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An innovative new treatment to help extend the lifespan of the region’s roads network is being trailed for the first time in Scotland by Aberdeenshire Council. Specialist firm Velocity has been appointed to apply the ‘Rhinophalt’ preservative treatment developed by ASI Solutions ac

The Hub Community Foundation (HCF) has raised £780,000 for its Building Brighter Futures Fund (BBFF) to support Scotland’s young people as they work to overcome a number of challenges in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The BBFF Fund works with ch

Thenue Housing Association has been granted planning permission to deliver 41 units for social rent in Dalmarnock.

A long-established steelwork and cladding design, fabrication and installation business has fallen into administration with the loss of 43 jobs. Founded in 1978 and with its registered office in Annan, Border Steelwork Structures has a turnover of £9 million and employs 43 staff. The company&r

The site of a former day care centre in Clydebank could be transformed into social housing after it was sold to a developer. West Dunbartonshire Council has sold a site at Auchentoshan Estate for a price of £225,000 plus VAT. The site was home to a day care centre until it closed in

The site of the former Auchinairn Primary School in Bishopbriggs is to be developed for affordable housing, a new council report has confirmed. A report to East Dunbartonshire Council’s PNCA Committee this Thursday will confirm the local authority's decision earlier this summer to tr

Members of Highland Council’s Economy & Infrastructure Committee have agreed two reports that relate to developer contributions and the next steps for the preparation of a new style Development Plan for the region. One of the reports confirmed how a new Development Plan aims to represent a

The transformation of Whitlawburn is now complete thanks to a unique partnership approach by South Lanarkshire Council, CCG, hub South West and West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op.

Deeside Timberframe has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of a new finance director and a realignment of roles to support its ambitious growth plans. The Stonehaven-based timber systems design, manufacture and installation firm has appointed Kirsten Bell as finance director.

A driverless car got stuck on a construction site after seemingly mistaking wet concrete for a regular road.

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The Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers' Federation (SNIPEF) is calling on plumbing and heating businesses to secure the remaining 100 fully funded apprenticeship places before the start of the academic year in September. The funding follows a significant increase in investment by Skill

Direct employment levels among roofing contractors plateaued in the second quarter of 2023, with use of sub-contracted labour only rising very slightly, the latest State of the Roofing Industry survey report from NFRC and Glenigan has indicated.

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has appointed Dr Caroline Brown as the director of Scotland, Ireland, and English regions. Dr Brown brings with her over 20 years of experience as a planning academic, beginning her research career with a PhD at Liverpool University, before moving to res

Barrhead-based construction firm Allma Construction Limited and its sister company Centre Plant Limited have collapsed with the loss of 181 jobs.