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SELECT, the electrical sector's campaigning trade body, is continuing to enhance the prestige of the profession by once again providing high-calibre training opportunities for another intake of electrician apprentices. More than 700 hopeful and enthusiastic youngsters have signed up for one of the m

Edinburgh-based construction social enterprise Rebuild is currently supporting five local trainees back in to work as they convert seven shipping containers into artist studios as part of a wider community regeneration project in Leith. Rebuild supports individuals with barriers to work such as ex-o

Construction and infrastructure-focused partnership hub South West Scotland has raised £14,171 on behalf of Shelter Scotland as a result of its first, highly successful Summer Charity Golf Event held at East Kilbride Golf Club. Supported by its Tier 1 contractors Graham, Kier Construction, Morrison

Gordon McGregor New surveyor appointed at Lambert Smith Hampton

Criminals are saving stray cats by ­building mini mansions to keep them safe and warm, the Mirror has reported. The unusual alliance is part of a probation ­programme, with ­offenders serving out sentences in the community.

Scottish Ministers have decided to call in the planning application for the Coul Links golf course at Embo in the Highlands. Planning consent is sought for the construction of an 18-hole golf course, along with the erection of a clubhouse, the renovation of existing buildings to form a maintenance f

The Dandara site at Shawfair The developers behind the Shawfair urban expansion near Edinburgh have reached another major milestone with the completion of new deal with national homebuilder Dandara.

A new hospital, up to 250 houses, a science academy, community and commercial buildings could be constructed in Fort William under new proposals submitted by Highland Council. The local authority is seeking planning permission in principle for its masterplan for land north east of Blar Mhor Industri

Refreshed designs for the next phase of housing at Lethington Gardens – part of the wider Letham Mains development to the west of Haddington, East Lothian – have been given the green light. Planners have approved an application from Mactaggart & Mickel Homes for 60 properties for private sal

Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans for a new residential development by CALA Homes in Inverurie, heralding the first time the housebuilder has built family homes in the town. The development – located in the Conglass area, on Crawford Road – will comprise 43 four and five-bedroom detached

Court of Session The family of a mechanical fitter who died of an asbestos-related illness in England after inhaling the deadly dust while working as an apprentice at a shipbuilding company in Scotland should pursue their claim for damages under Scots law, after the Inner House of the Court of Sessi

The UK’s largest union Unite has called for a public inquiry into the collapse of Carillion and for it to cover the UK government’s approach to the awarding of contracts, following the Dispatches programme shown this week. The programme included senior business analysts who described Carillion a

Keith Geddes Keith Geddes gives his thoughts on the Planning (Scotland) Bill the threat of a new right of appeal.

(from left) Back Row: Euan Rose (apprentice bricklayer), Jamie Grinyer (apprentice electrician), Michael Rough (graduate apprentice construction & built environment), Neil Thomson (construction director, Stewart Milne Homes), Bill Ross (construction manager, Stewart Milne Homes), Stewart Milne,

New Modern Apprentices join West Dunbartonshire Council team after investment West Dunbartonshire Council’s newest apprentices joined the team this week as part of a £1 million investment.