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Elixir Distillers has been granted planning permission to build its much anticipated new distillery in Islay.

Transport Scotland has extended its consultation into the preferred dualling option of the A96 Aberdeen to Huntly route following criticism from an MSP and local councillors.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has issued a suite of new essential guidance to help the sector’s operatives continue to work safely on essential projects during lockdown.

Revised plans for the former Orchard House hospital site in Stirling could now see the building transformed into a 71-bed care home.

A planning application for the £21 million food and drink industry development hub has been submitted to Aberdeen City Council.

Stirling Council's plans to demolish an empty block of flats at St Ninians to build eight new cottage flats have now been submitted for planning consent. The local authority revealed plans last year to redevelop the site at 24 Glasgow Road into new one and two-bedroom flats.

The new pier is beginning to take shape at Tarbert Ferry Terminal as part of the £14.3 million upgrade project at the harbour. East view of pier demolition: concrete deck removal, temporary walkway to shore bollard and platform for crew access gangway are both operational

Two Scotland-based trade bodies are among the members of a new alliance for the multi-billion-pound UK engineering services sector that was launched today via a virtual industry event. Actuate UK is a collective of eight leading trade, technology, research, and professional bodies in engin

Thomas McMillan, Savills UK head of energy consultancy based in Perth, has been appointed as the new chair of Solar Energy Scotland, previously the Solar Trade Association. Mr McMillan aims to use the position to maximise the potential of relatively untapped renewable resource north of the border.

A 20-week feasibility study of Glasgow’s Langside Halls has resulted in proposals to transform the building for use as a community cultural and social hub.

GRAHAM has welcomed the “next generation of talent” to its Civil Engineering Graduate Programme.

An appeal has been submitted after Glasgow planners refused a plan for serviced apartments at a B-listed Glasgow city centre townhouse next to a music venue. The change-of-use and listed building applications involved empty offices at 266 St Vincent Street next to King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut.

Morar Living, part of Simply UK, has invested £20.5 million into the Scottish senior living sector with the opening of two new luxury state-of-the-art care homes in Renfrewshire and East Lothian, with both welcoming their first residents. Morar Living’s Bridge of Weir care home is a &pou

A civil engineer’s bid to persuade Lego to choose his design of the Forth Bridge for a future box set has received the 10,000 votes it needs. Michael Dineen, who worked in South Queensferry for two years, spending a painstaking four months building a 4.7 metre model of the landm

Balfour Beaty is in discussions with Moray Council and hub North Scotland over potential compensation due to delays in building the new Lossiemouth High School.