North Lanarkshire

Graeme Laing North Lanarkshire Council has granted full planning permission to Ashfield Land and Taylor Wimpey for the development of 160 new homes at Glasgow Road, Bargeddie.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has been secured detailed planning consent from North Lanarkshire Council for 160 new homes off Glasgow Road in Bargeddie. Taylor Wimpey will deliver a high-quality range of new homes that offers a choice of three and four bedroom styles to ensure the development appeals

A legal challenge into plans for a new £20 million retail park in Westfield, Cumbernauld has been dropped after developers L&S Broadwood reached an agreement with the owners of Cumbernauld Town Centre and the Antonine Centre. The two town centre operators had objected to North Lanarkshire Counc

CMS Window Systems has been appointed by North Lanarkshire Council as the successful bidder for its window and door replacement framework tender.

Court of Session A Scottish local authority involved in arbitration proceedings with a building company following a dispute over a construction contract has had an application for a court order prohibiting disclosure of the identity of the parties refused.

(from left) Iliana Portugues, National Grid, Khadim Hussain, National Grid, Jamie Hepburn, MSP, Scottish Government minister for employability and training, Gregor Alexander, finance director of SSE, Craig McTaggart, SP Energy Networks, and Dave Gardner, director of transmission SSEN. Photo taken by

Two schools in Motherwell are to receive a facelift this year following the award of a £5 million contract to Kier Construction Scotland. Kier will start work this summer on Taylor High School, a comprehensive secondary in New Stevenston, and Braidhurst High School, a 600-pupil secondary in the For

The Raven’s Cliff pub A 40-bedroom hotel is to open in Ravenscraig, Motherwell, next year following a successful planning application.

Graham Construction apprentices Reiss Fleming, 17, Andrew Coyle, 22, Thomas McGoran, 19, Liam McMillan, 24, Kayleigh Murdoch, 21, Shams Rahimi, 24 with Fulton MacGregor MSP and representatives from Graham Construction and NHS Lanarkshire Coatbridge and Chryston MSP Fulton MacGregor visited the site

Construction firm Structural Metal Decks Limited (SMDL) has been fined after a worker was left paralysed following an accident at a building site in Kilsyth. The worker suffered injuries to his spinal cord and is now paralysed from the neck down following the incident.

North Lanarkshire Council has today granted planning permission to supermarket chain Lidl for a new Scottish Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) at Eurocentral. The food retailer is planning a multi-million pound investment in the relocation of its 400 strong workforce from Livingston to the new site

Plans that could lead to a major new development to replace the existing Monklands Hospital moved a significant step closer last week. The Board of NHS Lanarkshire has approved an Initial Agreement (IA) to rebuild the hospital or conduct a substantial refurbishment at the existing site.

A health and safety awareness course aimed at small and medium-sized construction companies (SMEs) working on refurbishment projects will take place in North Lanarkshire next month. Organised by Site Safe, Scotland’s Working Well Together campaign and North Lanarkshire Council, the free half-day e

A new link road which aims to unlock hundreds of millions of pounds for the North Lanarkshire economy has been given the green light. The £6.6 million road between Gartcosh Business Park and Glenboig is being delivered as part of the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region City Deal.

North Lanarkshire Council has suspended three members of staff amid an ongoing investigation into corruption claims. The internal audit began after an anonymous letter to council leader Jim Logue made “serious allegations of corruption” about the council's procurement processes.