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Andrew Stephen Andrew Stephen gives his take on the current condition of skills and employment in the construction sector.

CALA Homes (West) has submitted a joint planning application for a proposed new housing development at Greenan in Ayr. The homebuilder seeks to create a high quality development of 62 homes, off Dunure Road, within the previously consented site.

RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Eildon Housing Association Ltd

The UK’s largest union Unite has called for a public inquiry into the collapse of Carillion and for it to cover the UK government’s approach to the awarding of contracts, following the Dispatches programme shown this week. The programme included senior business analysts who described Carillion a

Keith Geddes Keith Geddes gives his thoughts on the Planning (Scotland) Bill the threat of a new right of appeal.

(from left) Back Row: Euan Rose (apprentice bricklayer), Jamie Grinyer (apprentice electrician), Michael Rough (graduate apprentice construction & built environment), Neil Thomson (construction director, Stewart Milne Homes), Bill Ross (construction manager, Stewart Milne Homes), Stewart Milne,

New Modern Apprentices join West Dunbartonshire Council team after investment West Dunbartonshire Council’s newest apprentices joined the team this week as part of a £1 million investment.

A baker from Glasgow has created an impressive recreation of Celtic Park in the form of a cake. Christie Howieson, who runs her own business Cake Days A Week, said the lifelike creation, which was ordered by a lady from Ayr for her husband’s 50th, took the best part of three days to make, the long

Scottish Ministers have decided to call in the planning application for the Coul Links golf course at Embo in the Highlands. Planning consent is sought for the construction of an 18-hole golf course, along with the erection of a clubhouse, the renovation of existing buildings to form a maintenance f

The Dandara site at Shawfair The developers behind the Shawfair urban expansion near Edinburgh have reached another major milestone with the completion of new deal with national homebuilder Dandara.

A new hospital, up to 250 houses, a science academy, community and commercial buildings could be constructed in Fort William under new proposals submitted by Highland Council. The local authority is seeking planning permission in principle for its masterplan for land north east of Blar Mhor Industri

Refreshed designs for the next phase of housing at Lethington Gardens – part of the wider Letham Mains development to the west of Haddington, East Lothian – have been given the green light. Planners have approved an application from Mactaggart & Mickel Homes for 60 properties for private sal

Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans for a new residential development by CALA Homes in Inverurie, heralding the first time the housebuilder has built family homes in the town. The development – located in the Conglass area, on Crawford Road – will comprise 43 four and five-bedroom detached

Court of Session The family of a mechanical fitter who died of an asbestos-related illness in England after inhaling the deadly dust while working as an apprentice at a shipbuilding company in Scotland should pursue their claim for damages under Scots law, after the Inner House of the Court of Sessi

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Angus Council, FAO A Wilson, Wellgate, Arbroath