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An accountant has pled guilty of embezzling more than £125,000 from two companies including from an electrical firm. Natalie Taylor scammed £88,226 from Motherwell-based McCann Electrical Limited, and while wanted by police, secured another bookkeeping job where she pocketed a further &p

Land value taxation could help deliver Scotland’s land reform objectives and raise revenue in a more progressive way, according to a new report. With a total estimated value of around £5 trillion, or just over half of the total net worth of the UK, land is the most valuable asset in the

Pupils, teachers and local councillors in Airdrie have celebrated key milestones at the sites of two new joint campus primary schools which are being delivered by Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure. The first school taking shape on Petersburn Road will provide a new home for Petersburn

Three-dimensional traffic calming measures are to be piloted in Singapore. Adopted from Japan, the 3D markings are intended to encourage motorists to reduce their speed because of the perceived narrower lane width.

Springfield Properties has unveiled two senior appointments to newly-created managing director positions in its private housing division. Dave Main, who has been with Springfield for almost 20 years, has been promoted from development manager to managing director for the North of Scotland (private h

Karen Davenport has been appointed framework director by BAM Construct UK, bringing the number of the framework team members to nine. Ms Davenport (pictured in the front row second from right) joins BAM from similar frameworks and public private partnership roles in Graham Building and Galliford Try

Lucy Black from the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre on the importance of collaboration in construction. Collaborative working seems like a no-brainer – it helps organisations improve efficiency, productivity and by extension, profitability. It also encourages the transfer of knowledge

Alan Gordon at DM Hall Chartered Surveyors considers the opportunities that challenger banks provide to the commercial property sector. Challenger banks have been nibbling at the ankles of major UK lending institutions with increasing enthusiasm for some years now with the result that a whole new re

A husband and wife team are set to expand their luxury holiday lodge and bistro resort in Carse of Gowrie, after securing a £1 million finance package from HSBC UK.

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

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

East Renfrewshire Council has secured a range of community benefits as part of Morrison Construction’s delivery of the Greenlaw Business Centre in Newton Mearns. Four jobs, two apprenticeships, work experience placements and learning opportunities for schools are just some of the community ben

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Stephen McKechnie

Two consecutive sections of the A9 to be dualled are included in the last of the latest series of ground investigation contracts for the A9 Dualling programme awarded today. Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd will undertake the £2.6 million contract for the Pitlochry to Killiecrankie and Killiec

New research has revealed that three-quarters of Scottish adults believe there is a shortage of homes for social rent, with modern construction methods tipped to offer solutions to the challenges. A study by Scape Procure Scotland has also suggested that it will take 33 years until everyone on the c