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Ian Bowie has joined law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn as a partner, bringing to the firm and its clients more than 25 years’ expertise advising on real estate projects, with a particular focus on energy and natural resources. Renowned for his technical skills and client focus, Mr Bowie support

Scottish Water has completed work on its first large-scale battery storage project to accelerate its drive towards net zero emissions by 2040.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland recently went back to school to give the Primary 6 and 7 children of St Michael’s Primary in Moodiesburn some reminders about health and safety. As construction of new homes at Taylor Wimpey West Scotland’s development of new homes at Stoneyetts View, off Gart

Changes to help improve the planning application process and the service received by applicants have been announced by planning minister Tom Arthur. Following a consultation in 2019 that sought views on reviewing the planning performance and fee regime, planning fees will rise from 1 April 2022.

Plans to build flats in place of a former Aberdeen printworks have been recommended for conditional approval from councillors.

One of Scotland's last remaining flax industry buildings, Silverburn Flax Mill near Leven in Fife, will be brought back to life after winning a £3.47 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Residential property sales in Aberdeen and surrounding towns dipped in the final quarter of 2021, underlining concerns around potential interest rate and cost of living increases, according to a north east legal expert. Figures released by the Aberdeen Solicitors Property Centre (ASPC) showed proper

Construction output for both private and public housing showed strong monthly growth in December, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Investment in educational facilities in Clackmannanshire is continuing with councillors agreeing to options appraisal work on both St Mungo’s RC Primary and Deerpark and Lochies schools. St Mungo’s moved to a location within Alloa Academy to protect the safety of pupils and staff, after

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has warned the construction sector against a perfect storm of economic challenges putting pressure on their cash flow. Mark Mulholland, partner in the firm’s Business Advisory department, advised those smaller to medium sized construction firms that typ

Royal Bank of Scotland, under the NatWest Group, is launching green loans, and through Lombard, green asset finance propositions for qualifying SMEs, with no arrangement fee, to help them achieve their sustainability ambitions. Following the announcement of the group’s ambition to provide &pou

Chartered building surveying firm Diamond & Company (Scotland) Limited has acquired fire engineering consultancy S. Brooker & Associates as part of its strategic growth plan. The new business will be known as Brooker Diamond Fire Engineering and will be based alongside the successful charter

Caledonian has commenced the manufacturing of 319 new Single Living Accommodation (SLA) units to aid the expansion at RAF Lossiemouth.

The thriving companies and organisations utilising their expertise, skills and capabilities to deliver work across all renewable energy technologies across Scotland have been highlighted in a new report which claims that the industry could grow by more than 230% by 2030 if onshore and offshore wind

Network Rail has marked the beginning of work to build the new East Linton station as a £4 million investment to upgrade a Leuchars junction also gets underway.