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Moray Council is hosting a drop-in event on 5 October for suppliers interested in tendering for the new Framework for Building Repair and Maintenance. The new contracts with the council to undertake building repairs and maintenance are due to be tendered via Public Contracts Scotland before the end

Home Fix Scotland (HFS), the Inverclyde repairs and maintenance company, has recruited seven further apprentices. When the opportunities were advertised back in June, the response was overwhelming: from over 300 initial applicants a shortlist of 70 was drawn up. These young people then attended exte

Housebuilder The Springfield Group is to gift its own National Insurance savings to its 898 employees, following confirmation that the UK Government will reverse the 1.25% increase, which came into effect in April this year. Last week, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed that the National Insurance

Kings Park, home of Buccleuch Bowling Club and Community Access Team in Dalkeith, has received £1000 to upgrade the area around the green from Dandara East Scotland. The housebuilder, which is building nearby in Eskbank, made the donation to help allow greater access to facilities for older pl

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on a new devolved tax that it said will encourage greater use of recycled and other sustainable materials by the construction industry. A replacement for the UK Aggregates Levy, the Scottish Aggregates Levy would be payable when newly qua

A Scottish housing developer has recognised the dedication and positive impact of five good causes in the Musselburgh community, awarding each with a £1000 grant. The Dundas community fund – which had been extended to allow more time for deserving groups in and around Musselburgh to appl

Public sector procurement authority SCAPE Scotland has appointed Balfour Beatty to deliver up to £750 million of major civil engineering works across the country via its next generation civil engineering framework. Running for a period of four years from 2023, with an option to be extended for

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The underwater discovery of a distinctive wrought iron anchor found by ScottishPower Renewables at the bottom of the southern North Sea has been hailed as an “incredibly rare” find. Believed to be a rare example from the Roman or possibly late Iron Age – somewhere between 1,600-2,0

Five Highland schools are to be nominated for consideration by the Scottish Government for improvement funding. At a meeting of the Highland Council on Thursday 22 September, councillors agreed that applications will be taken forward in three separate submissions to the Learning Estate Improvem

A replica Iron Age wooden crannog is to be built on Loch Tay again following a devastating fire. The Scottish Crannog Centre has been given the go-ahead to rebuild the Crannog roundhouse and develop a new Iron Age village on the shoreline at Dalerb, over the water from the centre’s existing si

Proposals to upgrade the electricity transmission network in Argyll and Kintyre have taken a major step forward following recognition by the energy regulator, Ofgem, that there is a clear need for the investment required to enable the forecast growth in renewable electricity generation across the re

Shoppers around the new centre of Winchburgh, one of Scotland’s biggest community development projects, are set to benefit from a new Sainsbury’s with the 12,000-square-foot store set to open by Spring 2024. The store is being designed to be a best ‘in neighbourhood’ one-stop

CR Smith has welcomed seven new recruits to its manufacturing plant in Fife this summer, who all joined the company through cross-industry jobs initiatives that support people into work. In partnership with DWP Fife, Kingdom Works and Fife College, CR Smith helped to create a new manufacturing skill

Timber expert Donaldson Group has appointed Mark Murphy as chief risk officer in a newly created role. Mark’s appointment will see him join the group’s board and executive team, and follows a period of significant growth for the business.