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Michelin unveils £50m upgrade of Dundee base Tyre giant Michelin is to spend £50 million turning its Dundee base into a state-of-the-art factory.

MLA unveils new Scotch Whisky Association HQ Moving away from their traditional ‘home’ at Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh’s New Town, MLA have assisted the Scotch Whisky Association in their transition to a flexible, sustainable and collaborative way of working in their new HQ office at Quartermi

Edinburgh’s new £850 million ‘Ribbon Hotel’ plan has been ridiculed as one of Scotland’s biggest flops. The List Magazine slammed the swirling design at the centre of proposals for the St James Quarter in its run-down of the year’s five worst people, places or things.

A series of recommendations made following an inquiry into the spiralling costs of the V&A Dundee project have now been implemented, according to a new report. Procurement expert and former Rangers Football Club chairman, John McClelland, was called in to investigate the V&A project after th

Robertson Homes has unveiled plans to complete the restoration of Gleann Mor House, the listed fire damaged building at its Westercraigs Development in Inverness, to create 26 luxury townhouses and 30 executive apartments.

A conference is being held in Edinburgh today will offer the opportunity for Scottish businesses large and small to compete for over £10 billion worth of contracts on offer with the HS2 project. The event will help companies become HS2 ready and provide specific technical information on how to comp

Sibbald Training has just received a delivery of 100 items of plant machinery - although they are only models. The machinery is displayed in a new purpose built exhibition area at their facility. MD David Sibbald is delighted with the collection which he had donated to him by the late John Ferguson,

Keepmoat is encouraging sub-contractors to attend a supply chain event on Friday 27th November. The event will provide an opportunity for sub-contractors to meet representatives from the regeneration specialist’s Commercial and Operational teams; to find out more about the company, to explore oppo

Construction and property firm J Smart & Co (Contractors) PLC has posted higher pre-tax profit for the year to the end of July thanks to margin improvements and a property revaluation. The Edinburgh-based contractor said pre-tax profit for the year was £3.5 million, almost triple the £1.2m it

The City of Edinburgh Council has set out plans to build 8,000 homes in an attempt to address the shortage of affordable housing and tackle the impact of soaring housing costs in the private sector. A report to the council’s health, social care and housing committee, on Tuesday, will outline propo

A £15.4 million project to build a new purpose-built education campus in Balloch has been submitted for planning. Holmes Miller, in tandem with Morgan Sindall and West Dunbartonshire Council, are behind plans for the Balloch Shared Campus, a new school on the site of the existing St Kessog’s Prim

A cowboy builder from Perthshire has been jailed after a court heard how he had pocketed £400,000 in a huge bogus repairs scam spanning four years. Patrick Young conned a string of homeowners including a 79 year-old man who was ripped off to the tune of £172,000 and an 84-year-old woman who handed

A planning application has been lodged by Sheratan Ltd to build housing, a new primary school and a long talked about park for Edinburgh. The area, covering c. 170 acres at the Edmonstone Estate in Little France, will be masterplanned to maximise the benefits to the South East of the City.

Jewitt & Wilkie Architects and Spectrum Properties have drawn up plans for the residential conversion and extension of the B-listed former Strathclyde Public School and nearby print works at Dalmarnock, Glasgow, which latterly served as the Strathclyde Business Centre. Sharing a public square op

Queen's Cross Housing Association is to spend £13 million to carry out major internal and external improvements to 314 of its properties. Housebuilding specialist, Keepmoat, will carry out work at the Cedar Court mutli-storey flats, which will include insulated external cladding, new energy efficie