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Midlothian Council and Vattenfall Heat UK, part of Swedish state-owned energy company Vattenfall AB, have formed a 50/50 joint venture to deliver low-carbon heat to homes and businesses within the Midlothian area. Midlothian Energy Limited will explore possibilities to capture waste heat from indust
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Robertson Homes has appointed respected industry professional Gus Fergusson as construction director. Based at the company headquarters in Stirling and working closely with managing director John Murphy, Gus will cover all three Scottish regions which currently have 11 live sites.
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Cruden Building has been appointed to three separate multi-million-pound procurement frameworks to address local housing challenges across Scotland. Each of the frameworks work in partnership with public sector bodies to deliver high quality affordable and sustainable housing with a focus on bringin
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Dandara East Scotland has donated £300 worth of prizes to Radio Lollipop’s Superheroes Ball, taking place in the Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel in Edinburgh on October 7th. The housebuilder has supplied restaurant vouchers for auction at the event hosted by the charity, which provides co
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James Keiller Property Developments, the property development, investment and management company based in Dundee, has invested £6 million in the expansion of a Dundee retail park as part of a wider strategy to continue to invest and trade in commercial property on the East Coast. The 37,500 sq
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Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Forth Valley College are welcoming the new cohort of apprentice stonemasons to the Stirling and Elgin training centres, equal to their highest-ever intake, as courses begin for the new academic year. The organisation has recently significantly increased its ca
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A new Climate Change Committee that will also provide scrutiny on social housing, built estate and planning is to be created in the Highlands. The terms of reference and the formal creation of the new committee was agreed at a meeting of the Highland Council yesterday.
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Ambitious moves to transfer ownerless properties which have fallen to the Crown into public control to benefit communities across Scotland have been unveiled today. The King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer (KLTR) has launched a consultation on his proposals for a new Ownerless Proper
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HFD Group has appointed Elliot Cumming as property director, adding to the experience of its senior team. Elliot joins from London & Scottish Property Investment Management, where he spent two years as a senior asset manager. Prior to this, he spent the majority of his career in London at DTZ an
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Lifting equipment hire firm LGH is increasing its operations in Scotland after securing an agreement with sister company, Rotrex, to use its base in Motherwell as a distribution centre. The news follows a sharp spike in demand for lifting equipment across the central belt of Scotland – especia
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Two projects which will encourage people to walk or cycle more on streets and are designed to connect to and complement the Berryden Corridor Improvement Project were approved by Aberdeen City Council this week. A business case for the Ashgrove Connects project – for streets west of the Berryd
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Dundee’s transformational Waterfront Place development – featuring an active travel hub, urban beach, high quality public realm and event space, a life-sized whale sculpture and an interactive play area – has been shortlisted for a top UK architectural award for its green impact on
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A public consultation with drop-in sessions centred on proposals to rejuvenate Aberdeen's beach area and to consider their impact on the environment has started. The consultation on the Beachfront Development Framework and associated Strategic Environmental Assessment will include interpretive board
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Consulting engineer Atkins has announced major improvements to its family leave and pay entitlements for staff in the UK, including an extended maternity pay offering of six months. According to the firm, the changes offer a significant level of support to colleagues taking or returning from family
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A team of archaeologists working on the Çatalhöyük site in southern Turkey has discovered an unusually large building over 8,000 years old. Çatalhöyük is a tell, a mound made of several subsequent settlements, belonging to a Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city in
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