Cala Homes has taken a further step towards a major project in Glasgow by purchasing the 5.87 acre site in Glasgow’s south side that was once part of the historic Weir Pumps factory, now owned by Celeros Flow Technology.

The house builder plans 254 homes on the site in Cathcart, renamed The Foundry, in what will be a £61 million development of apartments.

Glasgow city council granted planning permission in March this year to develop a third of the site being sold.

The homes will be powered by ground-source heat pumps while electric vehicle charging infrastructure will be installed.

Commsworld contract

Connectivity company Commsworld has secured a contract worth more than £35m over five years to provide network services to Glasgow City Council.

The contract – one of the largest in the Newbridge-headquartered company’s history – will see it expand its responsibilities for transforming the council’s infrastructure from ageing legacy networks to cutting-edge technologies and 5G network capabilities.

Commsworld will now be working on Glasgow’s Local Area Networks, Wi-Fi, firewall and security and remote access, to add to its delivery of a resilient Wide Area Network (WAN) solution and IP telephony.

Digital technology conference

A major drive to combat global challenges in the animal health, agritech and aquaculture sectors using digital technology will be revealed at A3 Scotland this September.

About 200 global businesses, investors, entrepreneurs, academics and policy makers are attending the event at the Kingsmills Hotel in Inverness on 18 and 19 September.

Last held in Edinburgh, A3 Scotland 2024 is hosted by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).

Topics will range from AI, robotics and sensors to finance and funding opportunities available both in Scotland and overseas, focusing on global trends, challenges to adoption and regulatory issues.

Entitled ‘Transition to Digital – Fit for the Future’, key speakers at the conference include Richard Lochhead, Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade, Dennis Overton, Chair of West Highland based natural capital business Ardtornish and Sheila Voas, Chief Veterinary Officer of Scotland. Other speakers include Phil Bicknell, CEO at the UK Agri-tech Centre and Julie Fitzpatrick, Chief Scientific Advisor at the Scottish Government.