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Companies bidding to win Scottish Government contracts will have to pay the real Living Wage. This will ensure public sector contracts tackle in work poverty and promote fair work practices across the public, private and third sector where there is a risk of low pay.

Renfrewshire-based City Gate Construction (CGC) has announced the appointment of Walter Matthews as facilities management operations director. The firm said it was a "pivotal" appointment and would support its growing order book across the UK.

Plans for thousands of affordable homes are likely to be dropped as billions of pounds are set aside to fix the building safety crisis, UK builders have warned. Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest provider of affordable housing, told The Guardian it is set to build 1,800 fewer affordable p

Mears has celebrated the achievement of its facilities general manager Alex Ballintine after he won the 2021 IWFM Award for Newcomer of the Year. The award recognises exceptional new talent in the profession, identifying individuals who have made a significant impact on the provision of the workplac

An Edinburgh-based fire engineer was awarded a major national award this month, beating competition from across the UK. 24-year-old Sam Bryant is a fire engineer with OFR Consultants – an independent consultancy dedicated to addressing fire safety challenges from its offices in Edinburgh and G

Fit-out and refurbishment specialist GHI Contracts was successfully awarded four major project contracts exceeding £10 million in recent weeks.

Deanestor has hailed its work on an award commendation winning new primary school and community campus in Ayr.

Budding engineers have been learning all about the £4.6 million water network upgrade project by Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) in Argyll and Bute.

Everyone knows that planting trees is vital for the effort for capturing carbon emissions and mitigating the impact of the climate emergency, but according to Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), cutting down trees – when it’s part of sustainable forest management – is even more

Britain’s safety regulator the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety notice on the use of wheeled loading shovels following nine fatal vehicle-pedestrian collisions in the past four years.

A new contractor has resumed vital repairs to Banff Harbour following the termination of the previous contract.

The COP26 venue’s waterfront will be the focus of a University of the West of Scotland (UWS) project examining low-carbon urban regeneration.

The first renewable energy project to be delivered in the UK by Amazon is now operational and delivering clean energy to the grid.

The ground has been officially broken at a new housing development in Kilmarnock that will see 43 new East Ayrshire Council homes being built for older ambulant disabled residents by the council’s strategic partner CCG (Scotland) Ltd. The new homes at Witch Road/Witchhill Place have been

Tayside civil engineering contractor Kilmac has opened a new West Lothian base aimed at handling a growing number of projects in central Scotland. The Ashwood Court satellite in Mid Calder will be the hub for more than 20 office staff, engineers, surveyors and labourers living in Edinburgh, the Loth