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A man from Oxfordshire has built a "road worth" motorised wheelie bin, which is capable of reaching speeds of 8mph.

Engineering firm, Brimmond, is celebrating a record financial year, having realised a turnover of £6.5 million, marking a 10% increase from the prior year. Now, the firm forecasts a promising £10 million turnover for the 2023/2024 fiscal year.

Perth and Kinross Duke of Edinburgh Award Association, based at Megginch Castle in Errol, has received a £5,000 donation from Persimmon North Scotland.

Buchanan Galleries owner, Landsec, has launched a new partnership with local charity PEEK to support young people in the city to acquire the skills and confidence to help them progress into employment, training, or education.

The Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region has welcomed the announcement of a net zero innovation and delivery officer to accelerate the drive towards reducing and eliminating emissions.

Plans to create a new community on the site of the Govan Graving Docks are being brought forward after a Proposal of Application Notice (PoAN) was submitted to Glasgow City Council.

The representative body for the Scottish home building sector is calling for a rethink across government and wider society on how to address the spiralling housing crisis. Launching its new five-year strategy ‘Home building as a force for good’ today and in the context of a 110,000 homes

Aberdeen-based construction firm CHAP Group has initiated work on a new £19 million student accommodation project in Dundee. The project is being developed by Maven Capital Partners, alongside Glenmore Group and supported by Axiom Project Management, CAG Architects, Indev Consult and Hutcheon

Integrated engineering design, energy and sustainability consultancy Hydrock has secured a place on Scotland Excel, one of the largest frameworks of its kind in the country, providing the latest growth boost in the region. Hydrock has been awarded a place on Lot 3 (Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

AECOM has become a party and signatory to the Defence Estate Optimisation (DEO) Portfolio Service Alliance Contract. The company will provide technical oversight of the design and build elements of the DEO portfolio in Scotland and North England over circa seven years, having been awarded the Techni

Public sector development partner hub South West Scotland (hub SW) has announced new partnership agreements with their Tier 1 construction partners following a recent refresh process.

In the May SCN column from the CIOB, Jocelyne Fleming follows last week’s roundtable in Holyrood which focused on how to retrofit Scotland's homes. The 2019 Scottish House Condition Survey found that just over half of homes in Scotland have disrepair to critical elements. The widesca

The former Scottish Widows headquarters in Edinburgh is to be partially demolished to make way for new housing after councillors gave their approval for the plans.

The winners of this year’s Homes for Scotland (HFS) awards were announced last week with a special focus on social, sustainable and environmental values. The event, which was attended by 1,000 senior representatives from across the home building sector and hosted by political satirist and impr

Residents and interested parties are being invited to have their say on North Ayrshire’s largest Council house development in decades.