s ongoing retrofit of the former Younger Building in Edinburgh.
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