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CCG (Scotland) Ltd has welcomed 15 new apprentices across its group of companies for 2025 - the highest intake in recent years and a five-person increase on 2024.

Clark Contracts has completed the major retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre (SNRC) for Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST).

Farrans Construction is set to begin work on a new £59 million transport project which will connect Paisley town centre with the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) and Glasgow Airport. Renfrewshire Council’s AMIDS South project will deliver a new road bridge acro

Major commercial property investor Spectrum Properties has appointed Stephanie Roddie as a director. A business and accountancy graduate of the University of the Highlands and Islands in Inverness, Stephanie will be responsible for both the company’s extensive commercial property lettings port

A Highland housebuilder has followed up the success of delivering its 1,000th affordable home by taking new orders worth more than £20 million. Inverness-based Compass Building & Construction Services reached the significant milestone with the completion of the latest phase of development

A talented young apprentice with Persimmon Homes North Scotland has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2025 Courier Business Awards. Casey Gardner, a first-year painting and decorating apprentice working across Persimmon sites in Fife, has been recognised for her exceptional craftsmanship, creati

Russian timber is entering the UK housing market despite sanctions, with experts warning that sophisticated smuggling methods are disguising its true origin.

Falkirk Council is inviting residents, businesses and community groups to review a draft long-term plan for how Grangemouth town centre could evolve over the next 20 years.

Aberdeen’s first purpose-built complex care accommodation has opened in Stoneywood.

Fife Council, in partnership with Campion Homes, is set to deliver 44 new council houses at Fraser Avenue in Inverkeithing. It's the final phase of The Fraser Avenue Regeneration project, a partnership between Fife Council, the Fife Housing Association Alliance and the Scottish Government and will s

One of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches is to be moved some 3 miles down the road to avoid being swallowed up by a mine.

Dundee-based architecture firm Andrew Black Design has been appointed by economic and community development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to deliver design and consultancy services for a new phase of development at Inverness Campus, following a competitive tender process. The appoint

Persimmon Homes East Scotland has appointed Mark Sinclair as its new land director. Based in Bathgate, Mark brings more than 20 years’ experience in the housebuilding industry, having worked extensively across the East Scotland region. He joins Persimmon from Bellway, where he also held the po

Housebuilder Barratt Redrow has made a landmark commitment to prioritise inclusive play spaces across its developments after new research revealed the extent to which children with disabilities are excluded from playgrounds in Scotland. Across the UK, half (50%) of parents of children with physical

Stewart Milne Group’s (SMG) financial woes have deepened, with new claims worth more than £4 million lodged against the collapsed housebuilder in the past six months.