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Two of Falkirk Council’s arts venues have recently seen an upgrade thanks to an investment of £90k in both Grangemouth and Bo’ness Town Halls. New truss systems have been installed at both venues (a motorized system in Grangemouth and a manual hoist in Bo’ness). The work at G

Persimmon has appointed Stephen Partington as its new regional strategic land director in Scotland. An industry expert with over 20 years’ experience in dealing with strategic land, Mr Partington joined the company from Stewart Milne Homes earlier this month.

The growing resurgence of Campbeltown as a distinct whisky region has been marked today with the submission of a planning application from Brave New Spirits for the creation of a contemporary whisky distillery.

The planned delivery of 49 new council houses including supported housing for young people been approved by West Lothian Council. The new development will consist of 28 houses specifically for young people with onsite support, including 16 flats which can be converted into mainstream housing in the

More than 400 primary school children and their families turned out at the Dalkeith Minis Rugby Festival on Sunday 14 May, celebrating the best of community rugby. Hosted at King’s Park by Dalkeith Rugby Club, five teams including Dalkeith, Livingston, Lasswade, Currie and Penicuik competed in

Offshore engineers Blackfish have today launched a Scottish arm to support the fast-expanding offshore wind sector – with the goal of helping operators accelerate innovation and drive down cost. The Bristol-based engineering specialists already have a long track record in marine renewables in

The representative body for the Scottish home building sector is calling for a rethink across government and wider society on how to address the spiralling housing crisis. Launching its new five-year strategy ‘Home building as a force for good’ today and in the context of a 110,000 homes

The former Scottish Widows headquarters in Edinburgh is to be partially demolished to make way for new housing after councillors gave their approval for the plans.

The winners of this year’s Homes for Scotland (HFS) awards were announced last week with a special focus on social, sustainable and environmental values. The event, which was attended by 1,000 senior representatives from across the home building sector and hosted by political satirist and impr

German science and technology giant Merck has announced plans to invest €35 million (£30m) in the expansion of its biosafety testing capabilities including a new 1,200-square-meter facility in Glasgow.

Renfrewshire construction company CGC has made a huge cash donation that will help to light up the lives of impoverished African villagers. CGC, which is based in Linwood, handed over a cheque for £3,000 that will be used by intrepid charity volunteer Elaine Scott to help women in Malawi set u

Workloads for roofing contractors grew once again during the first quarter of the year and a balance of 16% of firms saw a rise in enquiries against the previous quarter, the State of the Roofing Industry survey from NFRC and Glenigan has indicated.

A new hub has been launched to help the drive to reduce suicide and improve welfare and wellbeing in the construction industry in the UK and Ireland.

Major works on the Tay Road Bridge are set to get underway later this month and will see the introduction of carriageway closures and traffic management arrangements.

A new application has been lodged to deliver an environmentally sensitive Eco-Therapy Wellness Park at the site of the former Barony colliery, near Auchinleck in East Ayrshire.