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Training and skills campaign group The 5% Club hosted a conference in Rosyth today to raise awareness of the value of embedding ‘earn and learn’ training opportunities into an organisation. The 5% Club was set up five years ago by Leo Quinn, group chief executive of Balfour Beatty, to en
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Clydebank Community Sport Hub officially opened its doors this week after a £3.8 million investment. The old playing fields at Dean Street in Whitecrook have been transformed into world-class sporting facility for rugby, Gaelic football, football and a range of other sports and activities.
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The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) has announced the winner of a design contest inviting architects to submit ideas which imagine how Glasgow will look in 150 years’ time. In honour of the 150th anniversary of its founding, the GIA asked participants to submit a single image portraying
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Plans have been submitted by Oliver Chapman Architects for a new canal community hub in Falkirk. The proposals for Lock 16 will see the former Barrs Irn-Bru factory building transformed into a new workshop, offices and training facilities for Scottish Canals and its partnering organisations.
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A roofer found guilty of attempting to kill a colleague following a post-work drinking session just days after they first met has had an appeal against his conviction rejected despite claiming he was acting in self-defence. Thomas Telford, who was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years’ imprisonme
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Provost Lorraine Cameron has taken part in a ‘Working Challenge’ at City Gate Construction. The Provost of Renfrewshire learned about the company which is based in Paisley as part of her on-going initiative to fundraise for charity.
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Specialist flooring company Integrated Flooring Technologies (IFT) was presented with a prestigious award for its work on the new £140 million Macallan Distillery. The company won the Large Industrial Project of the Year category at the FeRFA Awards, which showcase the best in the resin floori
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A review into the consultation process around the future location of a new Monklands Hospital is to report back by the end of February 2019. NHS Lanarkshire is currently consulting on proposals for a new or replacement hospital, with an alternative site in Gartcosh being promoted by the health board
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Hamilton-based Platinum Facilities Maintenance has successfully completed a second contract for South Lanarkshire Council. The business, which employs twelve staff, cleaned the kitchen canopies and extracted ductwork of 68 council properties, including primary schools, leisure centres and nursing ho
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North of Scotland housebuilder Tulloch Homes has initiated a major push south with two major new developments in the Central Belt. The firm said it is expanding with more than £60 million investment in a number of new locations, including concluding the acquisition of its most southerly ventur
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Partners behind proposals to transform Granton Waterfront into a vibrant, well connected, new city quarter have signed a new agreement. The City of Edinburgh Council, National Galleries of Scotland, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh College, Scottish Government and Scottish Futures Trust will
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Plans to build four blocks of flats on a derelict site on Leith waterfront have been given the green light. S1 Developments has secured planning permission to build 245 flats at a development branded ‘Skyliner’ at Ocean Drive on the edge of Albert Dock. The flats will be built in four bl
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The Edinburgh Architectural Association (EAA) has issued a call for submissions to its EAA Awards 2019. The annual awards showcase and celebrate the very best architecture in the chapter area and beyond, which enhances the built environment and people's lives, regardless of size, form or budget.
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Glasgow City Council has approved planning permission in principle for a Queens Cross Housing Association-driven project for a new 600 home development in the north of the city. Outline planning permission has been granted to transform the Hamiltonhill area into a 21st Century suburb close to the ci
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Glasgow engineering company Walker MacLeod has appointed a provisional liquidator with 46 employees being made redundant as a result. The firm’s management said they have taken the difficult decision having recently experienced a downturn in trading.
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