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Anyone looking for a satisfying career, whether a school-leaver or someone contemplating a career change, should consider the benefits of undertaking a plumbing apprenticeship, according to SNIPEF chief executive, Fiona Hodgson. To mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week, which runs from 1-5 Mar

A bridge over the Dighty Burn in Dundee looks set to have a second phase of restoration works costing almost £700,000.

A mysterious artwork painted on the brickwork of the former Reading Prison is speculated to be a Banksy piece depicting its most famous inmate, Oscar Wilde. The mural shows a prisoner rappelling down one of the prison's exterior walls using paper from a typewriter as a rope.

Persimmon has committed to doubling the size of its construction quality control team as the housebuilder continues to address its quality failings over the past two years.

Planning permission in principle is being sought for a mixed-use development that could deliver up to 450 homes next to Dunfermline’s new £180 million super campus.

Grandhome Trust has unveiled Malcolm Allan Housebuilders as a new homebuilding partner at its community in Aberdeen’s Bridge of Don. The Aberdeenshire-based firm will build approximately 130 homes offering a variety of property types – from flats to detached homes – to first-time b

Ogilvie Construction has achieved practical completion on the new Premier Inn hotel in Hamilton.

International real estate advisor Savills has announced 12 promotions in Scotland across its Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth and Dumfries offices. Effective from March 1, the promotions will see two people move up to director level, five to associate director, four to associate and one person promoted to

The team behind the 390-acre Blindwells development in East Lothian has unveiled its latest residential development opportunity.

Kier Construction has completed the £15.5million redevelopment of the Wolfson Centre – believed to be the first dedicated biomedical engineering building in the world - for the University of Strathclyde.

Plans have been drawn up for a new block of 35 flats on the site of a vacant warehouse in Partick.

The fund management business established by Places for People has completed the construction of the first two development sites in Scotland and acquired a further site in January.

Supermarket chain Aldi has lodged plans for its fourth store in Aberdeen. Aldi is hoping to build the 14,000sq ft supermarket at the junction of Wellington Road and Hareness Road on the site of the former City Gate offices of oil and gas firm Amec Foster Wheeler.

Councillors have approved plans for 37 new homes to be built in the Aberdeenshire town of Oldmeldrum, with land to be set aside for 12 affordable homes as part of the application.

Developer Modern Spec Ltd has been given the green light to build 138 new homes at the site of the former Carskeoch caravan park in Patna. Buyers will have the option to choose from bungalows and two storey homes at the new development.