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The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and UK Finance have joined forces to publish an updated ‘Guide to Development Finance’ to encourage more small and medium-sized (SME) housebuilders to build more homes.

A scheme to create an international rail cluster of excellence in Scotland has been extended following the success of the first phase. Scottish Enterprise has again appointed Scottish Engineering to continue connecting more Scottish SMEs and employers with train manufacturers, contractors, academics

A consortium of research partners in Scotland could help solve the perennial problems facing the UK’s transport infrastructure, with the development of an internet of things (IoT) sensor network that provides real-time monitoring of rural road conditions.

Two pioneering new schools, two exceptional workplaces and a mid-century architectural masterpiece are now competing for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has revealed. According to the organisation, together the projects

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is to look at the links between the sustainability of the UK’s timber industry, imports of key commodities, and global deforestation. With global timber demand set to quadruple by 2050, and given the commitment to promote timber use in construction as pa

Professional services business Turner & Townsend has been selected to support GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) with their capital portfolio management in Montrose.

A new active travel link between Ravenscraig and Craigneuk has been officially opened by North Lanarkshire Council and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT).

Along with Environmental Techniques, Good Friday Robotics and Scottish Water, Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) has won the Pipeline Industries Guild Utility Pipeline Technology Award 2022 for adapting drones for advanced, safer sewer surveys. Many sewers in Scotland are difficult to survey using tradi

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has made a detailed planning application to East Lothian Council for infrastructure works, which forms a key part of the delivery of the new neighbourhood Dolphingstone, near Wallyford.

Developers behind a housing proposal on Bridge of Allan greenbelt land are appealing its non-determination by Stirling Council. Allanwater Homes submitted a planning application for 46 homes on a site off the town’s Blairforkie Drive in February this year.

Conservative MSP Miles Briggs is to bring forward new legislation that will ensure no planning decisions made locally would be overturned after highlighting new figures local authorities were overruled on almost half of all planning appeals in the last year. The Planning and Environmental

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: NatWest Group.

GMG Energy has won the Best Natural Capital project category, sponsored by Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm, at the Scottish Highland Renewable Energy Conference (SHREC) Awards 2022. The firm from Halladale in Sutherland is an innovative, environmentally conscious business whose mission is to pr

Two separate public consultations have started with potential options for improving transport connections on the A93 from Aberdeen to Banchory and the A947 from the A96 junction at Bucksburn to the Parkhill junction on the city bypass (AWPR). The studies, which focus on active travel and public tran

Six site managers from housebuilder Cala Homes’ developments across Scotland have been recognised as some of the best after scooping prestigious ‘Pride in the Job’ quality awards by the National Home Building Council (NHBC). The accolade is the most highly regarded competition in t