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A £3 billion Green Investment Portfolio and a vow to end polluting gas heating in new homes within five years are part of the Scottish Government’s next steps to tackle climate change, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced in Parliament yesterday.

Specialist foundations contractor Aarsleff Ground Engineering has appointed Mark Fuller to lead its piling division.  Most recently, Mark was business head of the driven piling division at Balfour Beatty, where he successfully maintained and increased gross margin and turnover year on year.

Royal Bank of Scotland has provided a £3.2 million funding package to The Furnishing Service Limited (TFS) to grow the Scottish business’ presence in England and service increase client demands. As well as supplying furniture and white goods to a range of clients, the East Kilbride-based

Plans for a hotel and retail project near to the Borders Railway terminus in Tweedbank have been approved.

Sarah Albon has taken up her post as the chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Ms Albon vacated her post as inspector general and CEO of the Insolvency Service, where she has been since 2015 to take charge of Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator.  

A report setting out a credible pathway to making all homes in Scotland zero carbon by 2045 has been published today by the Existing Homes Alliance Scotland.

Aberdeen city centre office building Union Plaza has been refurbished to meet demand for more flexible and creative, high quality work spaces following a £1.75 million investment from Legal & General.

Apropos by DJ Alexander has announced the appointment of Nick Maunder and Matthew Garstang to its board of directors as the firm builds up to the launch of its new property portal next year. The firm said the appointments reflect its desire to grow its senior management team to deliver on its expand

A Scottish flooring supplier has opened two new shops south of the border and celebrated its UK footprint by climbing the country’s four highest peaks. The new showrooms in Reading and Peterborough take The Wooden Floor Store’s total retail sites to nine, making it the only independent f

Plans by Robertson Group to deliver a new single-storey nursery in Dundee look set to be given the green light.

Plans to deliver a new £28 million school in Edinburgh have taken a huge step forward with the granting of planning approval and the announcement on the project team.

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is to put the climate emergency at the heart of a new five-year strategy. Presented by president Robin Webster at a meeting of members this week, the ‘RIAS Inspiring’ strategy comes in the wake of a refresh at the architecture body

An ode to the Queensferry Crossing by Scotland’s national poet has been set in bronze in a specially commissioned work. 

DM Hall’s Mark O’Neill on how Energy Performance Certificates can still prove their worth after 10 years. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

RSM VAT partner Philip Munn on the raft of VAT changes coming into force in October. Unless HMRC responds to calls from the construction industry and RSM, on 1 October 2019 the industry faces a perfect storm of VAT issues.