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Corrupt council officials were treated to dances and drinks in lap dancing bars, corporate football tickets and lavish meals by builders trying to seek valuable contracts, a court heard last week. Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told that former City of Edinburgh Council employees Charles Owenson and Ja

Administrators appointed to oversee the collapse of Dundee building company Muirfield Contracts have accused the firm’s owner of not giving a full picture of its financial position. Campbell Dallas made its comment about John Stodart after calculating Muirfield owed at least £6.9 million to sever

Livingston based Maxi Construction Ltd has continued its business plan of steady profitable growth as it revealed an increase of turnover in 2014. Figures for the year to September 30, 2014 found that turnover reached £11.37 million, up from £8.55m the previous year.

James Donaldson & Sons Ltd (JDS) has forged a new banking relationship with RBS to provide strategic funding services across the JDS Group. Under the agreement - which will benefit all four JDS Group companies (James Donaldson Timber Ltd; Donaldson Timber Engineering Ltd; MGM Timber (Scotland) L

The winners of the 2015 Homes for Scotland Annual Awards were announced in front of some 900 guests at the organisation’s Annual Lunch Recognising the efforts made to ensure the strongest possible platform for recovery within the new build market, the winners of trade body Homes for Scotland’s p

More construction apprenticeships will be available for young people in the Highlands thanks to a ground breaking scheme, launched in Inverness today. The Shared Apprenticeship Scheme (SAS) is a partnership between the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), the Highland Council and local const

Barratt Homes is recruiting 20 new apprentices in Scotland this year as part of its ongoing commitment to bridge the skills gap in the construction sector. The Barratt Academy – Barratt Homes’ apprenticeship programme – is a four year course which combines education and paid employment to buil

MSP visits £9m scheme to transform homes in Greenock Stuart McMillan MSP has praised a £9 million scheme to make 500 homes more energy efficient in Greenock.

Gordon Matheson A procurement strategy has been agreed upon to take forward Glasgow’s £1.13 billion City Deal, paving the way for work to proceed on 20 ‘major infrastructure projects’ across the city region over the next 20 years.

Boroughmuir High School The old Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh is to be turned into major residential block with around 100 apartments after councillors decided to sell the site to Cala Homes.

The City of Edinburgh Council has agreed that its Local Development Plan should be moved on to be examined by the Reporter appointed by the Scottish Government, before the final plan is agreed. The long-awaited plan allocates land around the city for the next 10 years, and has been driven by Scottis

Six sites are to be put up for sale after being were declared surplus to requirements by Clackmannanshire Council. The decision came as the local authority approved plans for the development of land in the local area over the next 20 years.

A project to restore and transform Lews Castle in the Outer Hebrides has been thrown a multi-million-pound lifeline. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) will provide £1.7 million and the local authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CnES) will add £1.5m to complete the project.

Engineer teaching apprentices to use tube bending machine An extra £500,000 has been pledged to help attract a greater number of women and people from minority groups on to modern apprenticeship schemes.

The Constructing Your Future bricklaying workshop Young people from around the Highlands had a taste of a career in construction at an event called Constructing Your Future held at the Black Isle showground on May 7.