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Three of Kier Group's infrastructure services units are to be consolidated into two in a division restructure for the firm. From 1 July 2023, the group’s current business streams of highways, utilities and infrastructure will be known as transportation and natural resources, nuclear & netw

Savills has continued to expand its engineering & design consultancy (EDC) team with the appointment of Martin McClafferty as associate director and William Johnston as associate in Glasgow. Joining from HDR Consulting Engineers, Martin is a chartered engineer with 25 years’ experience ope

The largest standalone operational battery storage in Scotland has been brought online at a site in Dundee. SUSI-Eelpower, a joint venture between SUSI Partners and Eelpower, selected EDF as a trading and optimisation partner for the 50MW battery. EDF will provide market access and optimise operatio

Ladies of the Rock Community Larder has been given a major boost after landing a £5,000 donation from Persimmon. Ladies of the Rock is a voluntary group that raises funds to support local people experiencing food poverty. The Community Larder provides food, toiletries, pet food and pre-loved c

Former US President Donald Trump has officially launched a new golf venture in Scotland, with construction beginning on the MacLeod course at Trump International Scotland in Aberdeenshire. Named after his late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, the course aims to become one of the world's top golf destinati

Twenty-six years since the doors slammed shut on one of Australia’s most notorious prisons, the shackles of the past have been thrown off and HM Prison Pentridge has reopened as a billion-dollar dining and entertainment precinct just 8km from the Melbourne CBD. The redevelopment of the 170-yea

Residents at the Stewart Milne Homes Dunnottar Park development in Stonehaven are playing their role in protecting local hedgehogs, having joined efforts to install hedgehog homes in the neighbourhood. In a partnership between the leading housebuilder and The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), the Dunno

Tenants have been moving into new housing built by Renfrewshire Council as part of the ongoing community-led regeneration of Paisley’s Ferguslie Park area. The 101 modern new-build energy-efficient homes are being built on the site of the former St Fergus Primary School in Ferguslie.

The Donaldson Group has appointed Graeme Bell as operations director of the timber expert's Interiors division in addition to his existing position as director of Smith & Frater. In his new role, Graeme will be responsible for strategy development for the businesses within the Interiors division

A charity football tournament organised by staff at Persimmon North Scotland has resulted in £2,000 being raised to support Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS). A variety of departments were represented as teams from the home builder’s North, East and West Scotland businesse

Infrastructure consulting firm AECOM has officially opened its new Bothwell Street office in Glasgow. The new office brings together AECOM’s Glasgow team on one site and is one of the first major office redevelopments AECOM has undertaken for its staff to reflect the new employee preference fo

Glasgow City Council has approved the programme for regeneration frameworks for four city centre districts. The plans for Cowcaddens, the Learning Quarter, the Merchant City and Townhead will be delivered over the next decade through District Regeneration Frameworks (DRFs) for each of the areas

Sales rates for homes built by Barratt Developments have been maintained throughout a difficult economic period leading the housebuilder to project that its full year adjusted profit before tax will be in line with current market expectations. In a trading update for the period from 1 Janu

Construction has begun at Sutherland Spaceport, the UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport. Located on the North coast of Scotland, the spaceport will be the 'home' spaceport of Forres-based rocket and launch services company, Orbex, which will use the site to launch up to 12 orbital rockets

Independent decorator's merchant Brewers has acquired Stirling-based The Paint Shed, which has 20 stores across Scotland, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition has provided growth capital investor BGF, which has backed The Paint Shed since 2020, with a successful exit.