Falkirk

125 additional homes, three local schools and Falkirk Council offices are all set to benefit from a newly announced £4 million project to extend an existing district heating system and create a private wire network at Callendar Park. The local authority has appointed specialist contractor McDe

Falkirk Council has granted planning permission for the long-awaited restoration of a famous local distillery. The £12 million project will see the Rosebank chimney retained along with other historically significant buildings, while the distillery itself will be a contemporary design and run o

Around £280 million is to be invested in Falkirk Council's housing stock over the next five years for improvements to existing homes and provision of additional homes. In 2019/20 alone, nearly £30m will be spent on improvements to around 4,700 properties including £8m on re-roofing

Construction work on a new energy-from-waste plant in Grangemouth is due to commence next year after the £210 million project reached financial close. Specialist green energy project developer and investor Green Investment Group (GIG) and energy-from-waste (EfW) owner and operator Covanta yest

Plans have been submitted by Oliver Chapman Architects for a new canal community hub in Falkirk. The proposals for Lock 16 will see the former Barrs Irn-Bru factory building transformed into a new workshop, offices and training facilities for Scottish Canals and its partnering organisations.

Falkirk Council has submitted plans to deliver 24 new flats for social rent on the site of the former Torwood Primary School in Larbert.

Property investment and development firm Northern Trust has announced the start of work on the second phase of its a new £3 million commercial development at Grangemouth. In total the new development will total over 25,500 sq ft; with Barons Court covering 18,205 sq ft of modern industrial and

Two Falkirk councillors have been charged by police following an investigation into planning concerns at the local authority. John McLuckie, depute convener of Falkirk Council’s planning committee, and planning committee member, James Kerr, were charged on Wednesday along with a third man.

Energy giant Ineos is to invest £60 million to expand its Grangemouth site with the addition of a new furnace on its ethylene plant. The firm has awarded a contract to build the furnace to Germany-based Selas-Linde GmbH.

Mechanical and electrical services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has been awarded a large-scale mechanical services contract with NHS Forth Valley. The Glasgow-based firm is to undertake the upgrade of building services for both Stirling Community Hospital and Falkirk Community Hospital.

The chief executive of Forth Port has joined apprentices, graduates and Skills Development Scotland for a ‘turf-cutting’ ceremony to officially mark the start of construction of a new, purpose built, training academy located within the Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s biggest port.

View of the Falkirk Gateway looking north over the site Contractors have been lined up to deliver £67 million of infrastructure investment works throughout Falkirk over the next six years, the local authority has said.

More than £143 million is set to be invested in housing across the Falkirk Council area in the next three years as part of the local authority’s on-going investment programme. In 2018/19, £13.5m will be spent making improvements to around 5,000 properties across the council area, such as:

Falkirk wood processing firm James Callander and Son entered administration with the loss of 89 jobs. The company has been trading for 74 years, processing softwood for construction, packaging and fencing.

Forth Ports has announced plans to invest in a purpose built training academy located within Scotland’s biggest port. To be located at the Port of Grangemouth, the 420 m sq Training Academy will provide additional in-house facilities for equipment skills training and new classrooms for safety and