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More than 140 pupils from Blairgowrie High School took part in a bridge building challenge with the aim of getting them interested in a career in engineering and construction. As part of the Cross Tay Link Road project, construction professionals from BAM Nuttall and Perth & Kinross Council supe

BSW Timber Ltd, UK integrated timber and forestry business, and a member of Binderholz, has acquired Scott Group, a supplier of timber pallets and bespoke timber packaging solutions. Based near Dunfermline, with an annual turnover in excess of £250 million and 1,300 employees, Scott Group is a

A worker who was unfairly dismissed for refusing to join his colleagues in the pub after work has won a case against his erstwhile employer. Mr T, not to be confused with he of A-Team fame, was a senior advisor at a firm in Paris.

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John Gerard McGarvey, 37, from Rutherglen, has been disqualified as a director for 11 years after claiming two separate Bounce Back Loans totalling £100,000, and then using the money for personal benefit.

Aberdeen City Council is to suspend the delivery of more than 300 council homes across two developments due to rising costs associated with construction. A report which went before the local authority's finance and resources committee yesterday said in light of the inflationary pressures a

Balfour Beatty said today that it expects its full year profits to be ahead of market expectations following positive net interest income and the recognition of deferred tax assets significantly reducing the 2022 tax charge.

A historic museum rumoured to be Aberdeen’s most haunted is to get extensive repairs worth a total of £1.36 million.

Blackfinch Property has completed a £4.4 million six-month loan to fund the acquisition and reforestation of a large area of land in Scotland. Marking the first deal in the commercial forestry sector for Blackfinch, the investment will create local job opportunities, and is expected to improve

Plans to build a new office and residential block at Dundee Waterfront look set to be approved by councillors next week.

Falkirk-based engineering firm John Jenkins & Son today set out its positive and ambitious plans for future growth and development as it launched a new name and new branding. The third-generation family business, which won the President’s Award at this year’s Scottish Engineering Awa

More than 900 guests were welcomed through the doors of the Westminster Park Plaza on Friday 2nd December for the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity’s event in London. Radio and television presenter Pete Graves was MC for the day and opened proceedings with a warm welcome and a hint of t

Three Scottish plumbing apprentices, all of whom are employed by SNIPEF members, qualified for the top eight at the UK WorldSkills final held last month at Middlesborough College. And one of them, Sean Esslemont, who studied at Moray College and is employed by Elgin-based McDonald & Munro Limite

Grants have been agreed by Aberdeen City Council’s Finance and Resources Committee for community-led regeneration projects. The money from the Place Based Investment Programme Fund is also used for supporting town centre revitalisation, community wealth building, and 20-minute neighbourhoods (

Cruden Homes has revealed proposals to deliver 76 homes for social rent, on the site of the former Howdenburn Primary School on Lothian Road in Jedburgh. The school, which was built in 1970, was closed in 2020, with pupils transferring to Jedburgh Grammar Campus at Hartrigge Park.