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Spanish designer brand Balenciaga is being ridiculed online over its £2,890 hi-vis 'construction worker' jacket. The design house, which is known for its over-the-top creations, unveiled the padded parka as part of its autumn/winter 21 collection. 

Compact construction equipment designer and manufacturer Mecalac has announced the launch of its MR50 and MR60 Tiltrotators and dedicated grading buckets. Available for Mecalac crawler excavators and wheeled excavators fitted with the CONNECT hydraulic quick coupler, the new MR50 and MR60

The Scottish Government is seeking views on how digital technologies can transform the delivery of building standards system. The Building Standards Futures Board has confirmed their agreement with the government's plans for the digital transformation of the building standards system in Scotlan

Dumfries and Galloway Council will this week be asked to support a bid to create a "green port" at Cairnryan. Members of the council's economy and resources committee will receive an update on the Greenport development linked to the ports of Cairnryan and be asked to agree on the bid submission

A new medicines manufacturing innovation centre that will solve major pharmaceutical industry challenges and accelerate access to affordable medicines has topped out yesterday. 

Swiss-based integrated energy company Proman has entered into an agreement with Global Energy Group (GEG) to develop a renewable power to methanol plant utilising local sources of captured carbon dioxide to be located at the Nigg Oil Terminal in the Highlands. GEG is also the owner of the

A new residential care village development with 58 flats, six sheltered bungalow homes and a cafe is planned on empty land on the Kirkcaldy waterfront. Grant Road Properties Ltd has lodged a planning application for the development with associated site access, car parking and external works at 397 -

Environmental planning consultancy Atmos Consulting has appointed Sara Toule as principal consultant within its ecology team. A masters graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Sara has worked in the environmental consulting sector since 2013.

American songwriter Rob Zombie has begun construction on his Munsters house for a movie reboot of the ’60s CBS sitcom. The filmmaker and musician first revealed his plans for the made-for-film dwelling, designed to be an exact copy of the home from TV's original The Munsters, ea

A site on the outskirts of Plean could be set to accommodate a small housing scheme. Hescott Engineering Ltd wants to build nine new houses and garages - plus alter and extend an existing house - on land at Glen View off East Plean Road.

Plans to build 30 new affordable homes in north east Fife have been approved. The Newport Property Development Company, operated by Dundee businessman John Gibson, has obtained permission to build the dwellings on land at East Farm, to the side of Main Street in Springfield, near Cupar.

The Robertson Group’s spending in the last three years has supported a total of over £1.8 billion in Scottish GVA and on average over 11,200 Scottish jobs annually, according to a leading academic research centre. The family-owned group commissioned a report by the Fraser of Allander Ins

A construction worker has half a million reasons to celebrate after winning big with a Bigger Spin lottery scratch ticket. Alessandro Ionta from Barrie Ontario said his mind went blank as the big wheel was spinning.

SGN has submitted prior notification to Glasgow City Council to demolish the gas holding tank near Ibrox Stadium. The unused container, located on Helen Street close to the M8, was previously used for storing gas, which is now commonly kept in underground pipes.

Persimmon Homes West Scotland has submitted plans to build 24 homes in north east Glasgow. The application calls for the erection of terraced, semi-detached and detached timber frame properties between two and two-and-a-half storeys high on land between Gartloch Road and Findochty Street.