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GAP Group apprentice scheme recognised at Recruitment Awards GAP Group has been awarded the Apprenticeship Award at the Scottish Recruitment Awards – confirming its commitment to apprentices and as an industry leader for their apprenticeship scheme.
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Mark Guest More than half of Scottish oil and gas workers are pessimistic about their short-term prospects and three-quarters of the sector’s UK work force are considering working abroad, according to a new study.
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Ramsay Duff Glasgow-based investors Maven Capital Partners has announced the purchase of a prominent office building in Glasgow city centre for redevelopment as student accommodation.
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Phil Ford The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has launched an Experience Construction Programme to help employers attract new talent into the industry.
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Ken Creighton A new global standard on measuring residential property has been today published for consultation.
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Brian Wallace Budget hotel chain Travelodge has announced plans for a £100 million expansion of its Scottish business.
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Neil Burford Dr Neil Burford of the University of Dundee has won the bi-annual Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Scottish Design Tutor award (2014-2016).
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It's not just the UK's elected officials that apparently need to be rehoused, Queen Elizabeth II may have to move out of Buckingham Palace during much-needed renovations to the residence, which has not been substantially redecorated since she took the throne in 1952, royal officials said Wednesday.
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Applegrove Primary School Work is getting under way on a multi-million pound project to refurbish four primary schools in Moray.
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Stan McGill Stan McGill, who turned a small Dundee electrical firm into one of Scotland’s top 500 companies has announced that he is to retire after 34 years in the trade.
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Greg Fitzgerald Housebuilding and construction group Galliford Try has said it is on course for a record year with profits likely to be at the upper end of market expectations on the back of its acquisition of Edinburgh-based Miller Construction a year ago.
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(If you are looking for today's Building Briefs please click here) A stately home has been demolished after it failed to find a buyer - despite being priced at just £1.
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David Lawther Construction services group ISG has reported a £27.8m loss for the year to 30th June 2015 after what it described as the “painful restructuring” of its UK Construction division.
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