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RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: West Of Scotland Housing Association

The first commercial building constructed from shipping containers in Scotland has achieved a clean sweep of the Dundee Institute of Architects Awards.

International management and construction consultancy Gleeds has been appointed to project manage the first phase of a significant new development at Loirston on the south side of Aberdeen. The £3.5 million scheme marks the beginning of a wider mixed use project involving Hermiston Securities Ltd,

Affordable housing work underway on Edinburgh’s Western Harbour Construction is now once again underway on the Western Harbour to continue the areas regeneration and deliver much needed homes for Edinburgh.

Sir Charlie Mayfield Ministers, unions and businesses have been urged to deliver more ‘earning and learning’ employment schemes, in order to raise people’s skill levels.

A local authority contracting organisation which has raised an action for more than £800,000 against a supplier has successfully challenged a clause in a contract which sought to exclude the sub-contractor from liability. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the condition, which sought to res

An obituary of highly respected architect and devoted Aberdonian Bill McKimmie, who helped shape his home city, published today in The Scotsman, is in full below: Bill McKimmie

GMB has called on the UK Government to step in to deal with party tax avoidance abuse and scams which it said are costing workers income and the Exchequer much needed revenues. The union for construction workers is taking part in protests in London and Edinburgh today to highlight the abuse involved

A survey by the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) has revealed that late payments are still a problem for around half of all subcontractors. The industry survey, also conducted by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), found that tier 2 and 3 contractors are effectively bankrolling th

Duncan Ogilvie Ogilvie Group has achieved what it called a “healthy” 33 per cent growth in profitability on the back of a 17 per cent increase in turnover in 2013.

Stewart Milne The founder and executive chairman of Stewart Milne Group has launched a campaign to get trades taken more seriously and become more valued across the country.

RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Persimmons, Persimmon House, 180 Findochty Street, Glasgow

Nicola Sturgeon First minister Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on Scotland’s leading ­landowners and £30 million of funding for the Help to Buy (Scotland) shared equity scheme as she set out her first programme for government.

A millionaire Chinese businessman has bulldozed the wooden huts and muddy roads where he grew up - and built luxury homes for the people who lived there. Xiong Shuihua was born in Xiongkeng village in the city of Xinyu, southern China and said that his family had always been well looked after and su

Niall Stuart Renewable energy has become Scotland’s main source of power, new independent figures have revealed.