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The 135th anniversary of the iconic Forth Bridge is to be marked with a series of community events.

Argyll and Bute Council is inviting people in Mid Argyll to give their views on detailed design proposals for an improved walking, wheeling and cycling route between the Lochgilphead Front Green and the Crinan Canal. A public consultation event is taking place in Lochgilphead Baptist Church on 4 Mar

Extensive improvement works are to take place on a bridge near a village in Clydesdale.

Pupils have revealed the proposed name for the £100 million community campus and school.  The Children, Families and Communities Committee will be asked to approve Drumgeith Community Campus as the name for the development, with the secondary school to be known as Greenfield Academy. &nbs

PSC, a consultancy to the electricity industry, has opened its new office in Edinburgh. This expansion is part of PSC’s continued growth strategy to better serve the increasing number of clients and opportunities in Scotland’s fast-evolving energy sector.

A significant step has been made towards restarting work on the Almondvale Crescent site in Livingston to deliver Supported Housing for Young People and additional housing for West Lothian Council.

Scotland’s largest waste water pumping station is now partly powered by renewable energy after work was completed on a £478,000 solar power scheme.

Energy and sustainability consultancy Carbon Futures has been successfully appointed to a new Retrofit and Decarbonisation Framework developed by the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA). Part of the LHC Procurement Group, SPA has been supporting public sector organisations with technical procurement

England rugby star Ellis Genge has set his sights on a new challenge beyond the playing field by enrolling in the ‘Construction Project Management’ course with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The Leicester Tigers title-winning captain is preparing for life after prof

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