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Berwickshire sawmill business BSW Timber has followed up a loss-making year with a pre-tax profit of nearly £2.6 million Accounts newly filed at Companies House show the firm post the profit for the year ended March 31, 2018, after making a £2.1m loss the year before.

CALA Homes has teamed up with NHS Grampian to submit a planning application to Aberdeen City Council for a development within the former Royal Cornhill Hospital Grounds. The application outlines a proposal for the creation of 36 one and two bedroom apartments at May Baird Avenue.

Plans to transform a former Dundee jute mill into flats and offices have gained planning permission. A revised scheme to turn the old Pentlands Works on Brown Street into a mixed-use commercial and residential development has been approved by Dundee City Council, subject to conditions.

The £250 million Queen’s Quay regeneration project in Clydebank is set to be the site of Scotland’s first of its kind large-scale water source heat pump scheme to connect to a district heating network. The ground-breaking scheme will initially see the installation of 5MW of water s

A planning application has been submitted for a proposal to develop Perth's historic vennels into accessible and exciting public spaces. The development will turn an underused space in the city centre into a new public space for use by community groups and residents.

Building product manufacturer Forterra has announced a ground-breaking national contest which aims to find the best female apprentice and student bricklayers in the country. The first ever all-female bricklaying competition of its kind in the UK, Bricklaying Forterra Females (BFF) will be open to fe

A Balfour Beatty-supported competition entry with St Gerardines Primary in Lossiemouth has been announced as a UK winning entry in this year’s Considerate Constructors Scheme Honor Big Build competition. As part of community benefits delivery on the new Lossiemouth High School, schools in the

Discount supermarket Aldi has announced a further eight stores will open across Scotland this year bringing the total number north of the border to 93 by the end of 2019.

The only casing stone from the Great Pyramid of Giza to be displayed anywhere in the world outside of Egypt will go on show at the National Museum of Scotland from next month. The news comes on the bicentenary of the birth of the man who arranged for it to be brought to the UK, the Astronomer Royal

A buyer has been found for Highlands construction firm Carbon Dynamic which went into administration last month. Around 40 jobs were on the line after the Invergordon-based sustainable modular buildings manufacturer succumbed to “challenging conditions and significant cashflow difficultie

Partnership homes developer Lovell has appointed David Ward as its managing director for the North. David takes up the newly-created director position with Lovell, part of Morgan Sindall Group, after a nearly 31-year career with Keepmoat Group where he held a series of senior roles and was most rece

East Lothian Council formally granted planning permission for a major transformation of the Glenkinchie Distillery visitor experience. Under the plans, Glenkinchie’s Victorian-era red brick warehouse buildings will be transformed into a multi-level cultural and sensory visitor experience, tell

A private investment firm has acquired the technical facilities management division of Scottish firm Richard Irvin, which went into administration last month. Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, trading as Richard Irvin Energy Solutions, entered administration with EY with the loss of more than 100 jobs a

Aberdeen City Council has approved plans for the second phase of CALA Homes’ Grandhome development in Bridge of Don. The approval ushers in the creation of an additional 116 three, four and five-bedroom terraced, semi-detached and detached homes which will complement the first 71-home phase.

Construction, property, timber and healthcare facilities group James Walker (Leith) has increased its pre-tax profits to more than £14 million from £12.6m. New accounts at Companies House show profit after tax was £11.5m, against £10m last year. Turnover was at £167m, c