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Nicola Barclay with her award The boss of trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS), Nicola Barclay, won CEO of the Year at the inaugural Scottish Women’s Awards in Glasgow on Wednesday night.

Stephen Brooks An innovative new app could help enhance home and hospital environments for people with dementia – improving patient outcomes and reducing the strain on health services, according to University of Stirling academics.

(from left) Convener of the infrastructure committee, Councillor Michael McPake; Steve Dillon, regional co-ordinating officer at Unite; Michael Farnell and Graham McNab from Unite and leader of the council, Councillor Jim Logue Construction firms planning to work on North Lanarkshire Council build p

Professor Lunn Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE of the University of Strathclyde has extended her well-established partnership with BAM Nuttall by taking up the five-year post of BAM Nuttall / RAEng Research Chair in Biomineral Technologies for Ground Engineering.

Santa Claus and Andy Murray Stirling-based manufacturer Superglass has gone straight on to Santa’s nice list after gifting him insulation to make his grotto toastier than ever.

Image courtesy of BAM Infra Dutch cyclists can now pedal over the world’s first 3D-printed concrete bridge.

Marie Macklin Marie Macklin C.B.E., owner and executive chair of Macklin Enterprise Partnerships, has been announced as the Business Women Scotland (BWS) and Women’s Enterprise Scotland’s (WES) Business Woman of the Year.

A Chinese city has built a museum that looks like a crab. The three-storey museum, designed to resemble the famous Chinese mitten crab, will introduce the crustacean's living habitat and celebrate the locals' tradition of eating the shellfish.

A massive 11,000-square feet Leonard Cohen mural was inaugurated in downtown Montreal this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the singer’s death. Artists El Mac, Gene Pendon and the MU collective based their work off a photograph that was originally taken by Lorca Cohen in 2008.

A Mactaggart & Mickel Homes development at Millerhill Scottish housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Homes has responded to the UK government’s announcement on stamp duty by announcing that it is following suit to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder.

A studio apartment in Nottingham has been advertised with a shower fitted inside the living room. The 20m squared space comes fully furnished with a bed, wardrobe, desk and chair.

The background shows the pillars at Waverley Station Marvel Studios has released the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, complete with a cameo appearance from Edinburgh’s Waverley Station.

The possible structure found near Kingussie Archaeologists have discovered a possible Iron Age structure, pottery and a stone tool near ongoing work to dual the A9.

Newell McGuiness An influential working group has been established in the Scottish Government to look into “Protection of Title” for professional electricians and to create "an inhospitable environment" for untrained traders posing as qualified tradesmen.

Rudi Klein The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) is calling on government and industry to focus on procurement, payment and professionalism in 2018.