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To mark National Apprenticeship Week, a series of apprenticeship toolkits have been launched by CITB to support construction employers with hiring an apprentice.

Bishopbriggs-based Sunshine Wishes Children’s Charity (SWCC) has received a funding boost from Cala Homes (West) with the award of £1,500 from the homebuilder’s Community Bursary Initiative. The children’s charity aims to fulfil the dreams of sick and terminally ill children,

Scientists are to begin work on a large-scale research programme that will help transform Glasgow into a thriving, climate-resilient city and support its ambition to reach net-zero by 2030.

David G Sibbald was invited to Windsor Castle in December to receive his MBE From HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal. The Sibbald Training founder was awarded the honour in October 2020 for services to business and charity in West Lothian.

Work is well underway at Crosshouse Primary School and Communication Centre where an investment of £6.8 million from East Ayrshire Council will see the school completely refurbished and a new extension built on site. The refurbishment and extension, which is being carried out by Fleming Buildi

The archaeologists who uncovered Oxford University’s ‘lost college’ think they have now discovered evidence of a 4,000-year-old prehistoric burial mound beneath it. A fragment of skull and part of a human jawbone with some teeth still in place has been unearthed, together with rema

ID Systems has won a Skills Development award from CeeD (Centre for Engineering, Education and development) for recruiting graduate apprentices and craft apprentices to the business, and for developing their people with internal training initiatives. The engineering solutions provider has creat

Dundee City Council will be asked to approve a £1.2 million programme to replace parts of the heating system in Dundee House.

To celebrate International Women’s Day yesterday, Home Essentials has re-created Julia Donaldson’s classic childhood tale The Gruffalo and turned it into an extraordinary bedroom.

People living or working near Ashgrove Road and Ashgrove Road West in Aberdeen are being asked to take part in a consultation which could lead to street improvements for the area.

In an exclusive interview with Scottish Construction Now, Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) chief executive Tim Balcon has praised Scotland’s employers for leading the way when it comes to construction apprenticeships. Historically there are two sectors that provide a good indication

Cala Homes (West) has partnered up with a South Lanarkshire charity that is based in East Kilbride for the duration of its time on its new development in Jackton. (from left) Gordon McHugh, chief executive of Kilbryde Hospice; Sarah Falconer, Cala Homes (West) sales consultant at Sequoia Meadows, an

Gin and scotch whisky producer Eden Mill has received full planning permission to build its new distillery and visitor centre in St Andrews. A 50-year land lease has been signed with the University of St Andrews, with the new building, with its ambition to be one of the world’s first

A project which will see the B-listed Smollett Fountain in Alexandria restored and enhancements introduced is to commence in May, West Dunbartonshire Council has confirmed.

Residents in Danderhall have welcomed a donation from Stewart Milne Homes which has been used to enhance the area with the creation of allotment space, flowering gardens and wildlife habitats. The £1,000 funding for Danderhall Primary School has been used to support community-wide initiatives,