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Two of Scotland’s best-known legal names are coming together for this year’s Scottish Construction Summit, with Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) and Axiom Advocates confirmed as joint legal sponsors of the event, which moves this year to the SEC Campus in Glasgow. The decision to co-spon

Work is now underway this month on a programme of investment at Grangemouth Town Hall aimed at protecting the historic building and helping ensure it can continue to serve local people for years to come.  The works form part of a £2 million Falkirk Council investment programme supporting

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Keith Bishop as a legal director in its Edinburgh construction team. A highly experienced construction lawyer, Keith is dual qualified in Scotland and England and Wales, and has advised on both contentious and transactional construction matters thro

Project management, cost management and MEP services specialist Contollo Group has added to its senior team with the appointment of Matthew Mackey FRICS as director. Mackey joins Contollo following nearly three decades in senior commercial leadership roles across the UK and Australia, bringing deep

Detailed planning permission has been granted for Tech Terrace, a major new development at the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) in Renfrewshire.  Adjacent to Glasgow Airport, AMIDS is Scotland’s home of advanced manufacturing and innovation and provides a positi

A Glasgow construction firm is targeting £10 million turnover within the next two years as it prepares to grow its workforce and scale its operations across Scotland and the North of England. VQ Contracts, based in Hillington, expects turnover to reach a record £8.5m this year, up from &

The Scottish Housing Summit will bring together housing associations, local authorities, developers and industry bodies for a day dedicated to the issues shaping housing delivery in Scotland. Running alongside the Scottish Construction Summit, the co-located format also opens up valuable crossover w

Luminary Homes has said it is on track to complete the first phase of a housing development rescued from administration.

A developer has won permission to build 43 new homes in a West Lothian village.

Plans for a historic partnership that will unlock around 1,000 new homes at the long derelict Cowlairs site in north Glasgow have been backed by the council's City Administration Committee.

An American man dressed as Darth Vader appeared before a city council to address the use of Flock surveillance cameras, delivering a tongue-in-cheek defence of the technology. Speaking in the Star Wars villain’s distinctive breathing voice, he told San Diego City councillors: “This is wh

New digital training aiming to increase awareness and reduce suicide amongst sole traders and self-employed construction workers launches ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September).

M Group has secured a £110 million contract from ScottishPower for major overhead line upgrades across central and southern Scotland.

A new National Lottery-funded pathway programme is helping cultural and creative organisations across Scotland adapt the buildings they own to the impacts of climate change. The fund, co-designed and managed by Creative Scotland and the Scottish Futures Trust, is providing eight organisations with a

Minister for economy, tourism and transport, Stephen Flynn MSP, visited Montrose Port Skills Academy (MPSA) yesterday to meet the next generation of offshore wind talent and highlight the importance of skills development in supporting Scotland’s growing renewable energy sector. During his visi