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Renewable energy storage specialist Apatura has secured planning permission for a new 400 megawatt (MW) capacity Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Denny near the village of Plean, five miles south-east of the city of Stirling. The planned project will cover 11.2 hectares of land and is another

Chartered surveying firm DM Hall has recognised the achievements of six colleagues with the appointment of two new directors and four new associates. Calum Riach and Lesley Coghill, who are both part of the firm’s highly successful Inverness office, have been promoted to director status and Br

Link Group has submitted a series of planning applications to Argyll & Bute Council for Phase 4 of the Dunbeg development near Oban.

Communities across Aberdeen are set to benefit from new opportunities in sport and education thanks to a £6,000 donation from homebuilder Persimmon North Scotland to the Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust. The funding will support AFCCT’s programmes, which provide inclusive activitie

A Yorkshire electrical engineer who continued to manage his businesses while he was disqualified as a company director has been jailed. Leslie Crossland, of Netherfield Croft, Shafton, Barnsley, was sentenced to 16 months in prison when he appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday 21 February.&nbs

The 125th anniversary of Scotland’s largest construction trade association, SELECT, has been marked with the tabling of a special motion in the Scottish Parliament. The campaigning trade body was singled out for congratulations in a declaration lodged by Monica Lennon, the Scottish Labour and

Tilbury Douglas has launched its new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Strategy which sets out clear targets and ambitions for the short and longer term.

Civil engineering & groundworks firm GBSS Civil Engineering Ltd is looking forward to lending its support once again to an annual fundraising ball held by Scottish Crohn’s & Colitis charity The Catherine McEwan Foundation.

Planning permission for a primary school to serve the new housing development at South Stirling Gateway has been approved by Stirling Council.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is launching a consultation for a second edition of its financial crime standard.

Ten years on from the opening of the railway that connects Edinburgh to Tweedbank in the Borders, approval has been issued to kick start the next phase of work to explore the case for extending the Borders Railway to Carlisle.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has welcomed members of the Institute of Roofing (IoR) into the CIOB community, following a successful vote by IoR members at an EGM on 14 February. Discussions about integrating the IoR into CIOB began in 2023 and since then both organisations have worked

Holmes Mackillop’s director in commercial property, Amir M Ismail, has welcomed the introduction of the Leases (Automatic Continuation etc) Bill into parliament. Presently at stage 1, the Bill will change the way in which commercial leases in Scotland can be terminated towards the end of the t

Falkirk Council is seeking public views on the Local Development Plan with its latest consultation. The survey seeks the views of local residents, community groups and business owners on issues such as town centres revitalisation, new housing, better transport links and bringing derelict l

Muir Timber Systems has completed the delivery of timber kits for 17 affordable homes in Westquarter, Falkirk, in collaboration with Glenesk Homes.