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Councillors have approved plans for a £17 million project to build a new abattoir and meat-processing facility in Inverurie. The new Scotbeef meat processing facility is a joint venture between ANM Group and meat processing company JW Galloway.

The construction sector defied all expectations last month to record a “solid expansion” of overall output with job creation accelerating to its fastest since December 2015. Despite Brexit worries continuing to hold back business confidence, the Markit/CIPS UK Construction purchasing man

EDF Renewables UK has received consent from the Scottish Government for an improved design for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm. The updated consent will allow the wind farm to be constructed using fewer, but higher capacity, turbines which will generate the same 450MW output of re

Plans have been submitted for a new housing development in the East End of Glasgow that aims to combat dementia, depression and a lack of exercise in the over-55 age group. Thenue Housing Association wants to develop 27 flats on Landressy Place in Bridgeton.

Maryhill Housing Association has submitted a planning application for 65 flats. The development on Maryhill Road, Whitelaw Street and Cowal Road is part of £15.3 million spend on 105 new homes for the area.

Training and skills campaign group The 5% Club hosted a conference in Rosyth today to raise awareness of the value of embedding ‘earn and learn’ training opportunities into an organisation. The 5% Club was set up five years ago by Leo Quinn, group chief executive of Balfour Beatty, to en

Clydebank Community Sport Hub officially opened its doors this week after a £3.8 million investment. The old playing fields at Dean Street in Whitecrook have been transformed into world-class sporting facility for rugby, Gaelic football, football and a range of other sports and activities.

Ian Fergusson, managing partner of Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and chairman of RICS Scotland, is participating in a charity fundraising mission this Saturday when he will spend the night in a sleeping bag in Princes Street Gardens as part of the RICS Sleep in the Park Team. Speaking in advance of t

It was a day at the races with a difference as a group of runners from Robertson downed tools and took to the track to take part in a charity fun run. Sixteen Robertson employees and subcontractors working onsite at the new Hampton by Hilton Hamilton Park donned a variety of costumes – includi

Scottish Water has completed one of its biggest ever investments in Argyll and Bute, with its new £29 million water treatment works in Oban now operational.

The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) has announced the winner of a design contest inviting architects to submit ideas which imagine how Glasgow will look in 150 years’ time. In honour of the 150th anniversary of its founding, the GIA asked participants to submit a single image portraying

Two consecutive sections of the A9 to be dualled are included in the latest ground investigation contract for the A9 dualling programme awarded today. Fugro GeoServices Ltd will undertake the £3.6 million contract for the Glen Garry to Dalwhinnie and Dalwhinnie to Crubenmore schemes totalling

Balfour Beatty has paid down half of its debt following the completion of a £252.7 million convertible bond repayment.

GVA has appointed two new regional senior directors to lead the business in Scotland. Alison Taylor and Stuart Agnew will assume their new posts as regional senior directors for Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively from 1 January 2019.

Plans have been submitted for a block of flats at Dundee’s City Quay. Victoria Dock (Dundee) Ltd (VDDL), which is headed up by various individual developers, wants to build 122 apartments in two separate blocks, including car parking and a ground floor convenience store, on what is curren