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GAP Hire Solutions has today been shortlisted for the Employer of the Year and UKTI Growth Business of the Year categories at the 2015 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards. Going up against other finalists, the equipment firm will compete for the prestigious award, with the winner being revealed at

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has opened the doors to a new £2.2 million facility for life sciences companies on the 215 acre Inverness Campus site. Designed to encourage collaboration between research and industry, the BREEAM Excellent rated premises has been delivered with the flexibilit

£40m Aberdeen office development complete Knight Property Group has completed its £40m development at Cityview Business Park, Aberdeen, with the unveiling of a fourth and final office pavilion.

A property developer who demolished an historic pub without permission has been ordered to rebuild it brick by brick. Wandsworth Council rejected an application by Udhyam Amin for retrospective planning permission for demolition of the Alchemist pub in St John’s Hill, Battersea.

A total of 60 staff at Stewart McNee (Dunoon) Ltd are being made redundant leaving just one employee in place. The family-run firm is now in administration, with losses being blamed on “tough trading conditions” and “significant cash flow difficulties”.

A social enterprise scheme in Glasgow is giving current and former offenders the chance to help build 40 affordable homes as part of their rehabilitation. The project, a partnership between Triodos Bank and Glasgow Together Community Interest Company, will see homes built on two initial plots in Bai

3D app shows Dundee Waterfront in 2018 A new innovative app will give Dundee residents a glimpse into the future.

Developers behind a plan to build 1,400 homes, a primary school and leisure features to the west of Perth have been forced to withdraw the initial application due to a “procedural” planning issue. The Almond Valley project was to be built on land between Ruthvenfield and Huntingtowerfield but mi

Work on a £4.1 million retirement complex in Blairgowrie could begin early next year after the development secured conditional planning consent. The 36-flat development, which is aimed at people over 60, will be built on the site of the town’s tennis club on Couper Angus Road, which is relocating

London tube mosaics to be recreated in Edinburgh Much-loved mosaics designed for a London Underground station by the celebrated sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi are to be reassembled in the artist’s home city.

Edinburgh based Advance Global Recruitment (AGR) is hoping to capitalise on the improving housing and construction markets with a new construction subsidiary. AGR, which mostly works in the subsea sector and has a turnover of about £10m, said it already has deals in place with housebuilders and con

Arbroath’s skyline is being transformed by the multi-million pound replacement of two of the town’s seats of learning at Warddykes and Timmergreens. Angus Council’s children and learning convener, Councillor Sheena Welsh was joined by local councillors and council officers at the Warddykes dev

St Enoch Subway entrance open to public after £5.3m modernisation The new entrance to the St Enoch Subway Station has been fully unveiled to the public after a multi-million pound renovation by Graham Construction.

Aberdeen City Council has agreed to give Muse Developments more time to decide on which type of building materials will be used for the city’s Marischal Square development. Work on the £107 million mixed-use development began when Morgan Sindall moved on site back in April.

A low-carbon innovation group from the University of Edinburgh has opened a permanent office in Hong Kong. First minister Nicola Sturgeon was in the city to officially open the centre at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park as part of a Scottish Government trade mission.