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Procurement solution provider Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has secured its landmark 100th partner. SPA partner organisations – such as councils, housing associations, universities and emergency services – delivered more than £160 million worth of projects in 2018-19 alone th

Dundee-based management consultancy Carrick Management has successfully been appointed the business and strategic planning partner of Alexander Community Development. Nicola Brown, development director of Carrick Management and Kara Swankie, centre manager at Alexander Community Development

Businesses across the country have now been awarded more than £100 million through the Scottish Government Business Support Fund. The scheme, announced by cabinet secretary Fiona Hyslop at the end of April, has to date helped more than 2,500 businesses and 4,160 self-employed people.

Miller Homes has reported a surge in interest at developments close to some of Scotland’s leading schools following the publishing of the new Scottish Secondary School League Table.

Doorknobs, handrails and shopping trolleys should be coated in copper to stop the spread of the coronavirus, scientists have said.

Full design proposals have been revealed for an office development in Glasgow’s International Financial Services District which gained Planning in Principle last year.

Melrose-based housebuilder Rural Renaissance Limited (RRL) has secured a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland to support its working capital, enabling it to continue to pay suppliers and honour its contractual commitments during the coronavirus crisis. RRL is parent company to

Scottish Construction Now has seen a dramatic rise in readers over lockdown with users on the website in May reaching 147,198 and subscribers to Scotland's only free daily construction media increasing to 9,580. SCN’s social media accounts also saw an increase with another 524 readers followin

The Scottish Government has approved plans for flats at a former Perth hospital after the local authority failed to rule on the application.

Spectrum Properties (Scotland) Ltd has submitted plans to convert an empty job centre building in Bridgeton into 49 flats. 

Rural property valuer Gordon King offers his thoughts on Scotland’s post-lockdown energy potential. At the start of the 20th century, the company which became known first as Anglo-Persian Oil then British Petroleum was in deep financial trouble. Its hugely expensive concessions were not produc

Engineering services bodies BESA and ECA have released a joint sector guide on work-related travel and updated their guides on working in close proximity and in areas of increased risk of transfer of COVID-19, such as healthcare settings. The three sector guides are based on the latest government &l

Six highly-respected dispute resolution specialists have teamed up to offer a first of its kind fully online service for the mediation and arbitration of business and commercial disputes, aimed at providing a quicker, efficient and more cost-effective alternative to court. With the COVID-19 pandemic

As Scotland’s colleges and training centres discuss reopening, the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has helped develop a new set of guidelines designed to keep staff and apprentices safe.

Councillors in Aberdeen have approved plans to build a new three-storey block of flats and agreed to determine separate proposals for a new community of more than 100 homes at a later date.