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The widow of a man who died falling through a fragile roof while carrying out maintenance work has been allowed to proceeded to a hearing on the evidence after a dispute over the nature of his employment arose.

Scottish construction market activity has fallen for the third consecutive quarter with all subsectors now seeing either flat or falling workloads, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor.

Accredited employment law specialist Laura Salmond suggests that the Flexible Working Bill will likely see more employees become aware of the right to make flexible working requests, and that the volume of these requests will increase. On 29 July 2023, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working

Nearly one-third of Scotland’s office space could soon be at risk of being unusable if the Scottish Government follows the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) that apply to England and Wales, according to analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found

A man has discovered skeletons of an ancient dolphin while digging a swimming pool in the back garden.

The Glasgow - Barrhead line has fully reopened to passengers following a £63.3 million upgrade.

Arbroath residents have been given a first look at plans to convert the historic factory site in the town into affordable homes. First Endeavour LLP has submitted plans with Angus Council to construct affordable homes on the empty land at the former gas works which were demolished in 2010. The site

Ian Halliday has lived in Drumchapel his whole life and has seen major changes in the area over the decades – but none more so than the transformation of his home in recent months. Speaking as work concludes on a £1.7 million whole house retrofit of properties at Linkwood Avenue, Mr Hall

The Scottish Government is to limit funding for residential solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage systems to properties that include renewable heating systems.

Improvement works to a roundabout near the Springfield Properties Dykes of Gray village development in Dundee will begin shortly after the housebuilder signed a Minute of Agreement with Transport Scotland. Finalising the design and improvement plans for the roundabout has been a complex pr

Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 have appointed Hugh Yendole as development director for Salamander, a pioneering floating offshore wind joint venture. With over 25 years’ experience in the wind industry, Hugh has played a crucial role in delivering and managing multiple ground-bre

Canmoor has appointed Muir Construction as the main contractor to deliver the £25 million speculative development at Westway, next to Glasgow Airport. Works have now commenced on the 13-acre site, which will consist of two high-quality industrial/ warehouse units of 86,630 sq ft and 202,230 sq

More than 300 additional properties in Dundee are set to benefit from external wall insulation, if a new tender for the work is agreed next week. Members of Dundee City Council’s neighbourhood regeneration, housing and estate management committee are being asked to approve a tender for £

New technology could provide a sustainable boost for the renewables and manufacturing sectors, following the development of a new process for recycling machinery at the end of its lifecycle.

Shields Road on the southside of Glasgow will close to traffic from Monday next week as part of a £12.6 million bridge rebuild.