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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has imposed substantial sanctions on two former group finance directors of Carillion plc, drawing to a close one of the most far-reaching regulatory investigations into a UK corporate failure in recent memory. Richard Adam, Carillion's former group finance direc
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The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Scotland and Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH) have joined forces to create a new suicide prevention training programme tailored to the Scottish construction industry. The project called ‘ Suicide Prev
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Two metal detectorists hoping for a quiet start to the season instead stumbled upon the largest Viking Age coin hoard ever discovered in Norway, and the beeping still hasn't stopped. When Vegard Sørlie and Rune Sætre swept a field at Mørstad farm near Rena in eastern Norway, they
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Scotland’s housing sector has urged the newly elected Scottish Parliament to put long‑term policy stability and cross‑party collaboration at the heart of the next parliamentary term, as organisations begin to assess what a significantly reshaped Holyrood will mean for housing delivery, af
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Long‑anticipated proposals for around 300 new homes in Forfar have moved a step closer, with Muir Homes and Scotia Homes lodging a joint proposal of application notice (PAN) for the Westfield site.
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A major section of the B‑listed City Park complex in Dennistoun could be transformed into almost 130 new homes under fresh proposals from Turnberry Property Developments.
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A decision on plans to build student accommodation in Glasgow city centre has been delayed.
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East Lothian Council's planning committee has voted to object to the repowering of Crystal Rig windfarm due to insufficient information.
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The Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) is hoping for a double success next month after being nominated in two categories at the inaugural Scottish Business of the Year Awards run by TheBusinessDesk.com. The firm has been shortlisted for Small Business of the Year (up to 50 employees) and Fast Growth Bus
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The City of Edinburgh Council and its housing association partners have completed almost 1,500 new affordable homes in the last financial year, the most completions delivered in a single year since the Affordable Housing Supply Programme began.
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Renfrewshire Council has received plans to build eight new flats in Paisley town centre.
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Ahead of the May 7 election, dozens of business leaders and MSP hopefuls have signed Scottish Renewables’ Energy Pledge. Dozens of Scotland’s leading business organisations have urged Holyrood candidates to rise above election dividing lines on energy policy ahead of next week’s vo
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Angus Council is planning to invest £43 million in its housing stock, which will include work to bring 1,000 empty homes back into use. The investment includes a four-year scheme to bring improvements back on track after tenants were impacted by the collapse of a multi-million-pound repairs co
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The expansion of the Scottish Construction Summit into the SEC Campus in Glasgow this October signals a maturing, confident industry ready to shape its own future, according to Alan Smith, managing director of SPI Piling, as the firm confirmed its return as event Headline Sponsor. Held in September
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Scottish Construction Summit programme co-ordinator Paul McDevitt has used his appearance on a podcast to ask whether construction’s business model is actually working. The McDevitt & Co founder sat down with ‘The Hard Hat Talks’ podcast host Kenneth Martin, founder and managin
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