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One of Persimmon’s first apprentice painters and decorators in Scotland, Frankie O’Dea, was announced as a recipient of the John Mather Award at Ayrshire College last month. The Ayrshire College student took his first steps into the construction industry by enrolling in a course that pre

The Hong Kong authorities have made the city's largest ever gold smuggling bust after seizing 146kg of gold which was disguised as machine parts. The bust is estimated to have captured more than HK$84 million (around £8.5m) in gold and was intercepted in March on route to Japan.

Thorntons has announced the appointment of seven newly qualified solicitors, including two new commercial property additions. Euan McLaughlan and Nikia Ferrie have both joined the commercial property team in Dundee, and Gemma Vear and Tim McKeown have joined the land and rural business teams in Pert

A significant improvement to accommodation for hundreds of personnel at RAF Lossiemouth has been completed, following the handover of Peterhead House, the seventh and final of a series of new Single Living Accommodation (SLA) blocks. The seven blocks and accommodation hub, which provides 24-hour soc

Two green energy projects located on Angus farmland have been granted planning permission. Development standards councillors followed the recommendation of planning officials to give approval to a 50MW battery storage site near Montrose and a 20MW solar farm close to Birkhill.

Saudi Arabia's plans for its $500 billion NEOM linear city covering a stretch of 170 kilometres of coastal desert and housing 1.5 million people are to be downsized by almost 99%. An unnamed official told Bloomberg on 5 April that the project would be scaled back to 2.4 kilometres, with a reduc

Architecture practice Smith Scott Mullan Associates has made several promotions within the firm. James Walinck has been promoted to associate, while Christine Stewart and Ruth Rodger have been promoted to senior architect.

As part of its community support programme 'Give4Good', roof tile manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles is backing the Footprints Family – a charity which provides support for young people in Kenya. A team from Russell Roof Tiles is planning to raise money to help buy a new school bus for the Footpr

Pathhead in Midlothian will soon have another defibrillator after Muir Homes donated £500 towards the life-saving equipment. The village already has two of the devices placed at opposite ends of the village at the bowling club and the village hall.

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has invested £100,000 in its members with a Tenstar simulator and bespoke trailer. This state-of-the-art training equipment is designed to make it easy for SPOA members to visit schools, businesses and colleges across Scotland to encourage young peo

Multi-disciplinary engineering firm Clancy Consulting has promoted Ross Taylor to associate with responsibility for running the day-to-day operations of its Prestwick office. A highly driven and experienced structural engineer, Mr Taylor is skilled in managing large-scale projects in a wide variety

Proposals to make Dalry greener, healthier and more vibrant are being presented for consultation from today. Plans to make the town centre a more attractive place have been designed to make it easier to access local shops, schools and services with wider pavements and better cycling provision. Ideas

The Edinburgh office market is experiencing a surge in rents for high-quality space, driven by a lack of available prime Grade A accommodation, according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield. The market delivered solid take-up in Q1 2024 totalling 209,000 sq ft. The letting of 103,000 sq

Network Rail will start a £3.4m investment to carry out repairs on the 123-year-old Glenfinnan viaduct this month. Along with principal contractor AmcoGiffen, engineers will assess the condition and strength of the viaduct, while carrying out work to protect it from water erosion, completing c

North Lanarkshire Council's town and community hub programme took another significant step forward this week following the approval of two new projects. Members of the council’s planning committee met on Thursday 4 April and approved applications to build a new Gartcosh Community Hub and a new