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New Modern Apprentices join West Dunbartonshire Council team after investment West Dunbartonshire Council’s newest apprentices joined the team this week as part of a £1 million investment.

A baker from Glasgow has created an impressive recreation of Celtic Park in the form of a cake. Christie Howieson, who runs her own business Cake Days A Week, said the lifelike creation, which was ordered by a lady from Ayr for her husband’s 50th, took the best part of three days to make, the long

Scottish Ministers have decided to call in the planning application for the Coul Links golf course at Embo in the Highlands. Planning consent is sought for the construction of an 18-hole golf course, along with the erection of a clubhouse, the renovation of existing buildings to form a maintenance f

Refreshed designs for the next phase of housing at Lethington Gardens – part of the wider Letham Mains development to the west of Haddington, East Lothian – have been given the green light. Planners have approved an application from Mactaggart & Mickel Homes for 60 properties for private sal

Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans for a new residential development by CALA Homes in Inverurie, heralding the first time the housebuilder has built family homes in the town. The development – located in the Conglass area, on Crawford Road – will comprise 43 four and five-bedroom detached

New designs for the first purpose-built music venue to be developed in Edinburgh for a century have been unveiled. The IMPACT Centre will be a 1000-seat auditorium, 200-seat studio and a range of all-day spaces in the heart of the city.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is urging the construction industry to ensure they have a licence and Pollution Prevention Plan before starting any new large construction projects from next month. From 1 September 2018, a licence will be required before any construction work can co

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is urging Scottish construction businesses to innovate in order to improve the quality of air inside our buildings and tackle ‘sick building syndrome’. Scots spend around 80-90% of their time indoors, whether that be at home, school or work. Studies

SELECT, the electrical sector's campaigning trade body, is continuing to enhance the prestige of the profession by once again providing high-calibre training opportunities for another intake of electrician apprentices. More than 700 hopeful and enthusiastic youngsters have signed up for one of the m

Transport Scotland is inviting tenders for two new road maintenance contracts worth over £930 million. The procurement process for the next generation of South West and South East Unit contracts was formally notified with the issue of the Prior Information Notices (PINs) to the Official Journal of

Balfour Beatty has won a £67 million deal to modernise and extend the University of Edinburgh’s School of Biological Sciences at the Kings Building’s campus. The contract will see the 11-storey Darwin Tower refurbished and re-clad using a double-skin cladding system to improve

The proposed East Kilbride Community Growth Area (CGA) has received a funding boost from the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region City Deal.

Planning permission has been refused for a proposed mixed use development at Kingslaw in Tranent. Members of East Lothian Council’s planning committee met to discuss a series of applications. Nine committee members agreed with the planning officials' recommendation to refuse the Kingslaw proposal

An exclusion zone has been set up around Ayr station after contractors found crumbling and exposed roof areas at the former Station Hotel next door. Trains has been delayed and cancelled at the station as a result.

Pre-historic foundations have been unearthed during a retail renovation project in Castle Street, Dundee. Dundee City Council staff discovered the massive "castle rock" built into the basement of the former Kennedy's Steak House building.