Andrew Dobbie, Danny Campbell and Amir Noori

HOKO adds new board members to help accelerate growth plans

HOKO, the Glasgow-headquartered architecture firm founded by architect and BBC Scotland’s Home of the Year judge Danny Campbell, has announced two senior appointments. The company...

Green light for student accommodation on ex-Tynecastle High School site

A Scottish Government reporter has granted planning permission for an application by S1 Developments for a new student residential development at Edinburgh's former Tynecastle...

West of Scotland apprentices get hands-on experience with digital technologies

APPRENTICES across the west of Scotland are gaining hands-on experience with the digital technologies shaping the future of manufacturing through a new collaboration. The National Manufacturing...
Beattock

Beattock Country Park goes on the market

SPECIALIST parks agents, Colliers International, has been instructed by administrators, Kirstie Provan and Paul Dounis of Begbies Traynor, to dispose of Beattock Country Park in Dumfries and Galloway. The...

Progress made on Highland school projects despite ‘extraordinary’ cost increases

THE Highland Council has said that 'immense' work has been undertaken to drive progress across ten major school projects in the area, despite the...

Improvements made for visually impaired passengers at Cardonald Railway Station

NETWORK Rail has completed works to improve access arrangements for visually impaired passengers at Cardonald Railway Station in Glasgow. The project was launched following after...

City Region Deal progress welcomed

  NEGOTIATIONS on the £1 billion City Region Deal for Edinburgh and South East Scotland are to begin, Chancellor George Osborne announced in his Spring...

Glasgow firm gets green light to develop new business units

SPECTRUM Properties has announced plans to expand an existing business park on a brownfield site in south east Glasgow with a range of industrial...
Bob Cairney, SELECT

Scotland’s electrical trade body retains UKAS accreditation

SELECT'S inspection activities have retained accreditation with the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for the 26th year in a row. Accreditation against the internationally recognised...

Housebuilder raises more than £25,000 for poverty relief charity

BARRATT Developments raised £25,772 for a poverty relief charity in the north of Scotland at its recent charity dinner. The housebuilder welcomed 220 guests to the...
Aerial view of site

SSEN Transmission marks one year of delivery of flagship Orkney Link project

SSEN Transmission has marked one year of delivery on its flagship Orkney link project by connecting the island to the high voltage GB electricity...
Prince’s Gate development, Blindwells

Bellway secures planning permission for 217 new homes in East Lothian

BELLWAY Homes Ltd (Scotland East) will build 217 new homes at Prestonpans, East Lothian. The housebuilder has been granted planning permission to develop the properties...

Firms fined following wind farm fatality

THE death of a young man who was killed whilst carrying out a wind farm inspection was "easily preventable" according to the Health and Safety...

Time to nominate the best in Scottish construction

The CITB Pride of Construction Awards 2015 is looking for the country’s best construction workers.  Nominations are now open to find local construction heroes and...

New mobile app aims to simplify maintenance and repair of housing blocks in Edinburgh

A mobile application designed to streamline the maintenance and repair of shared areas in tenements and housing blocks in Edinburgh has been released. The free...
Bob Cairney

SELECT technical director dispels common myths about the electrical sector

TRADE body SELECT has taken to the airwaves to debunk some of the most common myths and misconceptions about electricians and the electrical sector. Bob...

Plans approved for 167-home Robroyston development

AVANT Homes has announced plans to build 167 homes at a new £57 million development in Robroyston, Glasgow. The 17-acre Darach Fields site, located just...
Roddy Morrison

Aberdeen’s legacy buildings: the key to meeting modern sustainability demands

By Roddy Morrison, senior director, UK project management & building consultancy, at CBRE Scotland AS companies sharpen their focus on meeting net zero targets, the...

Inspection finds ‘overwhelming’ need for HMP Barlinnie replacement

THERE is an 'overwhelming' and 'urgent' need for a replacement prison to HMP Barlinnie, the HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMPIS) has said...

Trade body’s digital annual report highlights response to Covid crisis

TRADE body SELECT has released its first ever digital annual report, outlining how the organisation has dealt with one of the most challenging years...