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The Highland Council’s Employability Service and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) are delighted to announce an exciting collaboration to offer a pre-employability programme which seeks to support out-of-work young people on a pathway to the trades. Supported through the Scottish
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Almost half of tradespeople (47 per cent) say they have walked away from a job due a customer’s behaviour or an argument, according to research from Direct Line business insurance.
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Bold plans to create a new community and regenerate the iconic Govan Graving Docks have been submitted to Glasgow City Council. The proposals, led by New City Vision, and designed by Glasgow-based architects O'DonnellBrown, would see the construction of up to 304 new homes on the southern boundary o
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Highland timber products specialist GMG Energy is set to play a bigger role in Scotland’s construction sector as it secured new stress test wood credentials. The Halladale-based business has seen three of its senior employees, including director Malcolm Morrison, secure visual softwood st
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The development of an eco-wellness park on the former Barony Colliery in Auchinleck has moved a step closer following the granting of planning permission in principle by East Ayrshire Council subject to conditions. The Barony NP (UK) Ltd will now follow up with applications delivering various elemen
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The Dundee Renewable Energy Society has raised £2.46 million in a recent crowdfunding campaign to build a new solar farm on the outskirts of Dundee. Construction is set to begin soon, after 589 people supported the crowdfunder.
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People working in or entering Scotland’s growing renewables industry will soon have access to a new training facility in Inverness. The £1.22 million Renewable Energy Training Centre, being established by Aurora Energy Services Ltd, (AES) will be the first of its kind in the region.
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Initial designs for a new multi-million Aberdeenshire regional museum and a new Peterhead Library have been unveiled.
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Balfour Beatty has submitted detailed plans for a 174-bed student accommodation block at the former Scottish Law Commission office in Edinburgh.
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A first-of-its-kind system in the UK is being trialled in Edinburgh to see if waste heat from a large computing facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes. The large amounts of energy needed to power the University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Computing Facility (ACF) co
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A planning application has been submitted for a £2 million off-grid rum distillery on the River Clyde, using a fusion of traditional methods and modern technology. The South Lanarkshire initiative, proposed by Neil Pringle, will be positioned at the start of the "Clyde Valley Tourist Route". T
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The Ayr Town Centre Framework is looking to set out the key priority projects for Ayr Town Centre that will support place-making and make the town a more successful place to live, work, visit and enjoy. The aim of the framework is to create a clear delivery & action plan based on achievable proj
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The Edinburgh Boiler Company has initiated a management transition with the appointment of Dougie Bell as its new managing director, succeeding Mark Glasgow, who assumes the role of chairman. Mr Bell, who steps up from his role as operations director, also becomes a partner in the Dalkeith-based fir
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In a week that saw more than 200 jobs lost with the collapse of Stewart Milne Group, McTaggart Construction has revealed it is recruiting up to 70 staff to meet growing demand in 2024.
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Fife Council is to establish a permanent national Building Standards Hub following a successful trial. The Scottish Government has been working in partnership with Local Authority Building Standards Scotland and Fife Council to set up a permanent home for the hub, which was established in May 2
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