THE Ministry of Defence (MOD) has appointed a range of strategic advisors to support the redevelopment of its former defence bases into residential sites. The move comes as part of the defence estate ...

ANNEMARIE O’Donnell has been appointed the new independent chair of hub West Scotland (hWS) Limited. She will take up her new role at the start of 2025, succeeding Jo Armstrong who is stepping down at ...

WASTE materials generated from Aberdeen City Council’s capital roads resurfacing programme are to be used to create a temporary surface in the Castlegate area of the city. The local authority ...

BELLWAY Homes has welcomed two new apprentices and a graduate to its Scotland west division in Hamilton. Meanwhile, Ibrahim Mahmood from Glasgow joins as a construction graduate, after he completed an ...

The role of sustainability in business is constantly evolving, but as Mark Murphy, chief risk officer at the Donaldson Group explains, it should always be a top priority. ‘Always do good.’ This was ...

AKELA Ground Engineering, part of Akela Group, has achieved NHBC Accepts certification for its precast foundation system, ABeam. Launched earlier this year, ABeam features a mechanical pinned joint, ...

NEW proposals could see rent increases in Scotland limited to the consumer price index (CPI) plus 1% – up to a maximum increase of 6%. If approved by parliament, the rent cap would apply to increases ...

CALA Homes (East) has reached an agreement with BP Pulse to create a new electric vehicle supercharging hub and fuel filling station alongside commercial space for a food retail outlet and restaurant.

HOMES for Scotland (HFS) has expressed ‘grave concern’ following the dismissal of 16 out of 18 planning appeals that would have provided 3,500 homes in the country. Kevin Murphy, HFS head of planning, ...

A former Falkirk landfill that was transformed into a ‘booming’ ecological site has won the 2023 Brownfield Award for Best Biodiversity Enhancement. Kinneil Kerse, which was used as a landfill from ...

THE announcement of a rise in employer national insurance from 13.8% to 15% has drawn strong criticism from the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF). The organisation ...

RSE and Biomatrix have teamed up to deliver nature-based solutions for sustainable water management. Biomatrix specialises in designing and installing ecological water management systems. RSE is a ...