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Construction contractors who don’t prepare for major VAT changes could face a host of financial difficulties from cashflow problems to reduced profit, one of the UK’s top VAT experts has warned. From October 1, significant changes are being introduced to the VAT treatment of supplies in

A new Local Development Plan (LDP) for the Cairngorms National Park is reaching its final stages with the board of the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) giving the go-ahead for the Proposed LDP 2020 to be submitted to Scottish Ministers for formal consideration.

James Donaldson and Sons (JDS) has invested in Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for all 31 of its sites throughout the UK. An AED is a lightweight, portable device that delivers an electric shock through the chest to the heart. The shock can potentially stop an irregular heartbeat and allow

A cancer support group based in Renfrewshire is celebrating after receiving a helping hand from CALA Homes (West). CALA Homes (West) surveying manager David Wilkes and Rays of Hope group leader Linda O’Malley

An innovative new icephobic coating is to be installed by Scotland TranServ on the M8 Charing Cross tunnel to help tackle the potential for icicles forming under extreme cold temperatures.

Plans for a 12-storey hotel have been given the green light by Glasgow City Council.

Plans have been lodged for a new nursing home as part of a wider care village in east Perthshire.

Employees at Scottish Borders Council’s roads department will hold 24 hours of industrial action later this month over a dispute relating to working conditions.

An Inverness hotel and site of a future micro brewery has undertaken a six figure restaurant refurbishment as part of a multi million pound rolling package of fresh investment. Plans for the Inverness Brewery. Image credit: Heartland Media and PR

AECOM has launched what is believed to be the world’s first natural capital laboratory on a 100-acre site near Loch Ness. 

Curtis Moore has secured the roofing and cladding contract for the Meadowbank Sports Complex in Edinburgh.

Work to transform the Glasgow office block formerly known as Hanover House into contemporary office accommodation commenced this month.

Four more politicians have become the latest high-profile figures to back SELECT’s long-running campaign for recognition of electricians as a profession. MP Philippa Whitford and MSPs Colin Beattie, Alexander Burnett and Graham Simpson have each added their names to the association’s&nbs

Safety improvements are to be made at traffic signals in Cambuslang.

A West Midlands housing association is aiming to become the first in the UK to build virtually plastic-free houses in its attempts to reduce the amount of plastic used during construction.