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Tillicoultry Quarries director Joe Hadnum is to retire after 28 years of service at the firm. With more than five decades of dedicated service to the quarrying sector, Tillicoultry Quarries said Joe's departure marks the end of a career where he has displayed exceptional commitment, making

Turner & Townsend has said it will continue to work as strategic project and commercial management advisor on the redevelopment of the Ardersier Port following the recent financial investment decision. After an initial investment of £300m from energy investment firm Quantum Capital Gr

A gap site in the Blythswood area of Glasgow city centre could host a block of six apartments, under newly lodged plans. Videre Developments has teamed up with Axis Mason Architects to submit the proposals for a site at the junction of Sauchiehall Lane and Blythswood Street.

Shawfair residents and commuters have reason to celebrate as the eagerly awaited final section of Harelaw Road connecting the A6106 (Millerhill Road) is now open. This key piece of infrastructure will provide increased connectivity, smoother traffic flow, and enhanced accessibility for residents and

A fragment of sandstone which was kept at SNP headquarters for years and was said to come from the Stone of Destiny is almost certainly a genuine piece of the artefact, experts have concluded. The chip had been held in storage by the SNP after being gifted to former First Minister Alex Salmond in 20

Fife-based multi-disciplined contractor T&N Gilmartin (Contractors) Ltd has transferred its entire shareholding to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), making its workforce of approximately 90 staff part owners of the business There are now nearly 200 EOTs trading in Scotland – a marked incr

The importance of strong leadership and partnership working are among the key messages being delivered to over 900 senior home building sector representatives and guests attending the Annual Lunch and Awards of representative body Homes for Scotland (HFS) in Edinburgh later today. At what is the lar

St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies is launching its revamped Edinburgh headquarters with a family fun day on Monday. The firm’s flagship Prestonfield branch has been upgraded to improve the customer experience across the site.

A new multi-million-pound project led by Heriot-Watt University’s global research institute for net zero is using AI to slash the time and cost involved in modelling carbon capture and storage (CCS) methods. Called ECO-AI, the research team is developing specialist AI techniques for scientific

In a bid to tackle "systemic" gender disparity within the architecture sector, Glasgow-based practice Threesixty Architecture has introduced six months full pay maternity and adoption leave. With recent research revealing four out of five key roles in the industry are occupied by men, and only a thi

Engineering and modular solutions provider Pier Solutions (Pier) has acquired electrical engineering businesses V-TES and V-TES Renewables in a seven-figure deal. Acquired from Valor Energy Group (Valor), the Aberdeen-based consortium of energy enterprises, the transaction marks a significant strate

Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has been unanimously approved in the Scottish Parliament. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill will allow the creation of

Nine new projects which will improve timber transport in Scotland are to be funded by Scottish Forestry. £800,000 has been allocated to the projects which include upgrades to existing fragile rural roads, creating passing places or building short routes to take timber traffic away from people&

This year marks Dandara Aberdeen’s twelfth year sponsoring an annual 10K hosted by an Aberdeenshire sports and community centre. The race is part of Run Garioch, a yearly running festival and major fundraiser for Inverurie’s Garioch Sports Centre.

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has opened a new residential office in Bearsden as its strategic growth plan continues apace. Headed up by Bearsden local, Shepherd residential partner Alan Fleming, the new office is situated at 4 Canniesburn Toll and is the first to present its brand-new signage and sh