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Nationwide Building Society has taken a step towards promoting green home improvements by offering 0% interest on Green Additional Borrowing products. Available from 1 June, these new borrowing options aim to incentivise up to 5,000 mortgage members to make energy-efficient modifications to their ho

Sutherland Members of the Highland Council have agreed to ring-fence £101.7k of remaining allocated Community Regeneration Funding towards a potential transport project. Sutherland chair, Councillor Richard Gale, said: “We are aware of the ongoing transport issues across Sutherland and t

Nine local projects aimed at improving communities are to share more than £1.38 million in new funding to help improve local facilities and services and to create more vibrant places across Aberdeenshire. This funding is coming from the third-year allocation of the Scottish Government Place Ba

Volunteering to inspire the next generation of civil engineers has seen Rebecca Innes named as the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland’s STEM Ambassador of the Year 2023. Ms Innes, who works for Jacobs in Inverness, has devised a number of innovative workshops for local primary and s

Culture secretary Angus Robertson announced in Govan yesterday that eight communities across Scotland are set to benefit from £863,050 funding, awarded by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. HES and the Heritage Fund have joined forces to jointly provide

Law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Katy Wall as a new director in its construction and engineering team. Ms Wall joins the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she was a senior associate in the firm’s commercial construction and engineering team.

A bid to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has secured funding of £2.3m for Glasgow projects that encourage people to make more sustainable travel choices. The funding will be used to deliver bus infrastructure improvements and network enhancements as well as boosting the recording o

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Ayrshire-based Compliance LEV, a rapidly expanding Scottish air quality specialist, is to open a major new facility and create more local jobs in order to meet burgeoning demand for its services and to deal with unprecedented levels of new business. The firm, which specialises in Local Exhaust Venti

The Highland Council is now accepting expressions of interest for the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund for 2024-2025. The Regeneration Capital Grant Fund is delivered in partnership with the Scottish Government and COSLA.

Vandals have altered a construction traffic sign to instead warn drivers of something altogether more stinky. Instead of reading “construction ahead”, the digital sign located in northwest Ankeny, Iowa, now reads “poop ahead”.

A draft Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan has been produced for the Newstead conservation area and Scottish Borders Council is inviting comments on the document as part of a 12 week consultation. As part of the consultation, a public meeting will be held at Newstead Village Hall on Tue

Members of the Highland Council's Caithness Committee have agreed to transfer two community assets – one in Wick and one in Thrumster - to allow local groups to press ahead with exciting redevelopment plans. At the meeting held yesterday, councillors approved to pass ownership of Loch Street g

Timber industry heavyweight Donaldson Group has welcomed Fergus Bell into a novel position as 'd-commerce' director of the retail & distribution division, indicating a dedicated investment in its digital prowess. Mr Bell joins from building supplies firm Bradfords, where, as head of e-commerce,

A West End theatre producer has been told to knock down his multi-million-pound seaside home after complaints that it resembled a Travelodge hotel. Villagers in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, said the timber-clad house built for Adam Spiegel and his wife, Charlotte, resembled a “fortress”.