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Scotland faces a "property exodus" if Boris Johnson's proposals for stamp duty are put in place in the rest of the UK, property management company Apropos by DJ Alexander has warned. Johnson has proposed removing all stamp duty land tax (SDLT) for properties valued below £500,000, which the fi

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged businesses to prepare for changes to the way VAT is charged following recent reports from that 150,000 construction firms could be affected.

Plans have been submitted this week for new nursery facilities at two primary schools as part of Scottish Borders Council’s (SBC) continuing school estates improvement programme. If approved, work would begin on new Early Years Centre at both Priorsford Primary in Peebles and St Ronan’s

By Jonathan Seddon, a partner and head of construction law at Morton Fraser If you are a developer and you've asked your contractor for a bond, then the chances are that the form of bond put forward will be the ABI Model Form of Guarantee Bond, or certainly something very close to that.

An initiative led by Miller Homes to help support some of the most vulnerable people in the world in conjunction with global housing charity Habitat for Humanity has resulted in the building of three new Habitat homes in just over four days and over £50k raised to support the charity’s W

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants’ head of energy Hefin O’Hare is all set to prove he’s an energetic ‘Hardy Boy’ by taking on The Three Peak Cycle Challenge to raise money for Glasgow’s York Hill’s Children’s Hospital.

A 1980s Whitehall office block, a cinema that once boasted the widest screen in the UK and the former headquarters of Birds Eye have been named in a top 10 of 20th-century buildings most at risk. Campaigning charity the Twentieth Century Society said that even buildings with listed status protection

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Fire safety is to be strengthened in new high rise buildings and facilities for people with disabilities improved in larger new buildings.

McGill Homes’ plan to convert a Grade B listed building on Dundee’s waterfront into residential properties has moved forward with the submission of a formal application.

John Edwards FRICS has been announced as the new chair of the RICS Scotland board. Having served on the Scotland board since 2013, PMP director John Edwards has now taken over from Ian Fergusson FRICS who served as chair from July 2018 – June 2019.

Galliford Try’s move to shed up to 350 jobs as part of a business and management restructure has claimed its most high-profile victim. Infrastructure managing director Nick Salt is leaving the business as part of the group-wide restructure.

A former Dundee college building has been put up for sale after plans for a build to rent and serviced apartments development fell through.

Glasgow construction firm City Building has given its backing to a nationwide initiative to help victims of domestic violence. Women’s Aid and the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance have joined forces with the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) to pioneer the Make A Stand pledge, an initiative

Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) and award-winning practice Collective Architecture will deliver a travelling exhibition to support the Scottish Government’s consultation on the future for housing in Scotland.