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A popular Scottish Borders holiday park, which is owned and operated by Cove UK, has unveiled a series of major luxury upgrades, featuring architecturally-designed accommodation, community spaces and a new bar and owners’ lounge.

A pair of American tourists were left stranded at the top of the Eiffel Tower overnight after drinking too much. The men had tickets to visit the tower on Sunday evening but were found to still be there on Monday morning when staff arrived to open one of the world's most popular tourist attractions.

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Pacific Building has secured two major tourist hotel refurbishment projects in Edinburgh worth £11 million. The extensive works are underway at the Holyrood Hotel and the Mount Royal Hotel, which are both high-profile, busy stopovers for visitors to the capital.

The procurement process for the Ardrossan Harbour Redevelopment is being paused to deliver a refreshed business case for the project.

Canmoor has appointed Muir Construction as the main contractor to deliver the £25 million speculative development at Westway, next to Glasgow Airport. Works have now commenced on the 13-acre site, which will consist of two high-quality industrial/ warehouse units of 86,630 sq ft and 202,230 sq

The Scottish Government’s cabinet secretary for energy, Neil Gray MSP, has called on the UK government to give developers the certainty they need to invest in a new generation of pumped storage hydro plants, a move which could create almost 15,000 jobs and enable more renewable electricity to

A rapidly-expanding Highland timber products specialist has made a keystone appointment to its management team which will enable it to enhance its contribution to the sustainable trading environment of the sparsely-populated region. Biomass supplier GMG Energy, which contributes significantly to the

Onshore wind turbine crane and installation services provider Global Wind Projects has commenced work on what is its first offshore wind project. The company, which was created in April 2021 by Global Port Services - part of the Inverness and Aberdeen-based energy sector service group, Global Energy

CITB is piloting changes across a series of plant training standards and grants to help standardise plant training and testing requirements across the construction industry.

In the second quarter of 2023, Scottish commercial property experienced a surge in investment, reaching £320 million, according to Colliers' Scotland Snapshot. This is a significant rise from the £250m of Q1, yet it remains 35% lower than the five-year quarterly average of £490m. T

Hub North Scotland has unveiled a new leadership structure following a period of sustained growth which has seen the public sector community infrastructure development partner break through the £1 billion barrier for projects delivered or being developed. Paul McGirk, who has had exe

Balfour Beatty said today the company is on track to meet its full year expectations following a strong first half performance from its earnings-based businesses. Across the group, revenue rose 9% to £4.5 billion, compared to £4.1bn during the same period in 2022, deliveri

VINCI Energies has solidified its position in Scotland by acquiring NorPower, a Muir of Ord-based company specialising in extra high voltage overhead lines in the UK. Founded in 2003, NorPower has expertise in the construction, installation, reconfiguration, and refurbishment of woodpole and steel o

A number of buildings and pavilions in West Lothian will be disposed of by the council after being declared surplus to requirements. Sites at Armadale, Broxburn and Livingston Xcite swimming pools have been approved as being surplus to requirements by the local authority.