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A project to restore and transform Lews Castle in the Outer Hebrides has been thrown a multi-million-pound lifeline. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) will provide £1.7 million and the local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CnES) will add £1.5m to complete the project.
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Engineer teaching apprentices to use tube bending machine An extra £500,000 has been pledged to help attract a greater number of women and people from minority groups on to modern apprenticeship schemes.
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A series of problem contracts has contributed to a £89.7 million pre-tax loss last year for Sir Robert McAlpine. Posted online at Companies House last week, the heavy loss for the year to October 2014 follows a slim £4.4m pre-tax profit the previous year.
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Corrupt council officials were treated to dances and drinks in lap dancing bars, corporate football tickets and lavish meals by builders trying to seek valuable contracts, a court heard last week. Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told that former City of Edinburgh Council employees Charles Owenson and Ja
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Philip Hogg The Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme is nearly fully subscribed due to a bumper level of sales reservations, the Scottish Government has announced.
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Bellway Homes has been ordered to pay nearly £50,000 after a bricklayer suffered back injuries in a three metre fall when a temporary platform collapsed. Bricklayer Daniel Kersey, 64, was injured on the Mitford Fields development in Reading on 5th August 2013. He was working on a platform over a st
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Facilities management company Mitie has posted a steady rise in full-year revenues thanks it part to a string of new and extended Scottish contracts. Shares in the firm have increased by nearly four per cent after it lifted underlying operating profit by 0.9 per cent to £128.6 million. Sales have r
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Dozens of young apprentices were inspired to achieve their potential at a special event held to recognise the important role they play in West Dunbartonshire Council. Motivational speaker Brian Costello addressed over 80 of the council’s young trainees and set them on the path to further success a
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Pupils in West Lothian and Highland secondary schools are set to benefit from a new foundation apprenticeship in construction which has been launched at the new Forth crossing. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Skills Development Scotland have been working with local employers, sch
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RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Mr Douglas Hannigan
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is launching a new initiative to help property firms across Scotland create a more inclusive and competitive workforce.
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Whiteburn Projects is planning to transform a former Dundee college into a vibrant mixed-use community providing 110 flats, workspace and a new café. The property developer submitted a planning application for its Vox Dundee development to Dundee City Council on Friday.
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Work is underway to create a new primary school in Biggar as part of South Lanarkshire Council’s £800 million primary school modernisation programme. The new Libberton Primary School will be built on the same site as the current school and will feature state of the art teaching facilities for the
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A typical strawbale home Two brothers have taken house building into their own hands after high summer tourist rent prices forced them out of their home in Cornwall.
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Hannah Simpson A University of the West of Scotland student is to represent Central Scotland in a prestigious national property competition.
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