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A Dundee hotel is planning to capitalise on the city’s expected tourism boom with a major new extension. A planning application has been lodged with Dundee City Council to create space for 24 new bedrooms at the Best Western Invercarse Hotel.
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Angie Oxford (centre) receives her prize from the judging panel Two entrepreneurs from West Dunbartonshire have won funds to make their business dreams a reality after taking part in a Dragons’ Den-style pitch.
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Campbell & Kennedy shortlisted at SELECT awards Family business Campbell & Kennedy (C&K) has been nominated for the Best Use of Training award at the SELECT Awards 2016.
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Teresa Bray To coincide with the announcement of Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme pilots, which is expected any day now, Changeworks is developing a series of insight papers to inform the debate on how to best deliver the programme.
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Pressure to meet deadlines and “seriously flawed” designs are to blame for a six month delay to the opening of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, according to an architect behind the project. Robert Menzies has claimed that construction of the £150 million hospital was rushed de
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John Murphy Fit-out contractor Morris & Spottiswood has set its sights on facilities management contracts across the UK after appointing a new operations director.
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A building merchant sales manager who embezzled more than £73,000 from his former employer has been jailed for a year. Jonathan Green was a sales manager at Grahams Building Merchants in Dundee when he gave his personal bank account details to two clients who were under the impression they were set
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An artist's impression of how the facilty could look A demolition company is to investigate Orkney as a potential location for a new facility to decommission redundant oil and gas rigs.
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Bucksburn Academy An independent report into Aberdeen schools built through Public Private Partnership (PPP) has confirmed that they have not suffered the same construction defects as those found in schools in Edinburgh.
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The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) has applauded the Western Australian government for showing the way with tough new measures to deal with improving construction payment performance. From September 30, project bank accounts (PBAs) in Western Australian will become mandatory
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David Bathgate’s farmhouse at Capie Law Farm, Rosewell, complete with roof solar panels A series of events which gives residents the chance to look through the keyhole at some of Scotland’s most inspirational green homes is to continue in Midlothian and Kinross next weekend.
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China has finally opened the long awaited Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge. Announced in 2012, construction of the skywalk began in late November 2014.
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Glasgow-based engineering consultancy Mabbett & Associates Ltd has used £160,000 of HSBC funds to further diversify its business by creating Mabbett Environmental Planning Ltd. The new enterprise will facilitate the firm’s expansion in the environmental planning services sector, growing the b
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The area outlined in red shows where the eight new houses at will be situated ACHA to build eight new family homes in Oban
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An actress in Canada has shown her gratitude to construction workers who chased the thief who stole her purse and then helped bandage her wounds. Yvette Jones, 41, was walking to a photo shoot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, when an unknown man started talking to her, complimenting her on her top.
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