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Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop the Feeling is the focus of an uplifting, foot-tapping video made to raise money for The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice. Launching on July 27, the film was made for hospice supporters, property management company Speirs Gumley, and features staff from their

Vincent Clancy Global professional services consultancy Turner & Townsend has defied “challenging market conditions” to increase its turnover by eight per cent to a record £409 million in the year ended 30 April 2016.

Proposals have been submitted for a development of 425 homes at the Leith docklands. CALA Management has put forward its plans for Waterfront Plaza, following engagement with the widely supportive local community which led to notable amendments.

GlaxoSmithKline's manufacturing facility in Montrose is to be expanded as part of a £275 million investment into the pharmaceuticals firm’s three UK sites. The Angus site will see £110m invested for a new, state-of-the-art facility for the manufacture of respiratory active ingredients.

Breedon Aggregates has been cleared to buy rival Hope Construction Materials after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today accepted a remedy to resolve competition concerns arising from the move. Breedon entered into a conditional agreement with Cortolina Investments to acquire Hope Constr

A Perth based power company has admitted health and safety offences after the fatal electrocution of a man on the power line between Dounreay and Beauly. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC, which is responsible for maintaining the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, pled

Property entrepreneur Elliot Robertson has bought the mansion of a bankrupt Scots tycoon in a cut-price deal for just in excess of £2.5 million. The grand property, called Kirkton Park, in Auchterarder, Perthshire, cost about £10m to build, making it the country’s most expensive modern home, acc

The RTPI has joined a new international coalition that will develop the first set of globally recognised ethics standards for built environment and property related professional organisations. The International Ethics Standards (IES) Coalition currently consists of 90 member organisations with profe

Scottish Ministers have successfully challenged a judge’s decision to reduce a planning consent granted for the development of a new wind farm near Fort Augustus. Last year conservation charity John Muir Trust successfully blocked the Scottish Government's decision to approve the development at a

Remote Highland community to generate own hydro energy Members of the public are being invited to buy shares in a project which will see a remote Highland community generate their own hydro energy.

Donald Trump has appealed to the Scottish Government in an attempt to have a decision made by north-east councillors overturned. The billionaire tycoon and US presidential candidate erected two 80ft flagpoles flying saltires outside his Menie Estate clubhouse at Trump International Golf Links last y

John Graham Holdings, the parent company of Graham Construction, has more than doubled profit and broken through the £500 million revenue barrier. Northern Ireland headquartered John Graham, which operates across the UK and Ireland on projects from university buildings to roads, recently won a deal

A number of small contractors could be at risk after Dunne Group entered administration last week with the loss of more than 500 jobs, Johnston Carmichael has warned. Donald McNaught, head of restructuring at the accountancy firm, said there could be a knock-on impact on the rest of the supply chain

Stirling based insulation maker Superglass has been sold to a Russian roofing billionaire for £8.7 million. The UK’s only independent manufacturer of glass mineral wool insulation agreed a 5.6p a share offer from Sergey Kolesnikov, the sole shareholder of Cyprus-registered Inflection, and also pr

Detailed plans have been unveiled for a new build primary school and nursery campus in Dundee. The new North East Campus will take shape on a large greenfield site at Lothian Crescent between the existing Longhaugh and St Lukes & St Matthews primaries.