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Everyone has a favourite Christmas song and now a motoring organisation representing Britain’s army of van drivers has named the top ten festive songs to listen to while driving. Van leasing firm Leasevan.co.uk asked customers to name their favourite Christmas tunes as they make their December del

Multi-disciplinary design and engineering company BakerHicks has started work on the full concept design for the new £70 million HMP Highland in Inverness. The initial designs by BakerHicks, which were used to achieve Planning Permission in Principle, are now being developed by their design team to

Stirling Council, alongside partner Scottish Water Horizons, has been awarded £100,000 to explore a pioneering heat solution for rural Stirling, with initial feasibility being carried out in Callander. The first study of its kind in the UK, the project will investigate how waste heat extracted from

Output in the UK construction sector has contracted for the sixth consecutive three-month period, falling by 1.4% in October, new figures have revealed. Output in the Construction Industry statistics, released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found that the three-month on three-mon

A “dysfunctional land market” lies at the root of Scotland’s housing crisis and intervention is required to increase the supply of land for new homes, according to a new discussion paper. The first in an independent series of discussion papers commissioned by the Scottish Land Commission, ‘T

A so-called prankster had to be saved by local firefighters after cementing his head inside a microwave. The West Midlands Fire Service spent an hour working to release Jay Swingler who mixed seven bags of Polyfilla before his friends poured it around his head, which was protected by a plastic bag i

A new advisory network, aimed at giving all areas of the construction industry a voice, has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Construction Industry Advisory Network (CONIAN) is a newly formed stakeholder network, bringing together a wider representation of organisations and

Forfar Community Campus officially opens Forfar Community Campus was officially declared open on Friday marking the formal conclusion of an ambitious and exciting multi-million pound project that brings the town’s Academy and its community together.

Vehicles displaying licence plates from the Canadian province of Alberta are no longer welcome on new job sites for neighbouring Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure. On Dec. 6, the Government of Saskatchewan announced the license plate-based ban to match a similar rule in Albert

Renfrewshire will be home to the new £65 million National Manufacturing Institute for Scotland (NMIS) with the University of Strathclyde named as the anchor university, it was revealed today. Work to build the centre, which will help manufacturing businesses throughout Scotland become world leaders

A student housing project planned for Glasgow’s High Street is set to be even taller than originally proposed. Revised plans submitted by ADF Architects and Structured House Group show the Merchant Point project to be extended beyond the 12-storey plan lodged to Glasgow City Council earlier this y

Retirement house-builder McCarthy & Stone has named Ian Wilkins as its new North divisional MD, covering the North West, North East and Scotland, as part of the company’s new operational structure. Currently regional MD for the North West, Wilkins joined McCarthy & Stone in September 2015

A bespoke retirement village which will house self-contained apartments as well as a range of one and two-storey cottages is to be developed in Aberdeenshire following a site acquisition deal. The Scotland Real Estate team at international law firm DAC Beachcroft has advised Liberty Retirement Livin

Council to discuss final plans for 150 new homes in Paisley Final plans to transform the West End of Paisley with up to 150 new homes are to be considered by councillors today.

A building in the Belgian town of Keerbergen has been slowly constructed to envelop a street lamp. The architect, who wants to remain unnamed, said the move was a "creative solution" to authorities taking over two years to move the post, the VRT TV network reports.