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The world’s longest moving walkway is the latest suggestion to end the long running saga of linking Glasgow Airport and the city centre, The Herald has reported. Architect Maurice Rodger has mooted the mile-long sky travelator as an affordable solution to the Glasgow Airport rail link which he cla

Douglas McCormick Consulting engineer WYG has confirmed it made a pre-tax loss of £2.8 million for the first half of its financial year, largely due to provisions against legacy contract claims.

Ken Munro, chief executive officer of TechnoNICOL UK, Ireland and USA with cabinet secretary for the economy, jobs and fair work, Keith Brown Glass wool insulation firm Superglass is to benefit from one of the largest investments in Scottish engineering and manufacturing in recent years, doubling it

A specialist windfarm contractor from Sutherland has been revealed among a list of 28 Scottish firms that have been “named and shamed” today for underpaying their staff. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) today named 260 employers across the country for failing

Keltbray Training is to participate in a trial to improve the wellbeing and communication of construction workers by exploring the relationship between the human mind and the human heart. Researching what is referred to as “heart/brain coherence”, the pilot involves the utilisation of a system o

Modular expert Portakabin has worked with Dundee City Council to deliver a new wakeboarding hub for the waterfront redevelopment. The new Foxlake wakeboarding centre opened in August 2017 and is part of the £1 billion transformation of Dundee Waterfront.

Efforts to reduce the debt at Carillion have moved forward with the signing of a heads of terms with Serco Group for the disposal of a large part of its UK healthcare facilities management business. Pending approval from Carillion shareholders and consent from all the various clients, Serco will acq

Gillian Lavety, head of development for Sanctuary Scotland, and Renfrewshire Council leader, Iain Nicolson, at the masterplan site Plans to transform Paisley's West End into an attractive neighbourhood with 150 new homes and strengthened links to the town centre have been given the green light.

A consultation on proposed changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has been launched today by the UK government.

A Montreal mosque is demanding an apology after a local television report suggested that it had banned women from a nearby construction site. On December 12, the French-language TVA Nouvelles published a report alleging that mosque administrators wanted females removed from a construction site near

A charity aiming to tackle poor mental health in Edinburgh has secured planning permission to open a new health and wellbeing centre on Halmyre Street in Leith next year. Projekt 42 said the community gym and wellness centre will offer a space for locals to come together and enhance their fitness, w

A new design award competition has been launched by roof window manufacturer VELUX in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). Set to consider the innovative vision of designers in Scotland, the VELUX Roof Window Award is an exciting competition that wishes to see

The five-a-side event for footie-loving firms, which runs through January and February, culminates in finals day at the state-of-the-art SoccerWorld venue in Glasgow. What do you get when you merge five-a-side football and business? You get Business Fives.

Surface repair specialist Plastic Surgeon has renewed its contract with Kier Group as it continues to help save unnecessary waste from landfill. Having worked in partnership for the last 12 years on a variety of projects carried out throughout the UK, Plastic Surgeon has assisted Kier in the handove

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has joined forces with property industry charity LandAid to launch a campaign to deliver more bed spaces for homeless people in Scotland during winter. As part of RICS’s 150th anniversary in 2018, the campaign known as Pledge150 will see RICS - a