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The Glasgow-based design and construction firm Maxwells (Scotland) Limited has been placed into liquidation, following HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) court action against the firm. 

The JR Group has helped introduce construction careers to high school pupils in West Dunbartonshire via its Pathway to Construction programme, with two pupils gaining work experience placements following the initiative. The programme, delivered in collaboration with West Dunbartonshire Council, was

West Lothian firm John Heaney Electrical Ltd (JHE) has launched a recruitment drive to broaden its team of electricians following a number of contract wins. The mechanical, electrical and HVAC specialist has launched the drive for fully qualified and experienced industrial and commercial electrician

Apprenticeships with the housing and property services company Mears have been secured by pupils from Coatbridge’s St Andrew’s High School.

Planning permission has been granted for a five-home project that will be North East Scotland's first Passivhaus development. Woodend of Glassel sits in private woodland just minutes from Banchory, Aberdeenshire. It will be built by Insch-based Passivhaus builder Coldwells Build.

Lancaster has been hailed the 'haunted house' capital of the North West of England, according to the engineering specialists Ailsa’s Haunted Home Risk Index.

A joint venture between West Ranga Property Group and Lujo Properties has teamed up with Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association to submit a detailed planning application for a proposed Tesco supermarket and petrol station at Woodpark Road, Portree.

Plans for an 86-acre long-duration energy storage development on Green Belt land between Busby and Thorntonhall are moving forward again.

A leading heritage charity has called for ownership of the fire-damaged Mackintosh Building to pass from the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) to a new independent entity, arguing this is the surest route to a faithful reconstruction of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece. The Charles Rennie Mac

A retrospective planning application has been submitted to Scottish Borders Council for a log processing facility built without prior approval in Selkirk.

Ashley Turner, a RIBA Conservation Architect, has established Crowstep Conservation, an Edinburgh-based practice dedicated to the repair and care of Scotland's traditional and listed buildings. The launch follows Ashley's completion of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Schol

Aberdeenshire Council is to trial new street lighting, signage and road markings on a section of the A952 at Mintlaw.

Work is underway on Muir Construction’s third project at Heartlands with the construction of a new Wickes home improvement store alongside Home Bargains and Tesco.

McLaughlin & Harvey has handed over a new Passivhaus building at Wester Hailes High School in Edinburgh, with staff and pupils returning from half term into the new facility last week. Comprising the design and construction of a new four-storey building, McLaughlin & Harvey was appointed by

Campaigners have slammed the UK and Scottish Government for "squandering opportunities" across energy, buses and retrofitting as a new report demonstrates the failure of politicians to enable local government to build on success stories of public ownership across Scotland.