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A long-established Dundee-based construction company has been placed in administration after falling victim to the loss of McGill & Co. Land & Building Services Limited has ceased trading with immediate effect, and all 27 staff have been made redundant.

A former architecture employee has admitted carrying out an armed robbery on a Dundee bookmakers six weeks after losing his job, a court has heard. Nathan Ritchie had been working for a practice in Dundee – but was made redundant last summer without a severance package.

Interserve has agreed principles of a debt for equity rescue deal with its lenders, the firm announced this morning. The deleveraging plan involves the issuing of £480 million worth of new shares and transferring £350m of existing debt to Interserve’s RMD Kwikform business, wh

A contract for an extension and partial refurbishment at Invergarry Primary School has been awarded to Morrison Construction. The £800,000 project will see the replacement of a double classroom unit that is in poor condition with an extension to the school comprising two classrooms, toilets an

Plans to build a state-of-the-art athletics facility in Renfrewshire have taken a step forward after councillors backed a community asset transfer to Kilbarchan Amateur Athletics Club (AAC). More than 4000sqm of land will be transferred to the local club to progress plans for a £1.3 million in

Design and fit-out specialist Havelock International is to bring in reduced hours and four-day working weeks as part of a new ‘sustainable manufacturing’ plan aimed to boost growth. The firm, which was rescued after Havelock Europa was bought out of administration by Rcapital in July, em

Unite’s craft membership in local authorities have voted to accept the revised pay offer from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), the union confirmed today. The craft agreement, which is a separate proposal from the wider local authority offer, was accepted by 84% of those vo

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has reported a rise in half-year sales and profits as it continues to benefit from operating efficiencies. The country’s largest housebuilder posted a 7.2% rise in revenues to £2.1 billion in the six months to December 31, while pre-tax profits jumped 19

A model agreement between the Scottish Government, West Lothian Council and a newly-created joint venture could help tackle Scotland’s housing crisis if replicated in other regions, writes Russell Munro. Mary Queen of Scots is said to have stopped off at Niddry Castle near the village of Winch

Edinburgh-based specialist commercial property manager Cowiesburn has secured the appointment to provide property management services to The Charlotte Square Collection and its portfolio of 21 ‘Grade A’ listed townhouse office buildings in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.

Four times as many Scots would choose to build underground systems for the UK’s most important cities over the post-Brexit “vanity projects” proposed by Boris Johnson, a poll has found. Since the referendum result, the former foreign secretary has suggested the creation of two brid

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Plans to transform the current Royal Hospital for Sick Children site in Edinburgh into student accommodation have been given the green light. Downing Group plans to demolish some later additions to the site to make way for 323 student flats and convert the original hospital building into 126 residen

East Ayrshire Council’s decision to reject a £450 million leisure, tourism and residential development planned for the historic Loudoun Castle estate has been upheld by the Scottish Government. A consortium of developers had hoped to build 450 luxury lodges, an indoor water park and a le

UK housebuilder Miller Homes will deliver a total of 1,689 new homes across 14 new developments across central Scotland, supporting approximately 6700 jobs, it said today. The developments are located from as far north as Dundee, and span across Glasgow and the West and Edinburgh and the Lothians.