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South Lanarkshire Council has received plans from Merchant Homes Partnerships Ltd to transform the site of a vacant sports centre in East Kilbride. The proposals would see the buildings associated with the former Greenhills Sports Centre on Stroud Road knocked down, with social housing built in its

A church in Brechin is set to be put up for sale and could be purchased for just £70,000. The old Maison Dieu Church has lain empty for several decades but could now be given a new lease of life.

Kingdom Housing Association has expanded its development in the village of Bonnybank, around 2 miles north of Leven in Fife, with the completion of 14 new homes for social rent.

Outline plans for a new malt whisky distillery beside the Dornoch Firth have been lodged with Highland Council. The Midfearn Distillery Company Ltd. proposes to build its distillery on the Midfearn Estate at Easter Fearn, three miles south-east of the village of Ardgay on a site close to where whisk

The construction of Scotland’s first new grain distillery in ten years will begin in the Scottish Borders next year after planners gave the development the green light. Jackson Distillers unveiled its vision earlier this year to deliver the lowest carbon and most resource efficient grain disti

Sandra Cassels, partner in the commercial litigation team at Morton Fraser, continues our four-part Construction Delay Series, which takes a closer look at legal issues surrounding construction delays. If your contract makes provision for an extension of time it should also set out the procedur

Shares in Persimmon fell more than 3% in early trading today after the housebuilder said it expected build costs to rise 5% this year and was being “frustrated” by continuing planning delays.

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Jane Smith and Nicola Wright as part of the real estate services firm’s expansion plans in Scotland. Senior surveyor Jane joins the company from Workman in Glasgow, after spending more than seven years working there in its commercial team. A graduate of Gl

UK construction and fit-out specialist Morris & Spottiswood has been recognised with a Gold Award through The 5% Club’s 2021 Employer Audit Scheme. The award recognises significant contribution to the continued development of employees through “earn & learn” schemes such as

Consulting engineer Arup will undertake whole lifecycle carbon assessments for all its buildings projects – new and retrofit – from next year and will no longer take on any new energy commissions involving the extraction, refinement, or transportation of hydrocarbon-based fuels

Construction employers are being encouraged to have their say on a review of plant short duration training standards and grant support.

BAM has become the first adopter of a sustainable supply chain initiative to make its use of pallets become circular and cut waste.

With government help, the construction industry can do a lot more to prevent tonnes of waste from going to landfill, argues Brewster Bros MD Scott Brewster. With COP26 into its second week, sustainability and net zero remain high on everyone’s agenda. However, long before the UN’s climat

Barry McNicholas, the group managing director of Kier Utilities, has decided to leave the group at the end of December 2021. Mr McNicholas joined Kier in 2017 when the group took over his family utilities contracting business McNicholas Construction.

Employees of Glasgow construction firm City Building swapped work boots for walking boots as they took on the UK’s highest mountains for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, raising more than £11,700 in the process.