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A multinational cement company has been indicted by French investigative judges on charges including complicity in crimes against humanity and financing of Syrian terrorists. The allegations relate to the conduct of Lafarge Cement Syria, a subsidiary of French-based Lafarge SA, between 2011 and 2014

Kilmarnock town centre is now home to a host of new and expanding businesses thanks to the opening of the innovative Ingram Enterprise Centre. Sitting on a prominent site at the top of John Finnie Street in the heart of Kilmarnock’s historic business quarter, it’s the latest of over 20 heritage

The Fit Home village in Dalmore Centrica Innovations has announced a £400,000 investment into sustainable modular buildings manufacturer Carbon Dynamic.

(from left) Walter Scott, Steve Smith and Cllr Ron Sturrock Angus Council’s determination to turn £3 million of public investment into £100m of private sector money and create more than 200 jobs in the process, has received national recognition.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP joins in the fun at Meet the Researchers, a community engagement day organised by Glasgow Caledonian University Urban Union celebrates science at community days

Image: Alan McAteer Local councillors have suggested recreating the Glasgow School of Art's famous Mackintosh Building in the East End of the city, the Evening Times has reported.

Image: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service The Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art is to be partially demolished after surveys revealed the building is in danger of sudden collapse

The director of a Glasgow contractor has been disqualified for failing to maintain and preserve adequate company records. David Simpson Duffy was the sole director of Annick Structures Ltd (ASL), which traded as a construction and civil engineering company.

Shares in shopfitting and interiors group Havelock Europa have been suspended as the company seeks urgent funding to avoid collapse. The company told investors trading in its shares on the Alternative Investment Market had been suspended with immediate effect pending clarification of the group’s f

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation into financial statements of construction materials supplier SIG. The inquiry centres around the audit by Deloitte of the company’s accounts for the years ended 31 December 2015 and 2016.

The Financial Conduct Authority has ended its investigation into Deloitte’s auditing work at facilities services contractor Mitie Group. The watchdog launched an investigation in August last year over the timing and content of two profit warnings issued by the company in 2016 and how financial inf

The former power station was razed to the ground in September 2015 East Lothian Council has recommended that Scottish Ministers refuse planning permission for an electricity substation on the former Cockenzie Power Station site.

Roseanna Cunningham New legislation has been introduced which in some instances will give communities the right to buy land that is abandoned, neglected or detrimental, or which is causing harm to the community’s environmental wellbeing.

The English division of Mactaggart & Mickel Group is progressing its expansion plans with the acquisition of two new development sites in Oxfordshire. Mactaggart & Mickel Homes England has secured sites in the historic villages of Marcham (near Abingdon), and East Hagbourne (near Didcot).

Professor George Gretton Professor George Gretton and The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, Jennifer Henderson, are to headline Millar & Bryce’s Modern Conveyancing Conference in Edinburgh this September.