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With building sites closing, hub South West has been asked to establish if those on its supply chain, are able to help with PPE (Gloves, FFP3 masks and dust suits) that may not be urgent on sites but could be used in social care in Lanarkshire. Please email margaret.milton@hubsouthwest.co.uk to help

Estate agents looking to sell homes during the coronavirus outbreak are experimenting with new strategies.

Members of the Builders’ Merchants Federation (BMF) across the UK have joined forces to offer a united front in response to the COVID-19 crisis. ‘Trades Against The Virus’ has been set-up to give tradespeople a recognised route to support vulnerable people in need, using the extens

Springfield Properties has helped create three new shelters in the car park of a Moray medical practice.

A kind-hearted Glasgow Taxi driver has provided a powerful and personal offer of support to the city’s healthcare staff by offering free lifts to all NHS workers.

Scottish businesswoman Marie Macklin CBE has offered £100,000 community cash fund to support the communities of Kilmarnock, which will help tackle the local impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the places closest to her heart. Having seen first-hand how the pandemic is directly affe

A facility used for testing nuclear submarine reactors in Scotland is to be demolished by the 2030s, the BBC has reported.

A housebuilder has announced plans to diversify into hydroponic vertical farming.

A builder who found papers in a skip that included sketches Sir Paul McCartney commissioned for his psychedelic piano could be in for a five-figure windfall.

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has unearthed a secret WW2 underground bunker whilst carrying out felling operations in the Scottish Borders.

Airbnb is searching for the world’s wildest home ideas – and has launched a $1 million fund to make them a reality.

In a blog post published on its website, University of Strathclyde think tank the Fraser of Allander Institute has provided a scathing rebuttal of plans for a bridge or tunnel link between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The operators of a new family play complex on Glasgow’s South Side have applied for planning permission to tie an 11-foot inflatable rocket to a chimney at the B-listed premises.

With Downing Street reportedly investigating the feasibility of building a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, Scottish secretary Alister Jack has suggested that an all-weather tunnel could be used instead.

Warm air extracted from Tube tunnels is being used to heat more than 1,000 homes in a pioneering scheme that could be replicated across the London Underground network.