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A Dundee hotel is planning to capitalise on the city’s expected tourism boom with a major new extension. A planning application has been lodged with Dundee City Council to create space for 24 new bedrooms at the Best Western Invercarse Hotel.

Campbell & Kennedy shortlisted at SELECT awards Family business Campbell & Kennedy (C&K) has been nominated for the Best Use of Training award at the SELECT Awards 2016.

Campaigners are marking three months to Scotland’s fuel poverty deadline by calling for a three point plan to improve the energy efficiency of the nation’s cold and leaky homes. Members of the Existing Homes Alliance have urged the Scottish Government to redouble efforts by introducing new inves

Pressure to meet deadlines and “seriously flawed” designs are to blame for a six month delay to the opening of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, according to an architect behind the project. Robert Menzies has claimed that construction of the £150 million hospital was rushed de

A building merchant sales manager who embezzled more than £73,000 from his former employer has been jailed for a year. Jonathan Green was a sales manager at Grahams Building Merchants in Dundee when he gave his personal bank account details to two clients who were under the impression they were set

Developers have submitted new plans to transform a derelict site in the north of Glasgow into a supermarket, gym, petrol filling station and business units. Forge Properties has applied for full planning permission for the development on a site at Carlisle Street next to the Morrison Bowmore bottlin

A main contractor is being sought to help deliver a £63.5 million education campus for East Ayrshire Council. The planned Knockroon Learning & Enterprise Campus development in the Broomfield area of Cumnock will include: a merged primary school, incorporating two existing primary schools as wel

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) has applauded the Western Australian government for showing the way with tough new measures to deal with improving construction payment performance. From September 30, project bank accounts (PBAs) in Western Australian will become mandatory

Councillors in Edinburgh have agreed to proceed with a project to create a family-friendly west to east cycle route through the city centre. The City Centre West to East Cycle Link and Street Improvements project aims to create a largely protected cycle way to and through the city centre, providing

Glasgow-based engineering consultancy Mabbett & Associates Ltd has used £160,000 of HSBC funds to further diversify its business by creating Mabbett Environmental Planning Ltd. The new enterprise will facilitate the firm’s expansion in the environmental planning services sector, growing the b

Property investor Formal Investments has lodged its plans for a £75 million commercial redevelopment in the centre of Glasgow. The proposals will see the provision of a 12-storey new build element, incorporating 130,000 sq ft of Grade A office space on Bath Street, as well as the remodelling and re

Pre-tax profits at Scottish timber group James Donaldson & Sons have increased by almost a third in its last financial year to £5.9 million as the firm enjoyed high activity levels across the group. The Fife-based group said it benefited from strong demand for new homes and a buoyant repair, ma

The contract to fit out the new Glasgow office of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has been awarded to Paisley-based Clark Contracts. Global professional accounting body ACCA is to occupy the first, second and third floors at 110 Queen Street, relocating circa 650 people fro

Interserve has completed work on a new Premier Inn in Edinburgh. Located within the New Town and World Heritage Site, the 127 bed hotel sits next to St. Paul’s & St. George’s Church on York Place.

Work on a £16.8 million extension to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh began in earnest this week after the City of Edinburgh Council formally approved the planning applications. The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) said the new extension will radically improve access to its world-clas