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Housing maintenance company Mears has banned its workers from having beards, citing health and safety grounds regarding the effectiveness of dust masks. According to the Unite trade union, its members working for Mears in Tower Hamlets were told at a tool box talk that beards were now banned so that

Landscaping and civil engineering firm Land Engineering (Scotland) has gone into administration with 135 employees being made redundant with immediate effect. Administrators Ernst and Young (EY) said the company, which has a head office in Glasgow and several site offices throughout Scotland, had su

Commercial property specialist Colliers International has prepared and lodged a Planning Permission in Principle (PPP) application for the first new prison in the Highlands of Scotland for more than a century. The new HMP Highland will replace the 112-year-old HMP Inverness Prison, located in the ci

Steven Black By Steven Black, planning director at JLL in Scotland

The Scottish Government's new draft Energy Strategy shows an "ambitious" vision for the country's future energy system but ministers need to back it up with "clear actions", according to industry body Scottish Renewables. In the strategy, the government has set out a target that Scotland should sour

Transport Scotland has published a contract notice inviting bids from construction companies for an upgrade to the A737. The A737 Den Realignment project involves upgrades to approximately one km of the existing A737 between Beith and Dalry, including new junctions.

An artist's impression of the BMX Centre to be built at Knightswood Glasgow City Council has approved almost £940,000 funding to help the development of a new international standard BMX Centre in Knightswood and the mountain bike trails at Cathkin Braes Country Park.

The NAS Cullum Centre delivered by Richardson & Peat in Surrey to give students on the autism spectrum specialist support to reach their potential in a mainstream school By Martin Peat, director, Richardson & Peat

HIE appoints new energy director Audrey Maciver - Credit John Paul/HIE

Moray Council is giving local businesses the opportunity to sponsor new street names as a way of raising much needed revenue. The initiative was approved by the council’s planning and regulatory services committee as part of revised policy and procedures for the naming and numbering of streets.

The multi-million pound project to revamp the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh has been modified in order for the project to remain close to the original £16.8 million budget, the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) has announced. A revised scheme for the development, which has been approved

The Queensferry Crossing remains on course to open between mid-July and the end of August thanks to dry conditions and longer daylight hours, economy secretary Keith Brown has told MSPs. Holyrood's rural economy and connectivity committee heard today that the good weather has allowed progress to be

Stacey Phillips Architectural practice Sheppard Robson has announced a further senior appointment to its Glasgow office.

East Ayrshire Council’s plans for a learning and enterprise campus in Cumnock have been approved by the council’s planning committee. The new campus will include Hillside Additional Support Needs School and an Early Childhood Centre as well as new Primary and Secondary provision serving communit

Modular construction firm Portakabin has been awarded a place on 15 lots on LHC’s Modular Buildings Framework. Portakabin was one of the only offsite specialists in the framework to be successful on all 15 lots bid for.