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A Scottish charity providing medical and welfare assistance on the streets of Glasgow’s city centre has been given a significant financial boost in the form of a £4,000 donation from Mac Mic Foundation. Established in 2020, Glasgow Street Aid has already treated its 4,000th patient and o

Advanced Traditional Screeding, the Fife-based screeding, resin, underfloor heating and consulting specialist, has become Scotland’s first Kiwa UK-approved installer of energystore TLA. Kiwa is an impartial, global testing, inspection, and certification leader whose Installer Assessment and Su

Scotland’s Regeneration Forum (SURF), a charity dedicated to the sustainable regeneration of places with social and economic challenges, has appointed four highly knowledgeable professionals to its board of trustees. The appointments were formally approved by the SURF board following an open r

A former nightclub in Dundee is to make way for an eight-storey student accommodation development after councillors approved proposals this week. Newtide Investments Limited had applied for permission to deliver 215 bedrooms where the old Liquid building currently stands on South Ward Road.

Angus planners have given the go-ahead for six new homes in a walled garden at Tealing. The site sits in the grounds of Tealing House, around 500 metres west of the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen dual carriageway.

Scotland’s Towns Partnership (STP) has appointed Kimberley Guthrie as its new chief officer. She has taken up the permanent post after carrying out the role on an interim basis since the beginning of April.

The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has accepted the resignation of its chief executive Stu McInroy. Stu joined the CPA as chief executive in June 2023 and his resignation will come into effect on 8th March 2024.

Pupils and parents in Carnoustie are celebrating after Burnside Primary School was announced as one of Persimmon North Scotland’s Community Champions – and banked a bumper donation. The funding will be used by the school to purchase new sports kits for pupils for a range of sports from f

Commercial fit-out firm Scotwood Interiors has appointed Chris Nugent as its new managing director following the departure of Doug Kerr after 34 years. Chris will join existing directors Jim Scott and John Taylor who have led Scotwood for 35 and 18 years respectively and are

The New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE) has confirmed the appointment of David Oloke as its new chief academic officer and first professor of civil engineering. David will take up the role and the leadership of NMITE’s academic mission in February 2024, an excitin

NorDan Group has appointed Craig Greenwood as the new managing director of NorDan UK, effective 1st January 2024. Craig will be taking over the reins from Alex Brown, who has been in the position for almost 15 years and will now assume the role of non-executive chairman.

In the ever-evolving landscape of the UK residential market, factors like interest rates, construction costs, and governmental incentives (or a lack of) have led investors and developers to explore alternative asset classes. While the Build-to-Rent (BTR) sector has garnered attention, the purpose-bu

The team behind the £35.6 million transformation of the 117-year-old King’s Theatre in Edinburgh have marked the project's progress to date by leaving their mark on structural steel. Representatives from Capital Theatres, Robertson Construction Central East, the project design

Plans by Morris Leslie Group for a £33.8 million leisure development on the outskirts of Perth featuring a four-star hotel, holiday lodges and a transport museum have been granted unanimous approval. The new resort will see a 150-bedroom hotel, 52 holiday chalets, a transport museum and s

Shoring specialist Groundforce Shorco has promoted its head of UK engineering design Oliver Smith to engineering director. In his new role as director of engineering, Oliver will also be responsible for EU major projects, development, and digitisation teams in addition to the UK shoring and major pr