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Nicholas Wrigley Persimmon has hailed the first six months of 2015 as a “period of solid sustainable growth” as profits for the housebuilder increased by 31 per cent.

Shepherd Engineering Services has secured a multi-million pound contract to deliver Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) services to the new £1.4 billion Queensferry Crossing over the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The two-year project will see Shepherd deliver MEP systems for the replacement roa

A visualisation of the improved rugby club facilities The Highland Council has approved plans for the reconfigured and enhanced rugby sports facility at Canal Parks, Inverness.

Argyll and Bute Council has appointed Land Engineering to deliver over £2 million of public realm improvements in Oban. The work, from Stafford Street to George Street, Queen’s Park Place and Station Square, is expected to be complete by summer 2016, with the heavy construction work starting towa

Glenn Allison Housebuilder and timber systems manufacturer, Stewart Milne Group, has had its commitment to high quality developments, safety and customer service recognised with four industry awards.

(from left) Alastair Merrill, vice principal governance and planning; Derek Watson, chief operating officer; Lord Dunlop; Verity Brown, vice principal enterprise and engagement at the site of the Green Energy Plant site Scotland Office minister visits Guardbridge biomass project

Plans have been unveiled for a multi-million pound expansion of the Union Square shopping centre in Aberdeen. In addition to new retail and leisure space, there are plans for additional parking spaces and a hotel. Expansion of Union Square will also be complemented by a reconfiguration of part of th

More than £390 million could be invested in capital projects in Dundee over the next five years, according to a new report. Dundee City Council has unveiled an updated Capital Plan to cover the period between 2016 and 2021 with expenditure grouped into key areas.

Dandara is to develop a new north-east Scotland distribution hub for parcel delivery company DPD at its Badentoy North business park on the outskirts of Aberdeen. DPD has secured the 43,000sq ft office and workshop facility, with extensive yard, on a 4 acre site in a 25-year deal.

Workers at an Edinburgh housing development have been banned from taking vehicles on to the site following growing safety fears. Richmond Homes, which is currently building seven high-class townhouses on West Mill Bank in Colinton, had its access to the site withdrawn by the City of Edinburgh Counci

Work is underway to appoint a replacement contractor for the construction of the new £1.5 million golf clubhouse in Ayr's Belleisle Park after South Ayrshire Council terminated the building contract with T & A Kernoghan Limited. The local authority took the decision to terminate the original co

Cube Housing Association has announced plans to build 31 houses for social rent in Dumbarton.

Deputy first minister John Swinney was the guest of honour at a turf cutting ceremony to celebrate the commencement of a new multi-million pound Academy of Sport and Wellbeing at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Perth College. The guests were joined on the Academy site by some of the Col

GAP receives three nominations at Glasgow Business Awards GAP Hire Solutions is delighted to announce nominations in three categories at this year’s Glasgow Business Awards.

A report into the spiralling costs of the V&A Dundee project has found that a series of management failings in the early stages of the project meant there was “little prospect” of it being kept to its original budget. The independent inquiry into the increase of expenditure for the new water