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Ore Valley Housing Association secured the prestigious National Gold Award at the recent International Green Apple Environment Awards 2024 in the ‘Property and Estate Management: Regeneration’ category. Held at Kensington Palace in London on November 18th, OVHA won top prize for its rede

SP Energy Networks has unveiled 19 businesses as preferred partners to its record £5.4 billion supply chain contract programme as it turbo charges its electricity network investments. The companies have been selected to help the network operator deliver the biggest rewiring of the GB electrici

Clark Contracts employees donated their time to support Fife Employment Access Trust in planting over 400 trees and completing other small jobs at Silverburn Park in Leven. The contractor is currently on site delivering the major refurbishment of the Category B listed former Flax Mill within the par

Knight Property Group has welcomed Ener-G Services Limited as its latest tenant to Kingshill Commercial Park in Westhill, Aberdeenshire. The electrical engineering company, which specialises in servicing the renewables, marine and offshore sectors has let Unit 6E, which extends to 2,500 sq ft on a 5

Aberdeen City Council has published the results of a consultation on the future of eight city centre multi-storeys, with almost half of respondents preferring a do-minimum option for the blocks. Councillors from the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee yesterday noted that out of 477

A pair of creative schoolkids who won the chance to name two new cranes have been given a glimpse of the huge structures for the first time. Avaleigh Lang, and Frances McFadden, both 11, were shown personalised ceremonial plaques on the 72m tall structures at the Port of Greenock during a tour by Pe

Engineering services company AtkinsRéalis has won two top awards at Learning Places Scotland, being named Consultancy of the Year and winning Refurbishment of the Year for its work on the Edinburgh Futures Institute. Winning Consultancy of the Year for the fifth time in six years at the

Dundee & Angus College has unveiled ambitious plans to drive economic growth and regeneration in the heart of both Dundee and Angus as part of a 10-year vision for a dynamic new way of providing learning, skills, support and advice in the region. The College is looking to work with a range of lo

Construction services firm City Building (Glasgow) LLP have signed up to the Buy Social Pledge, a new initiative that sees businesses use their everyday spending to make a tangible difference to improving social and environmental impact across Scotland’s communities. The Buy Social Pledge, run

Midlothian Council has been awarded three Active Travel Infrastructure Fund awards, totalling £753,062, by the Scottish Government.   The awards come from a £10 million national fund which the Scottish Government set up to achieve the outcomes of Transport Scotland’s National

Substantial repairs to the road network across the area got underway in April 2024 thanks to an additional £4 million capital investment to be spent on road resurfacing and other road upgrades over a 12-month period. Now six months into the multi-million roads resurfacing programme 50 carriage

Electricity network operator SP Energy Networks has joined forces with Scotland-based digger driver, mum of two and social media sensation Amy Underwood – AKA ‘The Digger Girl’ – to share crucial safety tips on avoiding electrical hazards when operating machinery. Their colla

A construction supervisor at City Building has reflected on his testicular cancer crisis to help raise awareness of the disease amongst young men. Kieran Young, 29, spoke out after City Building employees raised £1,000 for charities of their choice.

The Sardinian village of Ollolai, grappling with depopulation, has launched a website to entice disillusioned American voters with homes as cheap as €1 (£0.83) and a "fast-track procedure" for relocation. The website, Live in Ollolai, asks visitors if they are "worn out by global politics

Renewable energy developer Galileo has submitted a planning application to West Lothian Council for a new battery energy storage system (BESS). Located between Bathgate and Armadale, the BESS will see a community benefit fund of £500,000 (index-linked) offered over the lifetime of the pro