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Glasgow-headquartered facilities, technical and process services firm Edwin James Group is launching a programme to expand its apprenticeship scheme from 10% to 15% of the total workforce over the next two years. The move marks Scottish Apprenticeship Week and forms part of the company&rsq

Thomas & Adamson said it has benefited greatly from the Scottish apprenticeship programme, taking on apprenticeships in a range of roles. By hosting the apprenticeship programme, the company offers apprentices guidance through their chosen university course by appointing them a dedicated me

Montrose Port has positioned itself as an incubator for the next generation of engineering talent through apprenticeships both with the Port Authority and tenant businesses. To mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week (March 1-5 2021), Montrose Port Authority surveyed tenants to find out how many people we

A young painter/decorator from Drumchapel has completed an incredible triple. Anthony Morton has been nominated for Apprentice of the Year at a Glasgow college – just like his boss before him and his boss’s boss before that.

At 23 years old, Dylan Andrew is charging ahead in his career as he launches himself into the second year of his four year apprenticeship with Mears. Faced with the challenges and surprises of the past year, Dylan – of Coatbridge – has turned negatives into positives and progressed with

A £1.2 million regeneration project will deliver new infrastructure, technology and services in the heart of Bannockburn to help residents and businesses thrive. Stirling Council is investing in the refurbishment of two prominent Bannockburn buildings, the former RBS branch at Quakerfield and

Researchers in the north of Scotland and Wales are trialling a new method of measuring tidal currents which could revolutionise the marine renewables industry.

Transport Scotland is seeking potential bidders for the most northerly section of the Scottish Government’s £3 billion programme to dual the A9 between Perth and Inverness.

Proposals for the delivery of a £275 million residential-led mixed-use development and relocation of existing farm space to new state-of-the-art facilities have now been submitted to West Lothian Council.

Scottish structural steelwork contractor J & D Pierce has secured an agreement with Finnish firm Konecranes to purchase its East Kilbride-based operation in a long-term manufacturing deal.

The site of a former power station at Inverkip could provide the location for a new ‘urban village’, subject to the outcome of a planning application submitted to Inverclyde Council by ScottishPower.

East Renfrewshire Council has approved the design for a new learning and leisure campus in Neilston and awarded the contract to BDP’s Glasgow studio. An aerial site view of the Neilston Learning and Leisure Campus

The developer behind plans to deliver 245 flats at Aberdeen’s historic Rubislaw Quarry has struck a deal with the local authority to pave the way for construction work to commence.

Glasgow-based HOKO Design has opened a studio in Inverness following a £400,000 investment and a record month for the residential architect and self-styled ‘Uber for architecture’. The move into the North of Scotland contributed towards a best-ever month for HOKO in February, placi

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has written an open letter to the construction industry to thank them for their hard work, and for complying with the lockdown restrictions. In the letter, the minister has asked the industry to keep following the rules to allow construction work to continue safely. On