Business

Property and land in Grangemouth town centre which houses a number of shops and businesses including B&M and Greggs has been put up for aution for £1.7 million.

Northern Trust has completed the second phase of its £3 million office/industrial development in Grangemouth’s Earls Gate Business Park.

With 2020 upon us, VisitScotland is reflecting on a great 12 months for tourism locally and looking forward to what’s in store for the Falkirk area.

The new year has brought about a new era at a Falkirk eatery as its owners seek to serve the area’s “plant-based” food market.

A conference taking place this month hopes to answer some big questions facing Falkirk and Grangemouth in the future.

Larbert call centre Webhelp will give 120 people a great start to the new decade by offering them permanent jobs at its soon to be refurbished facility.

Plans to bring a new McDonald’s restaurant and drive through facility to Camelon have been granted planning permission by Falkirk Council.

A newly-opened beauty, nails and holistic training hub in Polmont has been sought out by a global manufacturer to deliver masterclasses.

Shoppers have been thanked for their generosity after supermarket customers donated thousands of Christmas meals to Falkirk district food banks.

Shoppers are set to shun the high street on Boxing Day, as in-store sales are forecast to fall on December 26 for the second year in a row, according to a new report.

Shopworkers are calling for people to support a petition banning large shops from opening on New Year’s Day.

Two clothing firms run by the same family are fitting in nicely to their new surroundings.

Hundreds of jobs could be created after Fife Council gave the green light to plans to regenerate the Longannet site.

A Falkirk district family butchery firm has been named as the third-best take-home brand in Scotland.

Enterprising motorists will be pulling on their driving gloves and cyclists will be limbering up and digging out the lycra as Deliveroo launches its service in the Falkirk area.

Grangemouth High former pupil Joel Binnie has been named the Petroineos Modern Apprentice of the Year for 2019.

Larbert bus firm Alexander Dennis Limited has supplied three stock-built Enviro200 buses to Reading Buses for its newly relaunched Thames Valley Buses network.

Former Bo’ness Academy pupil Raymond Stirling (26) has won a gold medal in plastering at this year’s WorldSkills UK LIVE national final.