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Administrators have secured a buyer for Cumbernauld shopfitting business Pride Shopfitting, saving 20 jobs in the process. Pride had run into difficulties after one of its customers failed to pay a significant debt.

Keith Brown at opening of the new M8/M73/M74 The new 220km overhead transmission line between Beauly and Denny and the M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements project were among the winners at this year’s Saltire Civil Engineering Awards.

Scotland’s business leaders have urged ministers to address transport infrastructure and affordable housing issues for the country’s islands communities. A survey of 275 island firms by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed 88% of respondents stated they faced other challenges th

DD1 Hawkhill Luxury housebuilder Kirkwood Homes has started work on its first development in Dundee.

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service signs long term lease at Atlantic Quay 3 Moorfield Group and Glasgow-based joint venture partner Resonance Capital have announced that Atlantic Quay 3 is now fully let on a long term lease to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, on completion of a multi-mi

Image courtesy of BAM Infra Dutch cyclists can now pedal over the world’s first 3D-printed concrete bridge.

The V&A Dundee currently being developed at the city's Waterfront A near £350 million building programme for the next five years is set to be outlined by Dundee City Council.

Richard Jenkins Richard Jenkins has joined the Board of Ogilvie Construction as commercial director following the retirement of George Mackie.

Councillors have given planning permission in principle (PPP) for the new HMP Highland, a state of the art facility that will be the first new prison in the north of Scotland for more than a century. Following positive and significant pre-application discussions with Highland Council, and a pre-appl

Proposals to develop a new energy park and industrial estate at the site of the former Westfield open cast mine in Fife have been granted planning permission in principle. Under plans submitted by Durham-based Hargreaves Services, the 423-hectare site would be transformed into a major new industrial

Havelock Europa has been awarded a fit-out contract for the Hilton Resort and Spa currently being built by Robertson Group as part of its contract to deliver the new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC). The contract will see Havelock fit out all areas of the hotel, including front-of-ho

Two firms have been fined a combined £110,000 after an engineer was crushed by heavy machinery and left paralysed from the waist down. The Evening Express reports that James Jamieson was pinned against a wall by a 1.8-tonne section of an air handling unit while working on replacing the system at Ab

Homes for Scotland’s view that a focus on affordable and social housing is exacerbating Scotland’s housing crisis and fails to grasp the commercial realities of development is “out of touch with reality” and must be “rejected outright” by the Scottish Government, according to a think-tan

A new resource has been launched which will allow citizens, communities, professionals and business to access comprehensive information about any piece of land or property in Scotland for the first time. Launched today by the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, Sheenagh Adams, ScotLIS, a lynchpin o

Job Centre Plus clients are joined by Job Centre Plus, Robertson and CITB employees Robertson Group has joined forces with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Job Centre Plus to offer ten people an introduction to the industry.