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Young apprentices, school-leavers and graduates are being sought after by an increasing number of employers to help fill job vacancies. A total of 33 per cent of firms indicated they intend to take on young apprentices, according to the Labour Market Outlook survey carried out by the Chartered Insti

Plans submitted for 139 Edinburgh apartments EMA Architects have submitted plans for the replacement of two large warehouses on an 8 hectare site off Abbey Lane, Edinburgh, with139 apartments in a series of four and six storey blocks for Bellway.

Interserve has posted a 12 per cent rise in profit during the first six months of the year which offered “both opportunities and challenges”. The support services and construction firm saw UK construction make an operating profit of £5.3 million on a turnover of £500m during the six months to

Planning permission and listed building consent applications for a new West Dunbartonshire Council office building in Dumbarton have been submitted by Keppie Design. The £14.6 million project, being delivered by hub West Scotland in partnership with the council with architects Keppie and main contr

Fife-based timber specialist James Donaldson & Sons Ltd has announced a strong growth in annual pre-tax profits to £4.52 million, helped by encouraging activity in the house building sector. The results, for the year ended March 2015, also show turnover grew 13 per cent to £133m.

Balfour Beatty has reported a £150m pre-tax loss for the half year to June 26 as it continues to count the cost of problem UK contracts. The infrastructure group issued a profit warning last month after “identify legacy issues” in the UK, US and Middle East would hit profits.

Work to redevelop Perth’s 115-year old theatre could begin as early as next week after Perth & Kinross Council granted planning and listed building consent. The council’s development management committee yesterday formally approved the £16.6 million project which will see the B-listed Edwar

Elsick Development Company (EDC) has lodged a legal appeal against the Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Planning Authority (SDPA). The developer lodged the appeal in the Court of Session in Edinburgh due to the SDPA's decision to adopt Statutory Guidance on the Strategic Transport Fund.

First teacher takes up Springfield’s rent-free housing offer An initiative which offers rent-free accommodation to entice teachers to move to Moray has received its first beneficiary.

Provost opens new state-of-the art flat in Largs New state-of-the-art amenity flats and a day care and resource centre in Largs were officially opened this week by Provost Joan Sturgeon.

A regeneration project in East Ayrshire has taken a step forward following the arrival of diggers on site. The regeneration of Townhead Street in Cumnock is now thoroughly underway as work begins on a £2.2 million retail development.

A £2 million nursery for pre-school children of students and staff at the University of Aberdeen has become the first fully certified Passivhaus building in Scotland to also attain a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating. Designed by BMJ Architects and built by Burns Construction, the new Rocking Horse Nur

The City of Edinburgh Council has refused to re-establish an arms-length company to provide evidence for the Tram Inquiry. The council, which has earmarked £2 million for its participation in the inquiry, said re-establishing Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE), as requested by Lord Hardie, would

A report into the spiralling costs of the V&A Dundee project has found that a series of management failings in the early stages of the project meant there was “little prospect” of it being kept to its original budget. The independent inquiry into the increase of expenditure for the new water

A contractor has been appointed to build a new £1.9 million bespoke field centre at Forsinard in Sutherland. Thurso-based contractor O’Brien Construction will build the research centre in the Flow Country, a vast area of peatland in Scotland's Far North.