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CALA Homes has been granted planning approval for a site in Edinburgh - making it the first green belt site to be given the go-ahead by the council under the city's new Local Development Plan (LDP). The Edinburgh-headquartered housebuilder is to deliver urgently needed new homes in Currie after plan

Sajid Javid The UK business secretary Sajid Javid has announced plans to partly-privatise the Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank (GIB).

Councillors have unanimously rejected proposals to allow a greenfield site in Duntocher to be opened up for housing development. West Dunbartonshire Council’s planning committee was directed to approve a Scottish Government ministers recommendation to include the Duntiglennan Fields site into

Work has started on a £7.5 million project to build a new primary school in Armadale after West Lothian Council appointed a contractor to the project. Ogilvie Construction is to deliver the new facility which will include eight new classrooms and two general-purpose rooms as well as a gym and dinin

Bancon Construction managing director Gavin Currie (left) and Bancon chief executive John Irvine outside Mile End School Bancon Group is on track to meet ambitious five year growth plans as it lodges accounts for the year ended 30 November 2014 with Companies House.

Tracey Menzies Delays to planning consent are the most significant barrier to building new homes, according to a survey of the housebuilding sector conducted by law firm Brodies LLP.

Brian Ashcroft Scottish output growth is being fuelled by a combination of capital investment – particularly infrastructure spending – and consumer spending, according to the latest Economic Commentary from the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute.

John Forster The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on permitted development rights – a waiving of planning permission if certain requirements are fulfilled – for commercial non-domestic rooftop solar.

Stewart Milne Homes apprentice quantity surveyor Abbie Duthie (centre) shows pupils Natalia Lisowska (left) and Chloe Kelly (right) features of The Gardens at Crathes development Female secondary school pupils from across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have gained an insight into exciting career opportu

Austin-Smith:Lord unveils Helensburgh public realm and outdoor museum Helensburgh’s new town centre public realm, designed by Austin-Smith:Lord, has been officially opened in Colquhoun Square.

Contractors are being warned that they must pay the appropriate levels of tax for the country they’re working in if they want to avoid huge fines the like of which could be handed out to Lionel Messi. An international contractor management specialist has urged contractors not to follow the Argenti

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Dundee development wins major house building industry award Whiteburn Projects is celebrating after its Parkview development in Dundee has scooped the Renovation of the Year Award (multiple dwellings) in this year’s Scottish Home Awards.

Argyll and Bute Council’s planning, protective services and licensing (PPSL) committee has granted planning approval for the new Campbeltown Grammar School project. The brand new facility, with capacity for up to 500 pupils, is expected to be built in time for the 2017/18 school term.