News

Connor Cruden, who in 2020 completed his four-year plumbing apprenticeship having come top in 2019 at the SkillPLUMB UK finals to find the country’s most accomplished apprentice plumber, is now preparing to take on the world’s elite at the WorldSkills Plumbing finals. The finals are due

People are being encouraged to participate in a nationwide survey to help inform a public body on how engagement in decisions about land in Scotland can be improved. The Scottish Land Commission’s online surveys have officially launched giving people in Scotland an opportunity to make a meanin

Lindsays has appointed a new director to its commercial property team. Bringing more than 20 years’ experience and a special interest in advising firms operating in the tourism, hospitality and retail sectors, Martin Bennett's arrival comes as demand for advice in the sector grows and as part

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned that companies are leaving themselves open to cyber attack by ignoring crucial measures like updating software and training staff. The warning comes as ICO issued a fine of £4,400,000 to Interserve Group Ltd, a Berkshire-based constr

The latest impacts on the Highland Council's Capital Programme are to be considered by councillors this week with a number of reports setting out the context of the ongoing financial crisis across the UK. A range of factors, including the pandemic, Brexit, the war in Ukraine, and related impact

Kirkwood Homes, in partnership with Balcarres Estate, will hold a consultation event in Collinsburgh Town Hall today to allow locals the chance to learn about its plans to build 50 new homes in the Fife town. The housebuilder has submitted a proposal of application notice to Fife Council for the dev

A planning application has been put forward for 23 new homes in Ravenscraig consisting of cottage flats, terraced houses, and semi-detached houses. The proposal at the junction of New Craig Road and Prospect Hill Road is mindful of the adjacent completed housing development and utilises vehicular ac

The Stockingfield Bridge in north Glasgow has won the 2022 Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) People’s Choice Award, which recognises civil engineering projects that have made a positive impact on their local communities. The two-way spanning cable-stayed pedestrian and cycle bridge opened e

Recent visitors to FORE Partnership’s Cadworks in Glasgow City Centre will have seen the building’s latest addition – a bright green telephone box in the entrance foyer. The telephone box, entitled ‘Call Your Mother’, is an installation by Force of Nature that was creat

Previously rejected plans to build 48 new homes in Forres will now go ahead after the Scottish Government overruled councillors. St Machar Properties, formerly Redco Milne, submitted proposals to redevelop the former Tesco site at Caroline Street to Moray councillors in 2020, but they were rejected

A row has broken out over plans to build a new, bog-standard public toilet in San Francisco at a cost of $1.7 million (around £1.5 million). City councillors last week called a press conference to announce that Noe Valley, currently served only by a temporary portable toilet, would get a singl

Public events will take place from this week as part of pre-planning consultations on proposals for 70 new homes in Dunfermline. Campion Homes is behind the affordable housing development which is set to be located on the site of a former council depot on Elgin Street, next to the Army Reserve base.

Applicant: Dundas Estates & Development Company Limited. Planning Authority: Edinburgh

Fife-based home improvements firm CR Smith has reported an increase in profits after tax of 10% for the financial year to December 2021, with turnover exceeding £20.2 million. The accounts lodged for CR Smith Glaziers (Dunfermline) Ltd, the company’s domestic sales business, show that it

Kirkliston & South Queensferry FC’s 2014s team is sporting a fresh match day kit for the new season thanks to Dandara East Scotland. The housebuilder donated close to £3,000 to the club whose players train and play in Kirkliston near its Foxhall Gait development.