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Family-run plumbing and heating subcontractor Urquhart & Co has ceased trading with immediate effect, resulting in all 26 members of staff being made redundant. The Inverness-based firm, which served customers across the Highlands and Islands, entered liquidation on September 25.

A record £1 million was paid out every day during the second quarter of the year to help firms cope with the non-payment of bad debts, largely reflecting claims from many of the firms affected by the collapse of the construction firm Carillion. Figures published by the Association of British Insure

Hart Builders is inviting potential partners to a special ‘Meet the Buyer’ event at Borders College next week as it embarks on a programme to deliver around 500 new homes with Eildon Housing Association and Berwickshire Housing Association. To help to deliver these new homes, the Cruden Group me

Faced with an inadequate primary school building and unhappy with their local council's proposals to address this, a small Highland community decided to build a new facility themselves. Strontian Primary School in the Ardnamurchan Peninsula has roll of about 30 pupils.

Brunton Design has been appointed by The Sanday Development Trust to prepare sheltered accommodation proposals for seven sites on Orkney. It is anticipated that the developments will comprise a variety of sizes of accommodation with users with diverse needs, with the first showing a series of 1, 2 a

Public consultation announced for Killearn Beauty Spot Architects, planners and the local farmer will meet with members of the public to discuss plans to create a tourist hub at one of Scotland’s most popular beauty spots.

After a damning report claimed workers at Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium had early-morning booze sessions and snorted cocaine in the toilets, Alan Price, employment law director at employment law consultancy Peninsula, advises how other firms can stop the use of drugs at their workplace and wheth

The content for the proposed next Strategic Development Plan (SDP), which sets out the vision for long-term planning development in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, has been agreed by both councils. A consultation on the proposed plan will soon be available for local communities and interested parties to

Maxi Construction is inviting local businesses to discuss opportunities associated with the Primary School & Early Years Bundle project for Clackmannanshire Council. Being delivered in partnership with hub East Central Scotland, the project includes alteration and extension works to a number of

A project to establish a Scottish Motorsport Heritage Centre at the historic Rest and Be Thankful hillclimb and rally stage in Argyll has been granted official charitable status. The Scottish charity regulator OSCR has approved the project which would pay tribute to the Scottish motorsport heroes of

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: North Ayrshire Council

Plans for the new £19.34 million Health and Care Centre in Clydebank have taken another step forward. Members of West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership audit committee unanimously agreed to submit the Full Business Case (FBC) to the next meeting of the finance and planning committee

An ambitious five-year masterplan to build hundreds of new social houses in North Ayrshire has been unveiled. The Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) aims to deliver more than 1700 high-quality homes in neighbourhoods where people want to live.

CALA Homes has submitted a planning application to Aberdeen City Council for a development at 22 King’s Gate. The application outlines a proposal for the creation of 49 one and two bedroom apartments.

Bulgaria’s ancient castles and fortresses have become a laughing stock after shoddy reconstruction work left the sites looking like they were made of “cheese and cardboard” and drove away tourists, it has been claimed. Conservationists have poured scorn on efforts to rebuild the medieval fort