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Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA), one of the largest independent engineering consultancy firms in Scotland, is once again enhancing its industry-envied talent pool with a new intake of graduate apprentices (GAs). For the fifth year in a row, the 41-employee, East Kilbride-based firm has taken on you

Midlothian councillors have approved the draft Delivery Programme for the Midlothian Local Development Plan 2017 (MLDP) public consultation.

ILI Group has secured Section 36 planning consent for its 100MW Flemyland battery energy storage system (BESS) project in North Ayrshire by Scottish ministers. This milestone marks the third major planning approval for ILI in the final quarter of 2024, following consents for the 200MW Whitehill proj

Whitbread PLC, the parent company to Premier Inn, has agreed terms with Riverstone Hotels Ltd for a new Premier Inn hotel at Edinburgh Airport.

Homebuilders Springfield Properties and Barratt Homes have submitted updated planning applications for the Durieshill development which will see the creation of a brand new 3,000 home village on the outskirts of Stirling.

Sylvester Stallone is in hot water with his neighbours over an unusual addition he wants to make to his home. The Rocky and Rambo star purchased a sprawling Palm Beach, Florida, estate back in 2020 for just over $35 million.

Paul Macari has been appointed land director with Bellway Homes Ltd (Scotland West). The appointment follows the retirement of Willie McDermott who held the position for many years.

First Minister John Swinney and the UK Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, Lord Vallance, have marked the start of construction on the £20 million Oligonucleotide Manufacturing Innovation Centre of Excellence (OMICE) which will be based in the Advanced Manufacturing Innova

The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has called for real consequences for late payment beyond the Fair Payment Code and new reporting duties after its new report revealed the situation is getting worse for its members.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract by Prysmian to install 68 kilometres of high voltage direct current (HVDC) land cables from Fraisthorpe Sands to Drax in North Yorkshire as well as an additional 1 kilometre of HVDC land cable at Peterhead.

The Scottish Government has published its Draft Implementation Plan outlining how it will support the delivery of approximately 24,000 additional public electric vehicle (EV) charge points by 2030.

North Lanarkshire Council is celebrating a successful year for its council house build programme with the completion of 335 new homes and the delivery of community benefits providing jobs, training and projects to improve the lives of local people.

South Ayrshire Council and its partners are likely to deliver 176 new affordable homes this year - exceeding the target set in October last year by 41 homes.

New houses for rent are being built on Eigg for the first time since being bought over by the community 30 years ago. The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust, the community charity that owns most of the island, says the two new semi-detached properties will help address a severe shortage of available housin

East Lothian Council has submitted an application for phase one of the redevelopment of the former Herdmanflat Hospital site.