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The Edinburgh Evening News is inviting nominations for its Edinburgh Apprenticeship Awards in partnership with Openreach. The capital's new workforce will be celebrated at an inaugural virtual event, as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2021.

A 14ft python has been found near a pub in Greenock by passing builders. The huge reptile, believed to be a Burmese python, was coiled up next to a metal fence and the men thought it was dead - before it started to slither.

Three trainees gravediggers unleashed a JCB on an “unspoilt gem” of ancient parkland after confusing it for a cemetery. The contractors were asked to dig a practice grave in an area of Easthill Cemetery in Frome, Somerset.

Barratt Homes has teamed up with the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) to uncover exactly how a fully liveable home would look and operate within the hostile environment of the Moon.

Hub South East, the development partner to public sector bodies in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Scottish Borders, is seeking to further strengthen its supply chain with an additional Tier 1 Construction Contractor. In its ten years of operation, having successfully handed over 80 new or refurbished f

A £275,000 project to install 740 solar panels has been completed at Scottish Water’s Craigie drinking water service reservoir in Aberdeenshire.

Scotia Homes has submitted a proposal of application notice to build 125 new homes on a site in Forfar bordering land where a 175-house plan is yet to be determined. The site in question is the near 20-acre area of farmland at Westfield Loan. The move is the latest expansion bid for the west of the

Balfour Beaty is in discussions with Moray Council and hub North Scotland over potential compensation due to delays in building the new Lossiemouth High School.

Kubota Construction has announced the appointment of Kevin Pryce as its new dealer manager for Ireland and Scotland. Kevin, who joined the business in 2016, takes over the role previously occupied by Sam Thompson for Kubota Construction in Ireland, and Colin Frost in Scotland.

Attractive raingardens have been created as part of a key Glasgow City Region City Deal project to reduce local flood risk and enhance community greenspace in the south-east of the city.

Two Scotland-based trade bodies are among the members of a new alliance for the multi-billion-pound UK engineering services sector that was launched today via a virtual industry event. Actuate UK is a collective of eight leading trade, technology, research, and professional bodies in engin

Legislation to increase the transparency of land ownership in Scotland has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. The Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land regulations pave the way for the creation of a public database that will provide key information about those wh

A mixed-use redevelopment project to will transform the former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) site on Edinburgh's Dundas Street has been recommended for approval by council planners.

Thenue Housing can progress its plans for 45 homes for social rent after Glasgow City Council agreed to sell a former community centre site to the Association. Members of the council's contracts and property committee approved the off-market disposal of land to Thenue last week for an exp

Angus Council has approved Scotia Homes' consultation for a proposed 125-home development in Forfar. Scotia Homes can now proceed with the launch of a new webpage that will detail its ambitions for what it calls “Glenview”, south of Westfield Loan and west of Strathview.