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An action plan to help Scotland’s metals sector become an innovative and valued part of Scotland’s emerging circular economy, improve environmental compliance and stop illegal activity, has been launched by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). SEPA’s Metals Sector Pla

Alan Gordon at DM Hall Chartered Surveyors considers the opportunities that challenger banks provide to the commercial property sector. Challenger banks have been nibbling at the ankles of major UK lending institutions with increasing enthusiasm for some years now with the result that a whole new re

A leading Scottish streetlighting engineer has been recognised for his services to the UK’s highway electrical sector. Lindsay McGregor, director at Streetlighting Advisory Services Ltd, received the Highway Electrical Association’s ‘Service to Industry Award 2018’ at the ass

A husband and wife team are set to expand their luxury holiday lodge and bistro resort in Carse of Gowrie, after securing a £1 million finance package from HSBC UK.

A US-based robotics firm has introduced an all-electric, battery-powered, full-body industrial exoskeleton that it said can allow a human to lift a couple hundred pounds repeatedly over an eight-hour session without breaking a sweat.

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The Scottish Building Federation (SBF) has voiced concerns about the future outlook for the Scottish construction industry as latest figures show employment in the sector fell by 5,000 in the third quarter of the year and output has dropped by £1.5 billion year-on-year. During the year to Sept

Dandara has submitted proposals to build more than 200 homes as part of a wider housing development in Aberdeen. Plans lodged with Aberdeen City Council will see the 216 homes developed on a site south of Hazledene Road, on the western outskirts of Countesswells.

As the level of housing completions continues to head in the right direction, the country’s home building industry has urged the Scottish Government to build on this positive news to enable it to deliver more of the homes Scotland’s growing population needs. Official statistics released

A review into the consultation process around the future location of a new Monklands Hospital is to report back by the end of February 2019. NHS Lanarkshire is currently consulting on proposals for a new or replacement hospital, with an alternative site in Gartcosh being promoted by the health board

Plans have been lodged for a new care home on vacant land in Dundee. James Paul Associates has brought forward its plans for the facility on Fairmuir Road on behalf of Balhousie Care Group.

Hamilton-based Platinum Facilities Maintenance has successfully completed a second contract for South Lanarkshire Council. The business, which employs twelve staff, cleaned the kitchen canopies and extracted ductwork of 68 council properties, including primary schools, leisure centres and nursing ho

East Renfrewshire Council has secured a range of community benefits as part of Morrison Construction’s delivery of the Greenlaw Business Centre in Newton Mearns. Four jobs, two apprenticeships, work experience placements and learning opportunities for schools are just some of the community ben

Housebuilder McTaggart Construction has delivered over 100 work placements this year alone. The company offers work placements to employability programme participants from the areas in which it is building new affordable housing, and this has been a record year for the company’s sustainable co

Derek MacDonald, joint managing director, Newton Property, at the first electric vehicle charging point installed by Newton in Glasgow. Image credit Jamie Simpson Lettings company Newton Property has launched its national 2020 Green Energy Vision campaign helping Scotland embrace a more sustainable,