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A team of GRAHAM employees has raised £11,699 for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity (GCHC) after completing two charity skydives in Auchterarder on 10 and 17 August. The 19-strong team from construction firm GRAHAM’s Building North division has surpassed its ambitious £10,0

Newly upgraded platforms at Hillington West station fully reopened at the weekend following the completion of a major £2.9 million improvement project.

Neurodivergent staff could help businesses become more successful if the right steps are taken to make workplaces more inclusive, new research has found. Research by the Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered membership organisation for the project profession, has identified that pe

Westpoint Homes has sealed a £3.2 million loan from Secure Trust Bank (STB) Real Estate Finance to refinance 12 apartments and four townhouses across two residential developments in Scotland.

Campion Homes and Kingdom Housing Association are among the local organisations to lend their support to a race across the iconic Forth Road Bridge this weekend. The Pitreavie AAC Forth Road Bridge 10K Race will be run on Sunday, 24th August and has been helped to success by a very generous three-wa

Hundreds of thousands of people living in new-build homes in Scotland are being excluded from jury service because outdated court IT systems do not recognise their addresses. Jurors are selected at random from a national address database, but senior court officials admit the system cannot process po

A Perth youth centre’s eyesore backyard has been transformed into a stylish landscaped courtyard. Impressed by YMCA Tayside’s Y Centre breathing new life into a converted church during judging for the Perthshire Chamber of Commerce Star Awards, Kilmac managing director Athole McDonald fo

Plans for an Ultra-Deep-Water Quay in Shetland have secured up to £1.175m in funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The funding will support preparatory works, dredging and deepening areas adjacent to the quayside and approaches at Dales Voe in Lerwick Harbour to -16 metres.

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority is urging caution and escalating enforcement action as the concerning trend of the marketing of small plots with the misleading potential for a range of uses continues in the National Park. The National Park Authority has a zero-tolerance appro

Demolition work has started on the old Chapelhall Senior Citizens Centre, making space for a brand-new community hub in the heart of the village.

CHAP is proud to announce the success of its annual charity golf day, held on 1st August at Newmachar Golf Club, which raised an incredible £10,500 in support of SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health). The funds will directly contribute to the launch of The Nook, Scotland’s first ever

Gillcon, the UK and Ireland’s retaining wall specialist behind the Lock+Load and I-CON systems, has appointed experienced civil engineer Ray Singh to lead its entry into the Scottish market. Ray brings over 20 years’ experience in geotechnics, slope stabilisation, and soil mechanics. Bas

South Lanarkshire councillors have heard of the major progress being made on plans to transform Hamilton town centre.

Suppliers of construction, maintenance, security, landscaping, transport or catering services in the North of Scotland are being invited to an event where Balfour Beatty will discuss contract opportunities on The Netherton Hub Energy Project in Peterhead.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has announced a new project with The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), which will align CISL’s sustainability leadership expertise with RICS’ mission to achieve a built and natural environment that