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Savills has expanded its presence in the Highlands with the acquisition of Rennie Property Consultants, welcoming Sandy Rennie into its Inverness office. Sandy is a Chartered Surveyor with decades of experience across the Highlands, Islands and Moray. His work includes advising landowners, developer

Students at Kelso High School and Peebles High School have taken part in hands-on Built Environment Roadshows, delivered by Cruden in partnership with Developing the Young Workforce Borders (DYW Borders) and social housing provider Eildon Housing Association.

East Ayrshire Council’s assisted living housing development in Mauchline has been officially opened by Councillor Jim McMahon, spokesperson for Housing, Transport and Communities. Named after not one but two local Wallaces – the Wallace family who operated a market garden on the site and

The ground has officially been broken at Persimmon Homes North Scotland’s Cairnton Rise development in Newmachar, marking the start of construction on a major new 140-home community. Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce commercial director, Jason Stewart, joined Persimmon’s sales director, Tanya

A play park in Dumfries has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a world-leading example of inclusive design. The Catherine Street Inclusive Park features as a case study in the WHO's new guide to creating urban public spaces for children.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has secured funding of £380,000 for three innovation projects, including a collaboration with Scottish universities on addressing the environmental impact of creosote on utility poles.

Rising costs are placing growing pressure on the financial resilience of plumbing and heating businesses, with margins tightening despite stable workloads, according to a new report. The latest quarterly State of Trade report from SNIPEF, the Plumbing and Heating Federation, found that 41% of firms

A major regeneration project to expand the Stranraer Marina has formally progressed to the final stages of the approval process. Dumfries and Galloway councillors agreed in December to advance the project through the remaining stages required ahead of contract award, and approve council funding to d

The transformation of Aurs Road, the main route between Barrhead and Newton Mearns, is nearing completion, East Renfrewshire Council has said.

Significant improvement works are set to begin at Cooper Park in Elgin after funding of £18 million was secured from the UK government.

Shetland Islands Council has begun consulting on a proposed extension to a roadstone quarry near Scalloway. The extension would measure 4.94 hectares in area, to the north-east in the area of the south end of Outnabreack Hill.

Lovell has opened its South Queensferry development to local young people, recently welcoming 51 pupils from Echline Primary School to the site and supporting work experience opportunities.

Scottish renewable energy projects with the capacity to generate 1.4GW of electricity have been awarded a Contracts for Difference (CfD) in the latest UK government auction process. The CfD scheme is a financial agreement that supports low-carbon electricity generators by providing a guaranteed pric

A housing development in Cumnock is the first project to benefit from the innovative CoRE project (Community Renewable Energy) as part of the Ayrshire Growth Deal. Works have started at Meagher Court in Cumnock to retrofit three entire blocks of flats into a modern, low-carbon, energy efficient hous

Plans are to be developed for a pipeline to be constructed taking low carbon heat from the energy from waste facility in Tullos and connecting to existing Aberdeen Heat and Power district heating networks in Seaton, Tillydrone, and the city centre.