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Campaigning trade association SELECT is continuing its ongoing mission to educate and inform electricians with another important free resource aimed at apprentices and adult trainees. The trade body is distributing vital information about protective devices which outlines the various technologies th

A planning application has been submitted for a £10 million employment hub with industrial space for up to 10 businesses at Ravenscraig, one of Europe’s largest brownfield regeneration sites. The firm behind the development, Fusion Assets, was established by North Lanarkshire Counci

A tax on developers to raise funds to help fix building safety issues will be considered in Scotland under powers secured from the UK Government. The proposed Scottish Building Safety Levy would apply to the construction of new residential buildings, mirroring measures being introduced in England th

Work is underway to convert a commercial property in Aberdeen’s Bridge of Don into six high-quality rented homes for registered social landlord Osprey Housing. The £850,658 Ellon Road project — due for completion in September — is helping preserve a part of the city’s r

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd (RSS) is delivering lifting equipment and services to BAM Nuttall for the Cross Tay Link Road infrastructure project in Perth. RSS, which has a depot at nearby Grangemouth, celebrated its involvement and met local residents that will benefit from the new three-span bri

Pupils at Johnstonebridge Primary School recently welcomed the team from PDM in Dumfries into the classroom as they accepted a donation of pipes and other related plumbing supplies to supplement their creative play and develop their engineering skills. PDM, which is part of the Huws Gray group of co

Chartered surveyor and property consultant Graham + Sibbald has promoted Finlay Mulvie to director within its commercial valuation department. Finlay is based within the Glasgow office where his day-to-day work covers the catchment areas of the West, Central and South-West of Scotland.

With changes upcoming to the time limit for enforcement action in England for breaches of planning control, Brodies partner Neil Collar and associate George Sismey-Durrant highlight other differences in planning law between England and Scotland. From 25 April, the time limit for enforcement action i

Architecture Meets Art (AmeetsA), a charitable event created by DoubleS Events in partnership with Collective Architecture, has been launched for 2024. Set for the evening of 7 November 2024, the event, which will again be hosted by BBC presenter and antiques expert Natasha Raskin Sharp, brings arch

Persimmon North Scotland has been announced as the sponsor for track events at this year’s Crieff Highland Gathering for the second year in a row. The annual event, which first began in 1870, is held in the centre of Crieff at the iconic Market Park. The event has a full programme of tradition

Principal contractor McConnell said it expects full year revenue to reach £55 million by the end of April 2024 (FY24) after it broke through the £50m turnover mark last month. Revenue growth was 10% higher than forecasted, driven by a strong performance in Scotland, and delivery of signi

Stirling Council has unveiled plans to deliver one of the biggest film studio campuses in Scotland. Seto to be located on the former MoD land at Forthside, Stirling Studios will pave the way for thousands of high-skilled jobs as well as major economic benefits.

Janey Milligan, managing director of Construction Dispute Resolution, discusses the rise in construction adjudication cases being witnessed at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb). Since statutory adjudication was introduced in 1998, construction adjudication has steadily become the a

David Crosby, a director of Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS), is swapping his hard hat for running shoes this weekend as he takes part in the Forth Ultra for charity. The Rosyth-based specialist flooring contractor raises money for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) annually, and a

The UK Government should cut VAT on energy efficiency measures in private homes to encourage owners to make their properties greener and help drive the nation towards net zero, the founder of a home improvements company has said. Gerard Eadie CBE, executive chairman at Scottish window manufacturers