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Unite the Union has confirmed that strike action by over 300 trades workers at Dundee City Council will go ahead today. All-out strike action is set to begin on 4 April for three weeks until 28 April, and then it will be followed by rounds of daily action until 23 June.

Aston University is teaming up with asbestos consultancy Thames Laboratories (TL) to improve efficiency of social housing repairs.

Edinburgh-based developer GSS Developments, owners of the former Continental Tyre factory site in Newbridge in the west of Edinburgh, has confirmed that a planning application for the 25-hectare site, known as EDI Approach due to its proximity to the airport, is being submitted to the city council.

Aberdeen-based property development and investment company West Coast Estates has handed over its latest commercial development in the city to Co-Op Group. The outlet in King Street, adjacent to the University of Aberdeen, is expected to create more than 30 full and part-time jobs when it opens this

Builders’ merchant MKM has launched a training programme for staff seeking to become mental health workplace responders for their colleagues. Part of the merchant’s wider work in tackling poor mental health in the construction sector, MKM is aiming to put more than 70 staff through the F

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), through its Working Minds campaign which aims to prevent work-related stress and promote good mental health in the workplace, has compiled a list of resources to assist employers and workers during stress awareness month this April. HSE and its twenty-two partn

In a move to merge its Glasgow Southside and Paisley operations, chartered surveyors firm DM Hall has agreed terms to occupy a new office hub facility at Centura Court, Hillington Park, from April 2023. The new office will accommodate the surveying teams from the firm’s existing branches at Ki

After a successful 2022, in which WRC Recycling opened the doors to a £4 million Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to bolster business performance, the business has put its mark on 2023 with the appointment of two new directors ahead of the firm’s 25th anniversary celebrations this summer

A new ‘active greenspace’ has been officially opened in the east end of Glasgow by one hundred-year-old Bridgeton resident and former lollipop lady Alice Gallacher. The Old Dalmarnock Road Greenspace has transformed vacant land after a £1 million investment by Clyde Gateway, Scotla

Elderpark Housing has appointed City Technical Services (UK) Ltd as its new gas contractor. The company will take over the contract to service tenants’ boilers, respond to repairs and carry out gas safety checks from April 1.

Robertson Group has reported a revenue of £616 million for the 12 months to 30 June 2022, up from £588m in the previous year. The company's profit before tax was £20.5m, up 21.3% from the previous year's £16.9m. The construction, development and support services business

CCG (Scotland) has been appointed to a new national framework launched by public and private procurement provider Pagabo.

St Andrews-based developer Headon Developments has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious Homes for Scotland Awards 2023 for 'Best Small Development of the Year'.

A man who has a large rock at the end of his driveway to stop people using his drive to turn their cars around has defended his actions. Motorists who have used Mark Coultous’ driveway to turn around lately have bashed into a big rock with ‘NHS’ written on it in paint.

Scotland could be in line for new jobs and investment after the UK Government unveiled new plans to scale up affordable, clean, homegrown power - but the strategy has been criticised for a lack of ambition or any major new announcements. New green technologies are set to be developed and deployed in