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Balfour Beatty has appointed executive committee group sector leads for the company’s core UK growth markets: Energy, Defence and Transportation.

Construction leaders from across Scotland have called for urgent industry-wide collaboration to find solutions to Scotland’s ‘green skills’ gap.

Architectural firm McKenzie Strickland Associates (MSA) has appointed architect and designer Calum McCafferty as senior architect. Edinburgh native Calum McCafferty holds more than 10 years of diverse experience in design and project management, with an extensive portfolio spanning the UK, Europe an

Scotland's high-end property market has demonstrated resilience in 2024, with sales of homes exceeding £1 million increasing despite political and tax hurdles, according to Savills. The market recorded a total of 466 residential transactions, up from 454 in 2023. This growth is driven by stron

Land acquisition by public bodies has a stronger role to play in addressing Scotland’s rural housing crisis, according to a new report issued by the Scottish Land Commission.

Works to transform vacant land into a mixed-use development in Linlithgow are now underway. 

Macdonald Henderson has announced the appointments of Jennifer Love as associate director (litigation) and Tomas Simpson as associate director (conveyancing). Ms Love joins from CMS and has extensive knowledge in civil & commercial litigation and insolvency related work. She has regularly appear

ScottishPower apprentices have been given a salary boost with the company upping starting rates by over 20% as it ramps up recruitment.  Its SP Energy Networks business is the first electricity grid company to pay the Real Living Wage for craft apprentices with starting salaries increasing from

Championing this year's National Apprenticeship Week theme of ‘Skills for Life’, Amey is highlighting the wide range of apprenticeship opportunities available to people of all ages, designed to empower individuals to develop lasting skills while contributing to some of the UK’s bi

Members of the Highland Council's Badenoch and Strathspey Area Committee have approved the Area Roads Capital Programme for 2025/26.  The local allocations capital budget for 2025/26 remains to be established which will be calculated from the approved capital budget allocation being adjusted fo

Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has appointed Damian Hill to the newly created role of technical projects manager, following the retirement of its technical director Joe Cilia. A seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in the interiors sector, Damian brings a wealth of technical k

Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) accounted for 35% of the city’s take-up from industrial occupiers last year, rejuvenating the city’s southside and helping to deliver the third best year of the last decade.

North Lanarkshire Council and NHS Lanarkshire have signed up to work collaboratively on two of Scotland’s largest infrastructure projects to benefit people in Lanarkshire. The proposed East Airdrie Link Road is planned to improve connectivity and reduce journey times across the region, includi

Ambitious plans to create a major new renewables hub in Orkney have been accelerated with a £5 million grant to help take the project to the next stage. The funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) will further the development of a new harbour facility for the assembly of offshore w

Network Rail engineers are about to begin a £2.9 million project to renew both platforms at Hillington West on the busy Glasgow – Paisley railway line.