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CITB has announced changes to its plant standards to standardise training and testing requirements across the construction industry.

The JR Group has raised more than £2,000 for Beatson Cancer Charity during an annual outdoor networking event. 60 guests, including suppliers, business partners and subcontractors, attended the event hosted by the Paisley-based firm at the Pollok Golf Club to enjoy a day of fairway fun and fun

East Renfrewshire Council is inviting local contractors to a Meet the Buyer event, where they can find out about contract opportunities on projects happening across the area. Council contractors, including BAM, Heron Brothers and Amco Giffen, are looking for local suppliers to work on projects inclu

The UK Government has today launched a major review into Britain’s electricity market design aimed to radically enhance energy security and cut costs of electricity for consumers in the long term.

Campaigning electrical trade association SELECT has been nominated for three prestigious awards for its response to Covid-19, stakeholder magazine and crusade to install free heat, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms for vulnerable householders. Scotland’s largest construction trade body has been

Aberdeenshire steel and cladding company KR Group has been shortlisted as a finalist for the VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards 2022. The recognition of KR Group’s environmental achievements follows a series of awards finals this year, including the CeeD Awards and Northern Star Busine

The much-anticipated reopening of Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh took place today as the new £47 million project opened its doors to the public after a closure of four and a half years. Owned by the City of Edinburgh Council and managed by the charity, Edinburgh Leisure, this new state-

Staff at the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have raised £2,340 in aid of emergency support for the people of Ukraine following a fundraising drive.

Hadrian Real Estate has secured a £1.8 million loan from Broadwood Capital to help deliver its latest residential development at Lenzie in Glasgow. The development concerns a converted and extended former primary school in the centre of Lenzie.

Land near the ferry slipway at Yoker can be used for residential development after Scottish Ministers agreed to the recommendations of a planning reporter.

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Miller Homes is to deliver 109 new homes to Fife this year with the launch of its Leven Mill development in Glenrothes.

A 1,000-year-old tar recipe is to be used to help preserve the last of Norway's medieval wooden churches. Named for the cured pinewood posts that prop them up, “stave churches” must be tarred to keep the wood from decaying. Yet the skills needed are dying out, including th

Scottish commercial property enjoyed its best first half of the year for investment volumes since 2018 as the market continued its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that £1.2 billion of commer

Chinese property developers are accepting garlic, watermelons, wheat and barley as down payments on new apartments.