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The North Edinburgh Community Festival (NECF), one of the city’s most anticipated family-friendly events, has received a £2,000 donation from Cruden Homes and the City of Edinburgh Council, to help deliver its biggest and most inclusive festival yet.  Taking place on Saturday, 17 Ma

Clark Contracts has completed the £1 million CAT B fit-out of Hillside Crescent in Edinburgh for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).

Eight surveying professionals, five women and three men employed by DM Hall have passed the final hurdle of their professional training. Of the eight, six, Claudia Balmforth (Irvine Residential), Helana Clarkson (East Commercial), Anthony Kerr (Glasgow Residential), William MacKenzie (Elgin Resident

A planning application has been submitted for 152 affordable homes in Glasgow for New Gorbals Housing Association. The new homes for social rent will partially offset the loss of 276 flats in two empty high rise blocks at 341 and 305 Caledonia Road, scheduled to be demolished this year.

A Midlothian company is literally bringing light into the lives of hard-working teams and big-hearted volunteers who staff Scotland’s charities with a brilliant initiative which will also cut waste and boost the circular economy. Blackmoon Lighting, which has been operating out of Loanhead sin

A nationwide search is on for the most promising apprentices and trainees in the construction plant industry who, in the eyes of their employers, are likely to become tomorrow’s leaders of the sector.

Killie Community, the charity arm of Kilmarnock FC, has announced Persimmon West Scotland as its official Housebuilding Partner for 2025. This partnership builds on a successful relationship established in 2023 and will see Persimmon further support the charity’s vital work across Ayrshire.

MHB Consultants (MHB) has appointed Fergus Aitchison as its new managing director. MHB’s founder, Hendrie Barbour, will subsequently move into the role of chairman as he continues to be involved in the civil engineering consultancy firm he formed in 2006. 

Scottish Ministers have overruled West Lothian Council's decision to refuse permission for a new housing development in Mid Calder.

Modular housebuilder Connect Modular has entered administration, resulting in the loss of dozens of jobs.

Future colonisers of Mars will have to look closer to home in search of building materials, according to new research, in some cases inside their own bodies.

Embrace Steel Group, a provider of steel frame building solutions throughout the UK, has appointed experienced finance executive Ross McAdam as its new chief financial officer. Based in Glasgow, Mr McAdam will lead the ambitious steel group’s presence in Scotland alongside playing a crucial ro

Offsite manufacturing business Kirkwood Timber Frame has made a key appointment, recruiting Alan Little as a factory operations manager. The 50-year-old from just outside Kintore replaces the recently retired factory manager and joins the firm as it extends its geographic reach and operations beyond

Revised plans have been submitted for new homes to be created on an abandoned city centre site at Walmer Drive in Dunfermline.

Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point operator (CPO) Believ is opening an office in Edinburgh.