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New £3 million headquarters for Fife business set to open next month By Ian Forsyth © Kenny Smith A new £3 million headquarters for Fife-based business Purvis Group is set to open next month. The Covid-19 lockdown last March delayed the relocation of the company to a 16-acre headquarter site at Lochgelly, which will have 100,000 sq ft of warehousing and 30,000 sq ft of offices. It is expected to be fully open next month. Until now, Purvis Group has been using yards at Cartmore Industri...

By Graham Brown Updated: May 9, 2021, 11:57 am © Gareth Jennings/DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Major Angus job fears have emerged over a decision to bring a three-day week into place at a Brechin abattoir. It follows the continuing suspension of a Chinese export licence after a Covid-19 outbreak shut the Quality Pork Limited plant in Brechin earlier this year. The move has been describ...

The Scottish Greens say it is up to the SNP to decide what kind of government they want to form following the Scottish Parliament election.

© Supplied by Aberdeenshire Counci Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The number of Aberdeen and Shire pupils absent from school due to Covid-19 has continued to be low since schools returned from their Easter break. According to figures from Public Health Scotland for May 4, 0.4% of youngsters in Aberdeenshire were off, with 0.3% of pupils missing school in Aberdeen City on April 30. However, the picture ...

Locals in Angus looking to tackle loneliness with a little inspiration from Scandinavia © Alan Richardson Pix-AR.co.uk Ambitious proposals to have a trishaw bike roaming the streets of Monifieth in a bid to tackle loneliness have stepped up a gear this week. Monifieth Befrienders have approached Cycling Without Age Scotland (CWAS) to be a part of the scheme which has already been rolled out in other areas, with great success. The demonstration of the trishaw was major success in the High Stree...

Police launch desperate search for missing man in Angus © Shutterstock Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Mark Law was last seen at 8.25am in North Grimsby, Arbroath, on Thursday May 6. The 42-year-old has links to the Angus area and is often seen in Edinburgh. A police statement said: “He is white, around 5ft 9in in height, with short brown hair. © Courtesy Jax food bar Mark Law, 42, has gone missing i...

One motorist said there was "extensive" damage to the vehicle involved as police confirmed a man was "traced" near the incident.

Slice of Forfar, on Castle Street in the town, had its front door smashed by thieves on Saturday night into Sunday morning.

A motorcyclist has been involved in a crash on the notorious Standing Stane Road in Fife. Police and ambulance crews are at the scene.

An abandoned quarry near Newton Stewart on a cold, wet Tuesday morning. The clouds lurk just above the looming cliffs and gravel piles. Rain tumbles from the sky, bouncing in the puddles that litter the quarry floor. It’s hard to think of a more perfect setting to test one of the UK’s toughest pickup trucks. The all-new Isuzu D-Max is smarter looking, better equipped, safer, more refined and more capable on and off road. It enters a much diminished sector. The Mercedes X-Class, Fiat Fullbac...