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The number of companies in Scotland filing for administration has hit its highest Q1 rate since before COVID-19, with Building & Construction companies among the sectors most impacted.

Northern Irish manufacturer and supplier of kitchen, bedroom and bathroom furniture, Woodland Kitchens, has agreed a deal to acquire Dundee-headquartered, JTC Furniture Group, in a transaction backed by investment from growth capital investor BGF. JTC is a manufacturer and supplier of fitted fu

R&B Distillers has secured planning permission from Argyll and Bute Council to establish the Machrihanish Distillery in Campbeltown. Furthermore, R&B Distillers has acquired a controlling stake in Caskshare.com, an eCommerce platform and bottler specialising in single cask spirits.

Network Rail has delivered a £1.3 million investment of platform works at Giffnock and Pollokshaws West stations.

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has published a plant industry best practice guide to bridge strike avoidance in an effort to educate the plant industry, reduce the estimated 2,000 road and railway bridge strikes that occur each year, and keep members of the plant industry and all road

Campaigning trade association SELECT is continuing its ongoing mission to educate and inform electricians with another important free resource aimed at apprentices and adult trainees. The trade body is distributing vital information about protective devices which outlines the various technologies th

A planning application has been submitted for a £10 million employment hub with industrial space for up to 10 businesses at Ravenscraig, one of Europe’s largest brownfield regeneration sites. The firm behind the development, Fusion Assets, was established by North Lanarkshire Counci

Cala Homes (West) has teamed up with an Erskine-based youth football team to provide new, much-needed football kits.

Work is progressing well in a £4 million project to provide step-free access at Anniesland station in Glasgow.

Housebuilder Walker Group has donated £1,000 to Tranent charity, The Fraser Centre Community Trust, to support the introduction of a regular Youth Music Night.

A record funding boost will see the biggest spend on improvements to Edinburgh’s roads and infrastructure projects in nearly a decade.

A rural community in the far north of Scotland has welcomed the first new social housing in the village since the 1990s.

An event is being held in Stromness this week which will kick-start the Orkney Local Development Plan review process.

A tax on developers to raise funds to help fix building safety issues will be considered in Scotland under powers secured from the UK Government. The proposed Scottish Building Safety Levy would apply to the construction of new residential buildings, mirroring measures being introduced in England th

Work is underway to convert a commercial property in Aberdeen’s Bridge of Don into six high-quality rented homes for registered social landlord Osprey Housing. The £850,658 Ellon Road project — due for completion in September — is helping preserve a part of the city’s r