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Apprenticeship schemes are on course to provide a £34 billion boost to the wider British economy this year, according to a new piece of analysis. Breaking this figure down, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) said that apprenticeships could make an annual contribution of £31 bill
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McLaughlin & Harvey and Barr Construction are coming together under a single trading brand. Scottish-based Barr Construction is being brought under the McLaughlin & Harvey banner to form one UK-wide operator with a combined turnover in excess of £400 million and real potential to create new
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Kier Group has made a statement confirming it has held preliminary discussions regarding the possible acquisition of infrastructure builder Mouchel. Sources mention that the going price for Mouchel could be £400 million, although others say it could be as high as high as £500m.
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Plans for a new £100m energy research centre have been announced by the University of Aberdeen. The 19,000m2 purpose-built Energy Building will contain world class, sustainable facilities to build on the University’s and Aberdeen’s reputation for ground-breaking research and innovation, and cre
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A man with an interest in a property which was found to be in a “state of disrepair” has failed in an appeal against the decision to grant a compulsory purchase order (CPO) over the house. Judges in the Court of Session Inner House were not persuaded that there was any force in any of the compla
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The preferred bidder to build a state-of-the-art resource for processing household rubbish has been announced by Zero Waste: Edinburgh and Midlothian.
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John Laing Infrastructure Fund has made a £1 billion offer for the public-private partnership assets of Balfour Beatty, highlighting the attraction of work on schools and hospitals for private sector firms. The non-binding offer equates to more than three quarters of the market capitalisation of Ba
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A joint venture of Atkins and Mouchel has secured the last of three design contracts in the project to upgrade the A9 to a dual carriageway. The £40 million contract involves design work for the road between Dalraddy and Inverness.
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Robertson Group has begun work on a new £100m iconic distillery and visitor centre at The Macallan site at Craigellachie on Speyside.
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(from left) Ulrich Steinmetz, John Burke and Bailie Liz Cameron A topping out ceremony that blended a mix of Glaswegian and German traditions has been held at CONNECT110NS in Queen Street, a new office development led by BAM Properties.
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Glassford Primary School is to get a £2.8 million replacement after South Lanarkshire Council gave the plans the green light. The proposal, the latest under the council’s £800m Primary Schools Modernisation Programme, was rubber-stamped by councillors at this month’s Planning committee.
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Work has commenced on a significant deep soil mixing project to support a new residential development in Dundee. Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) is involved in a project to develop land at Hillside Halls, Yarrow Terrace, in the city and their deep soil mixing is providing a solution to challenging gr
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Frank Lincoln Story Homes has made a new recruit to its senior management team.
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Formal plans have been tabled for a new district general hospital in Dumfries.
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