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The construction industry faces a tough challenge to meet its recruitment needs as competition for skilled workers gets more intense, the CITB has warned.

School pupils have taken part in a turf cutting ceremony as work gets under way on a new community hub in Coatbridge.

A new phase of work on the Trams to Newhaven project is set to begin, as the scheme continues to take shape along the route.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Supercity Aparthotels Ltd.

Laing O’Rourke is to replace red diesel with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in all its plant equipment before the end of March.

Property developer Soller Group has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice to Glasgow City Council for 350 residential apartments at 144 Port Dundas Road.

Recycling company NWH Group has broken ground at the site of its new construction and demolition waste recycling wash plant on the outskirts of Edinburgh as it continues its investment into the circular economy and plan to achieve carbon negative status.

Aberdeenshire councillors have approved the construction of 37 new affordable housing properties at Kirkton, Fraserburgh.

A total of 36 families have set up new homes in North Lanarkshire thanks to affordable housing developed by Link Group.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has provided funding to Craigmillar Literacy Trust and Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) as part of its ongoing commitment to working in partnership with local communities. The company has donated £1,000 to Craigmillar Literacy Trust and £3,300 to SHSS.

Councillors are being asked to approve two plans for new council housing developments on former school sites in Arbroath and Forfar. Angus Council hopes to deliver around 90 new homes on St Thomas RC primary school in Arbroath’s Seaton Road, and Forfar’s Taylor Street

The community-led development of five homes and five self-build plots on Raasay has been granted full planning permission. Raasay Development Trust (RDT) is leading the project in the main village of Inverarish with support from the Communities Housing Trust (CHT).

Work is set to get underway on a giant 33-foot sculpture in Port Glasgow.

Plans for a drone hub to service Scotland’s islands with unmanned flights have taken a major step forward with UK Government funding.

Gillespie Macandrew completed new build plot sales worth over £250 million in 2021, representing almost 10 per cent of all private new build house sales in Scotland.