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The birthplace of famed architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson is to host a mini-festival to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his passing. Balfron Heritage Group is planning a three-week-long exhibition of Thomson’s life and work in the village’s John McLintock Hall.

A group of young women from North Lanarkshire are taking part in a series of hands-on workshops to explore careers in joinery, electrical installation, and plumbing as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week.

A coalition of offshore wind developers, representing around 33GW of Scotland’s future clean power capacity, has urged the UK Government to immediately rule out zonal pricing and adopt workable reforms to benefit consumers and protect investment. In a letter to Keir Starmer MP, Prime Minister

With the City of Edinburgh Council's consultation exercise for Princes Street and Gardens ideas being criticised by amenity societies for "lacking vision", Richard Murphy Architects has decided to draw up its own ideas to assist the debate.

Allan Macdonald, TMT project director at HDR, outlines why Scotland is well primed to lead the next wave of data centre development.

A further phase of development is getting underway at Wick Business Park in a move that aims to support economic growth and strengthen population retention in Caithness. Park owner Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has awarded a £1.8 million contract to Morgan Sindall Construction and Inf

The leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Russell Findlay MSP, and Shadow Education Minister, Miles Briggs MSP, visited Persimmon East Scotland’s Blindwells development in East Lothian as part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, meeting the home builder’s apprentices and

Scottish offshore wind farm Inch Cape has supplied two virtual welding kits to Edinburgh College to address fabrication and welding skills shortages as part of an ongoing STEM education partnership supporting future workforce development. The virtual kits will help develop hands-on skills in a susta

An unlikely group has stepped up to support an ex-teacher in her decades long dream of turning the Raasay old mill (Muileann Àrais) into a heritage centre. A community payback team take the ferry from Sconser on Skye most Fridays to work on the renovations of this historic building.

A Caithness wind farm has been turned down for the second time by The Highland Council under delegated powers despite the reduced scheme being sited in a wind farm search area.  Renewable energy company RES expressed its "strong disappointment" at the council’s refusal of its redesigned C

Aberdeenshire housebuilding and construction firm Bancon Group is to mark the start of its 50th anniversary celebrations through its sponsoring of one of the key elements at this year’s Homes for Scotland Annual Lunch & Awards. The event also marks Homes for Scotland’s 25th anniversa

Showcasing the benefits of work-based learning schemes for employees, businesses and the economy is the goal of Scottish Apprenticeship Week. Taking place from March 3rd to 7th, this year’s campaign highlights how Scottish Apprenticeships are ‘Made for Business’.

The CCG Group has completed its latest supply and install contract in Paisley with 52 residences owned by Ferguslie Park Housing Association (FPHA) the beneficiaries of new, high-performing windows and doors.

Persimmon East Scotland has submitted a major Planning Permission in Principle (PPiP) application for an ambitious development at Gavieside Farm, west of Livingston.

Pupils at Maybury Primary School are celebrating World Book Day with a donation from Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes towards their favourite titles. The brand-new school, located in the West Craigs area of Edinburgh, welcomed its first batch of pupils back in January – 26 P1 learners who