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A specialist cleaning contractor has been fined £120,000 after a 17-year-old worker was seriously injured at the company's premises in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Denholm MacNamee Limited, which provides support services to the oil, gas and utilities industries, was prosecuted after admitting safety

Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) have announced they are holding their first awards event this year.

A 61-bedroom hotel is the first project to be given planning permission at Barmuckity Business Park in Elgin.

Michael Carrigan Cala Homes site manager Michael Carrigan is celebrating this week after receiving a prestigious industry award from the National Home Building Council (NHBC).

Network Rail has started searching for firms and suppliers to deliver up to £5 billion of railway track works over the next 10 years. A Contract Notice has been issued in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), signalling the start of the tender process for contracts in line with Networ

Road maintenance work scheduled to be undertaken on the A827 at Cultullich Bridge in Perth and Kinross will now be carried out in 2019, the council has revealed. The local authority said the decision to delays the works to the east of Aberfeldy will allow more time to take in community feedback and

New learning and cultural hub to be created in Paisley

A new report produced by an influential think-tank has called for residents to be invited to help design new houses in their neighbourhoods in order to tackle ‘nimbyism’ and increase building rates.

Image: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Kier Construction Scotland has defended its fire safety process at the blaze-stricken Mackintosh Building.

A planning appeal by a dairy firm to deliver 600 homes and infrastructure on land at Airthrey Kerse in Stirling has been dismissed by the Scottish Government. Graham’s The Family Dairy, in partnership with Mactaggart & Mickel Homes, first submitted the planning application for the development

A petition seeking judicial review of the Scottish Government’s purported ban on “fracking” has been refused, after a judge ruled that there was in fact “no prohibition” against the controversial process of oil and gas extraction in Scotland – despite ministerial statements to the contra

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced a multi-million pound investment in a mid-market rent scheme that will deliver 1000 new homes across Scotland. A loan of £47.5 million, which is one of the largest long-term loans provided to an affordable housing fund by the Scottish Government, will be

Jim Clark Room Works to redevelop and expand the Jim Clark Room in Duns will start this summer, with Hawick firm James Swinton & Co Ltd winning the contract for the works.

Plans for the new Linkwood Primary School in the south of Elgin have been approved by councillors after no objections were received to the proposals. The facility will have a floor space of around 3,780 square metres and accommodate up to 476 pupils, including ASN provision for up to 12 pupils. Spac

Work will soon begin on a new development that will completely transform Shotts, following planning approval from North Lanarkshire Council. Advance Construction Scotland, a Bellshill-based company that specialises in large-scale groundworks and civil engineering, submitted plans for up to 350 much-