WORKERS at the Grangemouth Refinery facing redundancy will have access to a new bespoke skills and training package aimed at helping them find new jobs in the area. The initiative comes as both the UK ...

THE Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced that it has completed the roll-out employer networks across the UK. The initiative, which has been running as a pilot since 2022, aims to ...

LOVELL recently welcomed schoolchildren from Lawfield Primary School to its Oakwood Edge development in Mayfield to learn about the importance of safety on construction sites ahead of the school ...

STIRLING Council has agreed to dispose surplus land and assets in the Viewforth area to enable the development of around 150 new homes and associated infrastructure and green spaces. The eight-hectare ...

ELECTRIC wallpaper is to be trialled in 12 tenement properties in Glasgow to assess the technology’s effectiveness as a clean heat source. The pilot comes as part of a project led by the University of ...

A Lothian MSP has visited a Compass Roofing project to learn more about roofing apprenticeships and the challenges faced by both employees and apprentices. Sue Webber MSP, who has been involved in ...

NORTH Ayrshire Council is hosting a meet the builder event ahead of the build of its largest ever housing development. Ashleigh (Scotland) will lead the build of 202 homes, which are planned for the ...

CALA Homes (West) has launched its latest collection of apartments at its flagship development in Glasgow’s west end. The Dean and Moffett buildings debuted last weekend showcasing the Sycamore ...

Is there a strategy within the construction industry in Britain to drive contractors out of business? This is not some mad conspiracy theory. The tragedy for the sector is that it has to be asked as a ...

TWO Scottish companies are collaborating on reducing both waste and carbon emissions this National Recycling Week (October 14-20). Kenoteq and Brewster Brothers, two previous winners of the VIBES ...

A plan for managing coastal erosion in Kingston is to be put on show at a Moray Council drop-in event next week. The project, which is being funded by the Scottish Government, will see a 500mm high ...

THE fearless MD of Dumfries-based Aitken Turnbull Architects has completed an epic tandem sky-dive in support of Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH). Alasdair Rankin descended 15,000ft from a ...