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McLaughlin & Harvey has partnered with the Scottish Prison Service to run an employability programme for residents at Scotland’s first community custody unit for female prisoners. To help their preparations for release, the contractor is running its accredited ‘Best Your Be

As this month marks the two-year anniversary since department store Debenhams announced its final store closures, recent data from EG has revealed that more than half of its former stores remain vacant with 14 still yet to be filled in Scotland alone. The historic UK retailer announced the final clo

Edinburgh-based construction firm Orocco has expanded into a new headquarters to prepare for significant growth. Increasing demand has seen the firm take over West Church, the premises which formerly housed the city’s well-known bespoke furniture maker Charles Taylor Woodwork.

A team from Advance Construction Group Scotland in Belshill are swapping their work boots for hiking gear, in preparation for the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity. The group will embark on Britain’s toughest outdoor challenge on the 16th of Jun

Killie Community, the charity arm of Kilmarnock FC, has announced Persimmon West Scotland as its first Corporate Patron. The charity, based at Rugby Park, is committed to improving the lives of those within Ayrshire by using the power of football to inspire positive change in health and wellbeing ou

Cala Homes (West) is helping to play its part in the Stepps community following a successful litter pick in the area surrounding its Earls Rise development. As part of its Community Pledge initiative, kind-hearted members of the Cala team helped collect 17 bags of litter in the North Lanarkshire com

Award-winning architecture and interior design firm, TINTO Architecture, has announced a merger with Deeside Architects Studio to meet growing client demand and deliver on larger-scale projects. The move comes following an exceptional period of growth for TINTO.

The Scottish Land Commission (SLC) has warned that local communities, family farms, and smaller businesses are at risk of being priced out of Scottish rural land, as it is increasingly sought after by forestry interests, natural capital investors, and corporate buyers, becoming a scarce commodity. T

Rosyth-based specialist flooring contractor Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS) is celebrating after being named Medium Business of the Year at the 2023 Fife Business Awards. It’s the first time the firm has received such an accolade, beating off strong competition to come out on top at a gli

Pupils from The Royal High School in Edinburgh have created planters, using materials donated from Cala Homes (East), to brighten up their local community this summer. The project saw 30 S2 Craft, Design and Technology (CDT) pupils working in groups to create 12 planters. Six of the planters have be

A ‘topping out’ ceremony took place last week at Dunfermline Learning Campus, marking a major milestone for the project. Pupils helped cabinet secretary for education and skills, Jenny Gilruth and councillors lay a cement plinth commemorating the school building reaching its highest poin

Barratt Developments Scotland has donated £10,000 to support children and adults in Glasgow impacted by food inequality. Launch Foods, which is based in the centre of Glasgow, is one of five charities across Scotland benefitting from a share of the housebuilder’s annual £50,000 fun

Work is underway to build the new Easthouses Primary School. The new primary, on the site of the old Newbattle High School, will be able to accommodate 459 children. There will be 16 places to support children with Additional Support Needs (ASN) from across Midlothian, and 80 pre-school places.

Avant Homes has strengthened its senior team in Scotland with the appointment of a strategic land and planning director to further enable the housebuilder’s regional expansion. Michaela Sullivan, who joins from East Lothian Council, has significant director-level experience in the construction

Renfrewshire Council could look towards housebuilders developing the Dargavel Village project to help fund a projected £69 million bill to rectify a new school being built to only a third of the required capacity. Last November, it was revealed that the brand new £18m Dargavel Prima