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Forth Ports has rolled out a range of innovative wearable technology which monitors the vibration exposure experienced by power tool users to reduce the risk of developing the incurable HAVS condition. Launched in 2016 by manufacturer Reactec, HAVwear is a wearable wrist device that monitors in real

Architectural practice Anderson Bell +Christie has become the latest Scottish business to announce its transition to employee ownership – an increasingly popular business model.

The directors of Tayside Plumbing & Building Supplies have announced their decision to close the 45-year-old company and wind the business up while it remains solvent. Accountants MHA Henderson Loggie said the move comes after careful consideration and is a voluntary decision meaning all the cre

Glasgow-based Wheatley Group has announced the appointment of technology specialist Angela Mitchell as a non-executive director. A Partner at Deloitte since 2010, Angela oversees Deloitte’s public sector technology business across the UK as well as leading the Scottish public sector practice.

Architects, house-builders and housing developers of all sizes have been shortlisted in the Saltire Society Housing Design Awards 2019.

An empty building that is all that remains of Dundee's original Overgate shopping centre built in the 1960s and slated for demolition may not now come down until Autumn 2020, more than two years later than originally planned. Ten-storey-high City House, which rises above the current Overgate Sh

The Scottish Government should “fully commit” to housing co-operatives to help tackle Scotland’s housing crisis, opposition MSPs have said. recent report from Co-operatives UK highlighted that Scotland has just 11 registered housing co-ops, compared to 685

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has secured detailed planning consent from East Lothian Council for 102 new homes through the development of land to the west of Greendykes Road in Macmerry.

The Scottish Government has announced funding of £3.5 million for social landlords to improve the energy efficiency of their properties.

BAM Construction’s site team at Stobhill Hospital responded to a plea for help from Springburn Park Men’s Shed association who were looking for off-cuts of timber but ended up with two 32 foot cabins for the organisation.

Acting on the instruction of Jobs & Business Glasgow, the Glasgow City Council Arm’s Length External Organisation delivering economic development activity on behalf of the city, Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has sold a mixed use business park in Ibrox, Glasgow. Beech House and Clifford

A school in Aberdeen that was due to be demolished got a stay of execution yesterday after baby gulls were found nesting on its roof.

Administrators have executed a sale of Jex Engineering as a going concern to Glasgow-headquartered Edwin James Group, an engineering services business that operates across the UK. On 10 June 2019, Chris Petts and Sarah O’Toole of Grant Thornton UK LLP were appointed joint administrators of Wak

The latest statistics from Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report 2018-19 show that the value of residential property sales in the financial year 2018-19 was £18.2 billion, an increase of 1.6% when compared with 2017-18.

Kier are at the top of the contractors’ league table for May 2019, thanks to 12 contracts awarded with a total value of £397 million. Construction of the new HM Prison Wellingborough contributed £253 million, while the Paisley Town Hall regeneration also contributed £22 milli