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Regional apprenticeship manager for Scotland William Smith has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Apprentice Instructor of the Year category at this year’s Scottish Apprenticeship Awards. William has played a central role in increasing the number and improving the diversity of Persimmon&rsq

A UHI Inverness painting and decorating lecturer has won a Mentor of the Year award and donated his £1000 prize money to a cancer charity in memory of a much-missed late colleague. Mark Mitchell has been named Lecturer Mentor of the Year 2022 by professional painting tools manufacturer Purdy.

Major improvement works are to take place on a road in Stonehouse.

(from right) Cllr Fiona Dugdale, head teacher Gail Preston, head of education Nicola McDowell, Eddie Reid ELC service manager – strategic asset & capital plan management, chair of Wallyford Community Council Alister Hadden, Philip Galbraith and Graeme Lang both Morrison Construction Cabine

INCH Architecture, working with The Friends of the Pipe Factory CIC, has been successful in gaining Regeneration Capital Grant funding for the redevelopment of The Pipe Factory in Glasgow.

Experienced business leader and consultant Paul McDevitt showcases the Positive Action Club, a newly launched virtual peer-to-peer support group for decision-makers from the public, private and third sectors. We are entering a period of increased uncertainty and the challenges facing business leader

The procurement process for the works at Windmillcroft Quay, on the south bank of the Clyde at Tradeston, will soon begin.

Fife-based specialist flooring contractor Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS) has agreed a landmark partnership with Giacomini, the global specialist producer of underfloor, ceiling heating, cooling systems and hydronic components for the HVAC industry. The Rosyth firm is the first Scottish company

Two higher apprentices are taking their next steps on the career ladder with a civil engineering firm courtesy of experience gained on key Scottish wind farms. Freddie Brown spent nine months at 13-turbine Kennoxhead, with classmate Alex Trickey scheduled to gain vital onsite knowledge at Benbrack,

East Lothian’s newest school has welcomed its first students – seven months before the building is due to open.

A team led by O’DonnellBrown Architects with White Arkitekter and Ekkist has been selected as the winner of a design competition for a £15 million cultural centre in Dumfries.

Enabling works for the new Galashiels Community Campus are set to commence today and are anticipated to last for 13 weeks. The preparatory works will prepare the site for the forthcoming main works which are expected to commence later in the year.

In celebration of National Apprenticeship Week, Miller Homes Scotland West trainee Emily McNeice, who is nearing the end of her four-year apprenticeship as a trainee surveyor, reflects on her time and experience as an apprentice and looks forward to an exciting career in the construction sector. Emi

CRD Property Ltd director, Ryan Davies, takes part in our Just A Minute feature. How did you get started in the industry? I followed in my father’s footsteps. He is a plasterer to trade and on leaving school, I started a plastering apprenticeship.

Dunfermline-based furniture and fit-out specialist Deanestor has delivered a £1.8 million contract for Morrison Construction for a new £60m multi-school campus in West Lothian, its 12th project for the contractor.