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Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has launched an innovative new app to provide operators with in-depth practical and technical information about the latest Yanmar machines.

An ambitious plan has been launched to site a new World Museum of Climate Change and Ocean in Scotland as a legacy to Glasgow’s COP26 summit. The proposed collaboration between Scotland and the San Francisco-based Smithsonian Affiliated non-profit Bay Ecotarium would see disused Dockland in Gr

Consulting engineer Arup will undertake whole lifecycle carbon assessments for all its buildings projects – new and retrofit – from next year and will no longer take on any new energy commissions involving the extraction, refinement, or transportation of hydrocarbon-based fuels

BAM has become the first adopter of a sustainable supply chain initiative to make its use of pallets become circular and cut waste.

Willie Watt, chairman of the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB), has warned that the £2 billion of public funds which were allocated to the bank is "insufficient" to meet its objectives. The SNIB officially opened for business in November last year, with a focus on supporting Scotland&rs

The Highland Council has delivered an update on plans to find a long-term solution for 80,000 tonnes of residual biodegradable waste each year that cannot be recycled nor landfilled in Scotland after 2025. The council's communities and place committee was briefed yesterday on a umber of projects aim

Michael Ross has been appointed to be the new chief executive of hub South West. Michael replaces Michael McBrearty who announced earlier this year that he intended to stand down from the role.

Two North East building companies are to combine this week when Alpha Projects (Scotland) Ltd are joined by MCK Construction. The merger is the latest in a series of successes for Alpha Projects, which recently announced a multi-million-pound turnover after just three and half years of trading.

Jimmy Black writes about the latest episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast, with Link Group’s finance director Nick Pollard. I used to sit on the committee of a local authority pension fund, and I made unpopular suggestions. I’d say “Let’s stop investing in tobacco,&rdq

Wishaw-based mechanical and electrical contracting specialist Weir & McQuiston (Scotland) Limited (WMQ Building Services) has fallen into administration with the loss of 93 jobs. Founded in 1976, the family-owned business provided a full portfolio of mechanical and electrical design, installatio

Anthony Zdanowicz, an associate at DM Hall in Ayr, considers the commercial property market in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, and Dumfries and Galloway. In the historic Scottish fiefdoms of Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway in which I operate, the commercial property environment is rich and di

Sandra Cassels, partner in the commercial litigation team at Morton Fraser, continues our four-part Construction Delay Series, which takes a closer look at legal issues surrounding construction delays. The contract should set out the particular factors which should be taken into account in cons

hub South West is leading a Christmas appeal support package to help tackle the disturbing rise in suicides in Scotland.

An updated masterplan for a £100 million golf resort, hotel and spa in the Angus countryside has been submitted to the local authority for planning consent. Developers behind 'The Angus' have said the project represents one of the biggest hospitality investments in Scotland in recent years and

Aberdeen’s The Archie Foundation Neonatal Unit and Befriend a Child have each received £1,000 as part of Barratt Developments North Scotland’s latest Community Fund giveaway. Each year Barratt Developments, which includes both Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, works with a wide