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North Ayrshire Council, Peel Ports and Scottish Enterprise formalised their commitment to ambitious regeneration plans that will drive forward the short, medium and long-term plans for a key part of the Hunterston PARC site.

A new Edinburgh-based renewable power business hopes to provide enough clean energy for two million homes within five years after it received backing of £24 million from SSE. Corran Capital founder Gary Le Sueur and Renewco Power CEO Gavin McCallum (Image credit: Renewco Power)

After eight and a half successful years as CEO of hub South West Scotland Limited, Michael McBrearty has informed the board of his wish to step down as chief executive. Mr McBrearty, who will step down “in due course” and help carry out the process to find a successor, said the deci

A community council is considering taking legal action against a decision to approve a housing development in Glasgow in a case it said has ramifications for sensitive conservation areas across Scotland. Glasgow City Council's planning local review committee granted permission for East Kilbride-base

The refurbishment of Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen is on course to be reopened next year once plants and grass have had a chance to bed in, a local authority committee heard yesterday.

Mark Bramley from Alness civil engineering firm Pat Munro has today taken over as chair of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association Scotland (CECA Scotland). CECA is the representative body for companies that work day-to-day to deliver, upgrade, and maintain Scotland’s critical infra

Staff and children at a new school in Edinburgh are celebrating after Morgan Sindall Construction completed work in time for the new school year.

An energy from waste facility in Aberdeen is on target for commissioning to start as planned in spring next year with the facility fully operational by the end of that year, an Aberdeen City Council committee was told yesterday. The council’s capital programme committee agreed an update w

Cushman & Wakefield has expanded its project management team in Scotland with the appointments of Natasha Kravchuk and Neil Johnston. Natasha, who joins as associate director, has an impressive track record in the industry and worked with Thomas & Adamson for more than 22 years in their Lond

Dundee-based contractor McGill has been awarded a £230,000 contract by Angus Council to carry out the end-to-end process of installing photovoltaic (PV) solar panels at Brechin Community Campus.

Revised plans have been submitted to deliver flats and commercial units in the East End of Glasgow.

GRAHAM has welcomed the “next generation of talent” from its Graduate Apprenticeship Programme, which gives company employees the opportunity to gain higher education via the workplace.

Places for People Group has launched a new initiative that aims to help young women establish careers in the construction sector.

Residents from the local community in Castlemilk have benefited from the ‘added value’ aspect of the current development programme being progressed by Cassiltoun Housing Association in partnership with Cruden Homes West. Cassiltoun’s CEO Clair Malpas said: “Our development pr

A pilot scheme by the Highland Council to develop housing provision that sits as a 'stepping stone' between living entirely independently in the community and living as a resident in the Telford Centre Care Home in Fort Augustus has been completed. The Telford Centre housing development pilots a new